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Wilhelm Liebknecht

1826 - 1900

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Wilhelm Martin Philipp Christian Ludwig Liebknecht (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈliːpknɛçt] ; 29 March 1826 – 7 August 1900) was a German socialist activist and politician. He was one of the principal founders of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD). He was the father of socialists Karl Liebknecht and Theodor Liebknecht. Liebknecht participated in the German Revolution of 1848, and after its defeat lived in exile, where he met Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Liebknecht is the 3,228th most popular politician (down from 2,769th in 2019), the 840th most popular biography from Germany (down from 732nd in 2019) and the 238th most popular German Politician.

Wilhelm Liebknecht was a German socialist who was most famous for being a co-founder of the German Social Democratic Party.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Wilhelm Liebknecht ranks 3,228 out of 19,576. Before him are Orodes II, Zhao Bing, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Demetrius II Nicator, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, and Jie of Xia. After him are Hacı I Giray, João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Vojtech Tuka, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Pang Tong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, Wilhelm Liebknecht ranks 7. Before him are Bernhard Riemann, Carlo Collodi, Charles XV of Sweden, Eugénie de Montijo, Gustave Moreau, and Cetshwayo kaMpande. After him are Ludwig Minkus, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Armand David, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, and Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. Among people deceased in 1900, Wilhelm Liebknecht ranks 13. Before him are Ivan Aivazovsky, John Ruskin, Vladimir Solovyov, Étienne Lenoir, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and John Sherman. After him are Emil Škoda, Joseph Bertrand, Nicolas Chauvin, Robert Luther, Osman Nuri Pasha, and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Liebknecht ranks 840 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernd Schuster (1959), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), Juana Bormann (1893), Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1729), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), and Ryke Geerd Hamer (1935). After him are Petrus Apianus (1495), Gertrude the Great (1256), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), and Otto Ernst Remer (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Wilhelm Liebknecht ranks 238. Before him are Ferdinand Maria, Elector of Bavaria (1636), Ludwig Quidde (1858), Wolfgang Schäuble (1942), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Otto III, Duke of Bavaria (1261), and Juana Bormann (1893). After him are Charles I of Württemberg (1823), Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504), Otto Ernst Remer (1912), Günter Schabowski (1929), Gudrun Burwitz (1929), and Albert of Saxony (1828).

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