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Winifred Wagner

1897 - 1980

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Winifred Marjorie Wagner (née Williams; 23 June 1897 – 5 March 1980) was the English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of Richard Wagner, and ran the Bayreuth Festival after her husband's death in 1930 until the end of World War II in 1945. She was a friend and supporter of Adolf Hitler, himself a Wagner enthusiast, and she and Hitler maintained a regular correspondence. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Winifred Wagner is the 1,488th most popular writer (down from 1,459th in 2019), the 1,347th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,108th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular British Writer.

Winifred Wagner was a German composer and the daughter of composer Richard Wagner. She is most famous for her work with the Bayreuth Festival and the Wagner family.

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Among writers, Winifred Wagner ranks 1,488 out of 7,302. Before her are James Tiptree Jr., Henrik Wergeland, Joseph Addison, Alistair MacLean, Martin Gardner, and Maj Sjöwall. After her are Elizabeth Siddal, Hugo Claus, Ida Laura Pfeiffer, Veronica Franco, François de Malherbe, and B. K. S. Iyengar.

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Among people born in 1897, Winifred Wagner ranks 84. Before her are Jean Epstein, Tarjei Vesaas, Rouben Mamoulian, Douglas Sirk, Carl Oberg, and Judith Anderson. After her are Lepke Buchalter, Thornton Wilder, Károly Kerényi, Mukhtar Auezov, Hans Speidel, and Einar Gerhardsen. Among people deceased in 1980, Winifred Wagner ranks 74. Before her are Tôn Đức Thắng, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Jim Fouché, Hugh Griffith, Mario Bava, and Pascual Jordan. After her are Joy Adamson, Raoul Walsh, V. V. Giri, Elvira de Hidalgo, Tex Avery, and Masayoshi Ōhira.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Winifred Wagner ranks 1,347 out of 8,785. Before her are Joseph Addison (1672), Alistair MacLean (1922), Charles Vane (1680), James Faulkner (1948), Margaret Burbidge (1919), and Mungo Park (1771). After her are Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Dana Rosemary Scallon (1951), David Warner (1941), E. E. Evans-Pritchard (1902), Thomas Browne (1605), and Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Winifred Wagner ranks 143. Before her are James Anderson (1680), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Lee Child (1954), Bernard Cornwell (1944), Joseph Addison (1672), and Alistair MacLean (1922). After her are Elizabeth Siddal (1829), Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689), Kate Atkinson (1951), Seamus Heaney (1939), Samuel Pepys (1633), and Richard Lovelace (1617).

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