Most Famous German Politicians

Germany has produced 3,673 notable politicians throughout history, led by Angela Merkel. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.

Top Ranked

  1. Angela Merkel — German Politician (Born 1954) , ranked #113
  2. Otto von Bismarck — German Politician (1815–1898) , ranked #190
  3. Henry Kissinger — German Politician (Born 1923) , ranked #280
  4. Joseph Goebbels — German Politician (1897–1945) , ranked #349
  5. Heinrich Himmler — German Politician (1900–1945) , ranked #533
  6. Konrad Adenauer — German Statesman (1876–1967) , ranked #588
  7. Helmut Kohl — German Politician (1930–2017) , ranked #612
  8. Hermann Göring — German Politician (1893–1946) , ranked #615
  9. Albert Speer — German Politician (1905–1981) , ranked #780
  10. Martin Bormann — German Politician (1900–1945) , ranked #1201
  11. Erich Honecker — German Politician (1912–1994) , ranked #1292
  12. Joachim von Ribbentrop — German Politician (1893–1946) , ranked #1388
  13. Gerhard Schröder — German Politician (Born 1944) , ranked #1469
  14. Franz von Papen — German Politician (1879–1969) , ranked #2033
  15. Frank-Walter Steinmeier — German Politician (Born 1956) , ranked #2233
  16. Robert Schuman — German Politician (1886–1963) , ranked #2760
  17. Richard von Weizsäcker — German Politician (1920–2015) , ranked #3024
  18. Kurt Georg Kiesinger — German Politician (1904–1988) , ranked #3044
  19. Clara Zetkin — German Politician (1857–1933) , ranked #3358
  20. Hans-Dietrich Genscher — German Politician (1927–2016) , ranked #3384