Max Schmeling
1905 - 2005
HPI 69.1941 languages
Max Schmeling was a German boxer who was most famous for his fight against Joe Louis in 1936. Schmeling won the fight and became the first person to defeat Louis.
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Boxers from Germany
16 notable people
Trending Boxers from Germany This Week
The top 10 Boxers from Germany trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1
Felix Sturm
b. 1979
Trending in German (#101) Wikipedia (2,951 views, on Jul 12).
Top 10 German Boxers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary German Boxers of all time. This list of famous German Boxers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of German Boxers.
#1 #2 
Edgar Basel
1930 - 1977
HPI 57.2217 languagesboxer (1930–1977)
#3 
Herbert Runge
1913 - 1986
HPI 56.7720 languagesGerman boxer
#4 
Wolfgang Behrendt
b. 1936
HPI 54.4918 languagesEast German boxer
#5 
Manfred Wolke
1943 - 2024
HPI 53.8119 languagesEast German boxer (1943–2024)
#6 
Henry Maske
b. 1964
HPI 52.0123 languagesEast German boxer
#7 
Sven Ottke
b. 1967
HPI 48.1815 languagesGerman boxer
#8 Felix Sturm
b. 1979
HPI 46.6720 languagesGerman boxer
#9 
Sinan Şamil Sam
1974 - 2015
HPI 46.3917 languagesTurkish boxer (1974–2015)
#10 
Oktay Urkal
b. 1970
HPI 43.9117 languagesGerman boxer
People by Birth Decade
Browse notable Germans Boxers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.
1990s(1)
1980s(1)
1960s(3)
1940s(1)
1930s(2)
1910s(1)
1900s(1)
Overlapping Lives
Which Boxers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 15 most globally memorable Boxers since 1700.
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