MILITARY PERSONNELS from Slovenia

Top 4

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Slovene Military Personnels of all time. This list of famous Slovene Military Personnels is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

1. Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827 - 1871)

With an HPI of 60.80, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff is the most famous Slovene Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.

Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (23 December 1827 – 7 April 1871) was an Austrian admiral. He commanded the fleet of the North Sea during the Second Schleswig War of 1864, and the Austro-Prussian War of 1866. He is often considered by some Austrian historians to be one of the most adept naval officers of the 19th-century, due to his tactical inventiveness, sense of command, and inspirational leadership.

2. Leon Rupnik (1880 - 1946)

With an HPI of 56.19, Leon Rupnik is the 2nd most famous Slovene Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Leon Rupnik, also known as Lav Rupnik or Lev Rupnik (August 10, 1880 – September 4, 1946) was a Slovene general in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia who collaborated with the Fascist Italian and Nazi German occupation forces during World War II. Rupnik served as the President of the Provincial Government of the Nazi-occupied Province of Ljubljana from November 1943 to early May 1945. Between September 1944 and early May 1945, he also served as chief inspector of the Slovene Home Guard (Slovene: Domobranci), a collaborationist militia, although he did not have any military command until the last month of the war.: 97, 295–96 

3. Anton Haus (1851 - 1917)

With an HPI of 54.05, Anton Haus is the 3rd most famous Slovene Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Anton Johann Haus (13 June 1851 – 8 February 1917) was an Austrian naval officer. Despite his German surname, he was born to a Slovenian-speaking family in Tolmein (now Tolmin, Slovenia). Haus was fleet commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in World War I and was the Navy's Grand Admiral from 1916 until his death.

4. Rudolf Maister (1874 - 1934)

With an HPI of 53.45, Rudolf Maister is the 4th most famous Slovene Military Personnel.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Rudolf Maister (pen name: Vojanov; 29 March 1874 – 26 July 1934) was a Slovene military officer, poet and political activist. The soldiers who fought under Maister's command in northern Slovenia became known as "Maister's fighters" (Slovene: Maistrovi borci). Maister was also an accomplished poet and self-taught painter.