MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alfred von Schlieffen

1833 - 1913

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Alfred Graf von Schlieffen (German pronunciation: [ˈʃliːfn̩]; 28 February 1833 – 4 January 1913) was a German field marshal and strategist who served as chief of the Imperial German General Staff from 1891 to 1906. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred von Schlieffen has received more than 554,840 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Alfred von Schlieffen is the 156th most popular military personnel (up from 160th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 385th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular German Military Personnel.

Alfred von Schlieffen is most famous for his plan to invade France via Belgium in the event of a war with France and Russia.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alfred von Schlieffen ranks 156 out of 2,058. Before him are Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse, Chūichi Nagumo, Antipater, Paul Tibbets, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Józef Poniatowski. After him are Semyon Timoshenko, Abraha, Hermann Fegelein, Alexander Selkirk, Joseph Joffre, and Louis, Grand Condé.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, Alfred von Schlieffen ranks 9. Before him are Benjamin Harrison, Wilhelm Dilthey, Alexander Borodin, Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria, Élie Ducommun, and Ernesto Teodoro Moneta. After him are Ferdinand von Richthofen, Edwin Booth, Félicien Rops, Eugen Dühring, Léon Bonnat, and Charles George Gordon. Among people deceased in 1913, Alfred von Schlieffen ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand de Saussure, George I of Greece, Rudolf Diesel, Alfred Russel Wallace, and J. P. Morgan. After him are Lesya Ukrainka, Tokugawa Yoshinobu, Menelik II, Sophia of Nassau, Tobias Asser, and August Bebel.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred von Schlieffen ranks 382 out of 7,253. Before him are Joachim Löw (1960), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Caroline Herschel (1750), Werner Herzog (1942), Rudolf Carnap (1891), and Albrecht Kossel (1853). After him are Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Pina Bausch (1940), Christopher of Bavaria (1416), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Adolf Windaus (1876), and James Franck (1882).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Alfred von Schlieffen ranks 33. Before him are Michael Wittmann (1914), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Franz Halder (1884), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), August von Mackensen (1849), and Ludwig Beck (1880). After him are Hermann Fegelein (1906), Joachim Peiper (1915), Paul Hausser (1880), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Helmuth Weidling (1891), and Georg von Küchler (1881).

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