MILITARY PERSONNEL

Andreas Hofer

1767 - 1810

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Andreas Hofer (22 November 1767 – 20 February 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and drover, who in 1809 became the leader of the Tyrolean Rebellion against the Napoleonic and Bavarian invasion, and against compulsory smallpox vaccination, during the War of the Fifth Coalition. He was subsequently captured and executed. Hofer is still today venerated as a folk hero, freedom fighter and Austrian patriot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Hofer has received more than 249,567 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Andreas Hofer is the 469th most popular military personnel (up from 505th in 2019), the 1,272nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,323rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Andreas Hofer is most famous for being a Tyrolean patriot and leading a rebellion against Napoleon's troops in 1809.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Andreas Hofer ranks 469 out of 2,058. Before him are Max Hoffmann, Lian Po, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Johannes Frießner, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, and Fyodor Ushakov. After him are George Maniakes, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., Alfred Redl, Honda Tadakatsu, and Karl von Bülow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Andreas Hofer ranks 19. Before him are Manuel Godoy, Henri Christophe, Maria Theresa of Austria, Rama II of Siam, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, and Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure. After him are Jean-Lambert Tallien, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Baptiste Isabey, Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure. Among people deceased in 1810, Andreas Hofer ranks 9. Before him are Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Nachman of Breslov, Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Jean-Georges Noverre, Johann Wilhelm Ritter, and Philipp Otto Runge. After him are Chevalier d'Éon, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, Andrianampoinimerina, Mir Taqi Mir, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, and Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andreas Hofer ranks 1,272 out of 5,161. Before him are Giles of Rome (1243), Peter II of Sicily (1305), Daniela Bianchi (1942), Cristofano Allori (1577), Tarpeia (-800), and Bohemond II of Antioch (1108). After him are Luigi Tenco (1938), Rafael Bombelli (1526), Ugo Tognazzi (1922), Publius Licinius Crassus (-86), Thomas Cajetan (1469), and Gaius Valerius Flaccus (45).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Andreas Hofer ranks 25. Before him are Luigi Cadorna (1850), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), and Armando Diaz (1861). After him are Roger of Lauria (1245), Giorgio Basta (1550), Ugo Cavallero (1880), Hermocrates (-500), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), and Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539).

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