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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Baron Munchausen

1720 - 1797

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Baron Munchausen (; German: [ˈmʏnçˌhaʊzn̩]) is a fictional German nobleman created by the German writer Rudolf Erich Raspe in his 1785 book Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia. The character is loosely based on baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen. Born in Bodenwerder, Hanover, the real-life Münchhausen fought for the Russian Empire during the Russo-Turkish War of 1735–1739. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Baron Munchausen has received more than 1,810,024 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia. Baron Munchausen is the 35th most popular military personnel (up from 38th in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Germany and the 9th most popular German Military Personnel.

Baron Munchausen is most famous for his tall tales.

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  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Baron Munchausen ranks 35 out of 1,468. Before him are Wilhelm Keitel, Friedrich Paulus, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Vercingetorix, Douglas MacArthur, and Lü Bu. After him are Guan Yu, Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Ernst Röhm, and Roland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1720, Baron Munchausen ranks 1. After him are Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Charles Edward Stuart, Anna Maria Mozart, Philip, Duke of Parma, Carlo Gozzi, James Hargreaves, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Emperor Sakuramachi, Vilna Gaon, Charles Bonnet, and Heraclius II of Georgia. Among people deceased in 1797, Baron Munchausen ranks 1. After him are Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, Frederick William II of Prussia, François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, and Joseph Wright of Derby.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Baron Munchausen ranks 110 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl von Clausewitz (1780), Carl Maria von Weber (1786), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Willy Brandt (1913), and Gottlieb Daimler (1834). After him are Carl Orff (1895), Leopold Mozart (1719), Erich Honecker (1912), Ernst Röhm (1887), Frederick III, German Emperor (1831), and George II of Great Britain (1683).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Baron Munchausen ranks 9. Before him are Adolf Eichmann (1906), Erich von Manstein (1887), Heinz Guderian (1888), Arminius (-17), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), and Friedrich Paulus (1890). After him are Ernst Röhm (1887), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), and Erich Hartmann (1922).

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