1922 - 1993
Erich Alfred Hartmann (19 April 1922 – 20 September 1993) was a German fighter pilot during World War II and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He flew 1,404 combat missions and participated in aerial combat on 825 separate occasions. He was credited with shooting down a total of 352 Allied aircraft: 345 Soviet and seven American while serving with the Luftwaffe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Hartmann has received more than 2,573,238 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Erich Hartmann is the 64th most popular military personnel (up from 81st in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 201st in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Military Personnel.
Erich Hartmann was a German fighter pilot and the most successful fighter ace in the history of aerial warfare. He is credited with shooting down 352 Allied aircraft in over 1500 combat missions.
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Among military personnels, Erich Hartmann ranks 64 out of 1,468. Before him are Erich Ludendorff, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Erich Raeder, Mikhail Kutuzov, and Hamilcar Barca. After him are Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Bernard Montgomery, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Ferdinand Foch, Seleucus I Nicator, and Edward Smith.
1865 - 1937
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 58
1583 - 1634
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 59
1611 - 1673
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 60
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 61
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 62
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 63
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 64
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 65
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 66
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 67
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 68
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 69
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 70
Among people born in 1922, Erich Hartmann ranks 11. Before him are Thomas Kuhn, Christopher Lee, Judy Garland, Norodom Sihanouk, Ava Gardner, and Pierre Cardin. After him are Franjo Tuđman, Hiroo Onoda, Boutros Boutros-Ghali, Erving Goffman, Jack Kerouac, and Emil Zátopek. Among people deceased in 1993, Erich Hartmann ranks 5. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Audrey Hepburn, Federico Fellini, and Rudolf Nureyev. After him are Frank Zappa, James Hunt, Baudouin of Belgium, William Golding, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Turgut Özal, and Zviad Gamsakhurdia.
1922 - 1996
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 5
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 6
1922 - 1969
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 7
1922 - 2012
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 8
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 9
1922 - 2020
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 10
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 11
1922 - 1999
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 12
1922 - 2014
HPI: 70.97
Rank: 13
1922 - 2016
HPI: 70.79
Rank: 14
1922 - 1982
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 15
1922 - 1969
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 16
1922 - 2000
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 17
1949 - 1993
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1929 - 1993
HPI: 80.25
Rank: 2
1920 - 1993
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 3
1938 - 1993
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 4
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 5
1940 - 1993
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 6
1947 - 1993
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 7
1930 - 1993
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 8
1911 - 1993
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 9
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 10
1927 - 1993
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 11
1939 - 1993
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Erich Hartmann ranks 173 out of 6,142. Before him are Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Hermann von Helmholtz (1821), Otto Hahn (1879), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), Oswald Spengler (1880), and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing (1926). After him are Max Ernst (1891), Magda Goebbels (1901), Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Baron d'Holbach (1723), and Wilhelm Dilthey (1833).
1850 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 167
1821 - 1894
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 168
1879 - 1968
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 169
1805 - 1872
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 170
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 171
1926 - 2020
HPI: 71.96
Rank: 172
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 173
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 174
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 175
1846 - 1926
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 176
1653 - 1706
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 177
1723 - 1789
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 178
1833 - 1911
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 179
Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Hartmann ranks 15. Before him are Baron Munchausen (1720), Ernst Röhm (1887), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), and Erich Raeder (1876). After him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Michel Ney (1769), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Albert Kesselring (1885), and John of Austria (1547).
1720 - 1797
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 9
1887 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 10
1875 - 1953
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 12
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 13
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 14
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 15
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 16
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 17
1887 - 1945
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 18
1876 - 1956
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 19
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 20
1547 - 1578
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 21