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Erich Kempka

1910 - 1975

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Erich Kempka (16 September 1910 – 24 January 1975) was a member of the SS in Nazi Germany who served as Adolf Hitler's primary chauffeur from 1936 to April 1945. He was present in the area of the Reich Chancellery on 30 April 1945, when Hitler shot himself in the Führerbunker. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Kempka has received more than 587,209 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Kempka is the 377th most popular military personnel (up from 378th in 2019), the 871st most popular biography from Germany (up from 899th in 2019) and the 80th most popular German Military Personnel.

Erich Kempka was a Nazi officer who served as Adolf Hitler's chauffeur. He is most famous for driving the Führer to his bunker at the end of World War II, and for being the last person to see Hitler alive.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Kempka ranks 377 out of 1,468. Before him are Choe Yeong, Luigi Cadorna, Viktor Lutze, Thomas the Slav, Bronislav Kaminski, and Alexander Samsonov. After him are Usama ibn Zayd, Horatius Cocles, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, and La Hire.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Erich Kempka ranks 35. Before him are Helenio Herrera, Samuel Barber, Momofuku Ando, Jean Anouilh, August Landmesser, and Jean-Louis Barrault. After him are Paul Flory, Robert van Gulik, Pierre Schaeffer, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, António de Spínola, and Michel Aflaq. Among people deceased in 1975, Erich Kempka ranks 30. Before him are Julian Huxley, Antonín Novotný, Pavel Sukhoi, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, Eisaku Satō, and Paul Keres. After him are Gottlob Berger, Éamon de Valera, József Mindszenty, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Avery Brundage, and Latife Uşşaki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Kempka ranks 871 out of 6,142. Before him are Carl von Linde (1842), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Moses Hess (1812), and Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857). After him are Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Hennig Brand (1630), Albert of Brandenburg (1490), Stefan George (1868), Volker Schlöndorff (1939), and Otto I, Duke of Bavaria (1120).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Kempka ranks 80. Before him are Eduard Dietl (1890), Günther Prien (1908), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), and Viktor Lutze (1890). After him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Günther Rall (1918), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Herbert Gille (1897), and Johannes Frießner (1892).

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