1876 - 1960
Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a German admiral who played a major role in the naval history of World War II, and was convicted of war crimes after the war. Raeder attained the highest possible naval rank, that of grand admiral, in 1939, becoming the first person to hold that rank since Henning von Holtzendorff in 1918. Raeder led the Kriegsmarine for the first half of the war; he resigned in January 1943 and was replaced by Karl Dönitz. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Raeder has received more than 1,455,999 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Erich Raeder is the 63rd most popular military personnel (down from 59th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Germany (down from 163rd in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Military Personnel.
Erich Raeder was a German admiral who served as the commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine from 1928 to 1943. He is most famous for his role in the planning and execution of the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Among military personnels, Erich Raeder ranks 63 out of 1,468. Before him are Fedor von Bock, Walter Model, Germanicus, Erich Ludendorff, Albrecht von Wallenstein, and Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan. After him are Mikhail Kutuzov, Hamilcar Barca, Erich Hartmann, Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Bernard Montgomery, and Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 57
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 58
15 BC - 19
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 59
1865 - 1937
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 60
1583 - 1634
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 61
1611 - 1673
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 62
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 63
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 64
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 65
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 66
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 67
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 68
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1876, Erich Raeder ranks 5. Before him are Pope Pius XII, Jack London, Konrad Adenauer, and Mata Hari. After him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Wilhelm Pieck, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Zewditu, Constantin Brâncuși, Pablo Casals, and Manuel de Falla. Among people deceased in 1960, Erich Raeder ranks 4. Before him are Albert Camus, Boris Pasternak, and Clark Gable. After him are Melanie Klein, Albert Kesselring, Wilhelm Pieck, Max von Laue, Amanullah Khan, Walther Funk, Paula Hitler, and Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia.
1876 - 1958
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 1
1876 - 1916
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 2
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 3
1876 - 1917
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 4
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 5
1876 - 1956
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 6
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 7
1876 - 1944
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 8
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 9
1876 - 1957
HPI: 69.36
Rank: 10
1876 - 1973
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 11
1876 - 1946
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 12
1913 - 1960
HPI: 83.70
Rank: 1
1890 - 1960
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1901 - 1960
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 3
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 4
1882 - 1960
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 5
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 6
1876 - 1960
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 7
1879 - 1960
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 8
1892 - 1960
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 9
1890 - 1960
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 10
1896 - 1960
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 11
1882 - 1960
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Erich Raeder ranks 166 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans Frank (1900), Friedrich Hölderlin (1770), Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Gottlob Frege (1848), and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882). After 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).
1900 - 1946
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 160
1770 - 1843
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 161
973 - 1024
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 162
1818 - 1906
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 163
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 164
1882 - 1951
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 165
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 166
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
Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Raeder ranks 14. Before him are Friedrich Paulus (1890), Baron Munchausen (1720), Ernst Röhm (1887), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Alfred Jodl (1890), and Walter Model (1891). After him are Erich Hartmann (1922), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Michel Ney (1769), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), and Albert Kesselring (1885).
1890 - 1957
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 8
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