1887 - 1973
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German Field Marshal of the Wehrmacht during the Second World War, who was subsequently convicted of war crimes and sentenced to 18 years imprisonment. Born into an aristocratic Prussian family with a long history of military service, Manstein joined the army at a young age and saw service on both the Western and Eastern Front during the First World War (1914–18). He rose to the rank of captain by the end of the war and was active in the inter-war period helping Germany rebuild its armed forces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich von Manstein has received more than 2,700,211 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 54 in 2019). Erich von Manstein is the 16th most popular military personnel (up from 17th in 2019), the 67th most popular biography from Germany (up from 69th in 2019) and the 4th most popular German Military Personnel.
Erich von Manstein was a German Field Marshal during World War II. He is most famous for his planning of the invasion of France and the Battle of Kursk.
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Among military personnels, Erich von Manstein ranks 16 out of 1,468. Before him are Adolf Eichmann, Themistocles, William Wallace, Khalid ibn al-Walid, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and Oda Nobunaga. After him are Chiang Kai-shek, Heinz Guderian, Arminius, Ratko Mladić, Ptolemy I Soter, and Pyrrhus of Epirus.
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 10
524 BC - 459 BC
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 11
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 12
592 - 642
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 13
1857 - 1941
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 14
1534 - 1582
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 15
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 16
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 17
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 18
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 19
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 20
367 BC - 283 BC
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 21
318 BC - 272 BC
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 22
Among people born in 1887, Erich von Manstein ranks 5. Before him are Le Corbusier, Erwin Schrödinger, Marc Chagall, and Charles I of Austria. After him are Chiang Kai-shek, Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, Padre Pio, Arthur Rubinstein, and Bernard Montgomery. Among people deceased in 1973, Erich von Manstein ranks 7. Before him are Pablo Picasso, J. R. R. Tolkien, Bruce Lee, Pablo Neruda, Salvador Allende, and David Ben-Gurion. After him are Lyndon B. Johnson, Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Fulgencio Batista, Pearl S. Buck, Ivan Konev, and Hans Kelsen.
1887 - 1965
HPI: 82.89
Rank: 1
1887 - 1961
HPI: 78.79
Rank: 2
1887 - 1985
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 3
1887 - 1922
HPI: 78.24
Rank: 4
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 5
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 6
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 7
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 8
1887 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 9
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 10
1887 - 1982
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 11
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 12
1881 - 1973
HPI: 89.14
Rank: 1
1892 - 1973
HPI: 88.02
Rank: 2
1940 - 1973
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 3
1904 - 1973
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 4
1908 - 1973
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 5
1886 - 1973
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 6
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 7
1908 - 1973
HPI: 74.75
Rank: 8
1882 - 1973
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 9
1901 - 1973
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 10
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 12
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 13
Among people born in Germany, Erich von Manstein ranks 67 out of 6,142. Before him are Gerd Müller (1945), Wilhelm Wundt (1832), Ludwig Feuerbach (1804), Martin Bormann (1900), Konrad Adenauer (1876), and Erich Fromm (1900). After him are Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Helmut Kohl (1930), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762), and Franz Beckenbauer (1945).
1945 - 2021
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 61
1832 - 1920
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 62
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 63
1900 - 1945
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 64
1876 - 1967
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 65
1900 - 1980
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 66
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 67
1933 - 2019
HPI: 77.15
Rank: 68
1857 - 1894
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 69
1930 - 2017
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 70
1819 - 1861
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 71
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 72
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 73
Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich von Manstein ranks 4. Before him are Karl Dönitz (1891), Erwin Rommel (1891), and Adolf Eichmann (1906). After him are Heinz Guderian (1888), Arminius (-17), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Friedrich Paulus (1890), Baron Munchausen (1720), Ernst Röhm (1887), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), and Alfred Jodl (1890).
1891 - 1980
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 1
1891 - 1944
HPI: 81.13
Rank: 2
1906 - 1962
HPI: 79.90
Rank: 3
1887 - 1973
HPI: 77.23
Rank: 4
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 5
17 BC - 21
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 6
1882 - 1946
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 7
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