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Ernst Lindemann

1894 - 1941

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Otto Ernst Lindemann (28 March 1894 – 27 May 1941) was a German Kapitän zur See (naval captain). He was the only commander of the battleship Bismarck during its eight months of service in World War II. Lindemann joined the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) in 1913, and after his basic military training, served on a number of warships during World War I as a wireless telegraphy officer. On board SMS Bayern, he participated in Operation Albion in 1917. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Lindemann has received more than 491,800 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Ernst Lindemann is the 522nd most popular military personnel (down from 492nd in 2019), the 1,279th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,187th in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ernst Lindemann ranks 522 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Adem Jashari, Stonewall Jackson, Bo'orchu, Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, and Nathan Bedford Forrest. After him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Roger of Lauria, Stepa Stepanović, Živojin Mišić, Jacques MacDonald, and Pál Maléter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Ernst Lindemann ranks 53. Before him are Lothar von Richthofen, V. V. Giri, Walter Brennan, André Kertész, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, and Bessie Smith. After him are Percy Spencer, Leo Kanner, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, Américo Tomás, Walter Warlimont, and Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Among people deceased in 1941, Ernst Lindemann ranks 50. Before him are Dmitry Pavlov, Tullio Levi-Civita, Rudolf Hilferding, Paul-Jacques Curie, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, and Franz Gürtner. After him are Maria Spiridonova, Edwin S. Porter, Gaetano Mosca, Benjamin Lee Whorf, Karin Boye, and Henri Cornet.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Lindemann ranks 1,279 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerberga of Saxony (913), Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine (1661), Luz Long (1913), Werner Haase (1900), Walter Dornberger (1895), and Ferdinand Albert II, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1680). After him are Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), Til Schweiger (1963), Siegfried Kracauer (1889), Erwin Piscator (1893), Theobald Boehm (1794), and Duchess Marie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1854).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ernst Lindemann ranks 100. Before him are Karl von Bülow (1846), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), Adolf Strauss (1879), Günther Korten (1898), Josef Harpe (1887), and Theodor Busse (1897). After him are Walter Rauff (1906), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Heinz Lammerding (1905), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), and Franz von Hipper (1863).

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