MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ernst Röhm

1887 - 1934

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Ernst Julius Günther Röhm (German: [ɛʁnst ˈʁøːm]; 28 November 1887 – 1 July 1934) was a German military officer and a leading member of the Nazi Party. Initially a close friend and early ally of Adolf Hitler, Röhm was the co-founder and leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the Nazi Party's original paramilitary wing, which played a significant role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernst Röhm has received more than 5,599,878 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Röhm is the 58th most popular military personnel (down from 40th in 2019), the 146th most popular biography from Germany (down from 114th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Military Personnel.

Ernst Röhm was a German military officer who was a member of the Nazi Party and head of the SA, or Sturmabteilung, which was the Nazi Party's paramilitary. He was killed during the Night of the Long Knives.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ernst Röhm ranks 58 out of 2,058. Before him are Flavius Aetius, Erich Ludendorff, Prince Eugene of Savoy, Gerd von Rundstedt, Vasily Zaitsev, and Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan. After him are Albrecht von Wallenstein, Miltiades, Seleucus I Nicator, Alfred Jodl, Otto Skorzeny, and Ferdinand Foch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ernst Röhm ranks 10. Before him are Marcel Duchamp, Chiang Kai-shek, Erich von Manstein, Charles I of Austria, Srinivasa Ramanujan, and Padre Pio. After him are Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Arthur Rubinstein, Jozef Tiso, Bernard Montgomery, Wilhelm Canaris, and Juan Gris. Among people deceased in 1934, Ernst Röhm ranks 6. Before him are Marie Curie, Paul von Hindenburg, Lev Vygotsky, Fritz Haber, and Edward Elgar. After him are Albert I of Belgium, Raymond Poincaré, Kurt von Schleicher, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Sergey Kirov, and Nestor Makhno.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Röhm ranks 146 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Müller (1823), Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805), Frederick William III of Prussia (1770), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767), and Rudolf Christoph Eucken (1846). After him are Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor (973), Frederick William I of Prussia (1688), Friedrich Ebert (1871), Levi Strauss (1829), Pope Joan (null), and Eckhart Tolle (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ernst Röhm ranks 12. Before him are Arminius (-17), Heinz Guderian (1888), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Michel Ney (1769), Baron Munchausen (1720), and Gerd von Rundstedt (1875). After him are Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), and Erich Hartmann (1922).

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