MILITARY PERSONNEL
Erwin von Witzleben
1881 - 1944
Erwin von Witzleben
Job Wilhelm Georg Erdmann Erwin von Witzleben (4 December 1881 – 8 August 1944) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erwin von Witzleben has received more than 1,049,715 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin von Witzleben is the 265th most popular military personnel (down from 234th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from Poland (down from 107th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Polish Military Personnel.
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1.0M
Page Views (PV)
64.68
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
40
Languages Editions (L)
5.69
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS
Among military personnels, Erwin von Witzleben ranks 265 out of 2,058. Before him are Craterus, Hasdrubal Barca, Omar Bradley, Baiju, Zhang Liao, and Nikolai Vatutin. After him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Pedro de Alvarado, Erich Hoepner, Orda Khan, Robert Nivelle, and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg.
Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsCraterus
370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 259
Hasdrubal Barca
300 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 260
Omar Bradley
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 261
Baiju
1201 - 1300
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 262
Zhang Liao
169 - 222
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 263
Nikolai Vatutin
1901 - 1944
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 264
Erwin von Witzleben
1881 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 265
Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby
1861 - 1936
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 266
Pedro de Alvarado
1485 - 1541
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 267
Erich Hoepner
1886 - 1944
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 268
Orda Khan
1204 - 1280
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 269
Robert Nivelle
1856 - 1924
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 270
Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg
1771 - 1820
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 271
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1881, Erwin von Witzleben ranks 36. Before him are Hermann Staudinger, Maximilian von Weichs, George Enescu, Władysław Sikorski, François Darlan, and Walter Rudolf Hess. After him are Ivan Ribar, Natalia Goncharova, Theodore von Kármán, Carlo Carrà, Otto Wille Kuusinen, and Otto Bauer. Among people deceased in 1944, Erwin von Witzleben ranks 36. Before him are Friedrich Olbricht, Arthur Eddington, Aristide Maillol, Glenn Miller, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, and Nikolai Vatutin. After him are Gustav Bauer, Erich Hoepner, Antanas Smetona, Giovanni Gentile, Werner von Haeften, and Max Jacob.
Others Born in 1881
Go to all RankingsHermann Staudinger
CHEMIST
1881 - 1965
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 30
Maximilian von Weichs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 31
George Enescu
COMPOSER
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 32
Władysław Sikorski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1943
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 33
François Darlan
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1942
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 34
Walter Rudolf Hess
PHYSICIAN
1881 - 1973
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 35
Erwin von Witzleben
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 36
Ivan Ribar
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1968
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 37
Natalia Goncharova
PAINTER
1881 - 1962
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 38
Theodore von Kármán
ENGINEER
1881 - 1963
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 39
Carlo Carrà
PAINTER
1881 - 1966
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 40
Otto Wille Kuusinen
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1964
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 41
Otto Bauer
POLITICIAN
1881 - 1938
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 42
Others Deceased in 1944
Go to all RankingsFriedrich Olbricht
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1888 - 1944
HPI: 65.94
Rank: 30
Arthur Eddington
ASTRONOMER
1882 - 1944
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 31
Aristide Maillol
PAINTER
1861 - 1944
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 32
Glenn Miller
MUSICIAN
1904 - 1944
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 33
Pehr Evind Svinhufvud
POLITICIAN
1861 - 1944
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 34
Nikolai Vatutin
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1901 - 1944
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 35
Erwin von Witzleben
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 36
Gustav Bauer
POLITICIAN
1870 - 1944
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 37
Erich Hoepner
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1886 - 1944
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 38
Antanas Smetona
POLITICIAN
1874 - 1944
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 39
Giovanni Gentile
PHILOSOPHER
1875 - 1944
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 40
Werner von Haeften
POLITICIAN
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 41
Max Jacob
WRITER
1876 - 1944
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 42
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Erwin von Witzleben ranks 140 out of 1,694. Before him are Adolf Anderssen (1818), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Géza I of Hungary (1040), Konrad Emil Bloch (1912), Klaus von Klitzing (1943), and Władysław Gomułka (1905). After him are Anna Anderson (1896), Zvi Zamir (1925), Johann Gustav Droysen (1808), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Edward Sapir (1884), and Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsAdolf Anderssen
CHESS PLAYER
1818 - 1879
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 134
Otto Liman von Sanders
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 135
Géza I of Hungary
POLITICIAN
1040 - 1077
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 136
Konrad Emil Bloch
CHEMIST
1912 - 2000
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 137
Klaus von Klitzing
PHYSICIST
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 138
Władysław Gomułka
POLITICIAN
1905 - 1982
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 139
Erwin von Witzleben
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1881 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 140
Anna Anderson
CELEBRITY
1896 - 1984
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 141
Zvi Zamir
POLITICIAN
1925 - 2024
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 142
Johann Gustav Droysen
HISTORIAN
1808 - 1884
HPI: 64.59
Rank: 143
Albrecht von Roon
POLITICIAN
1803 - 1879
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 144
Edward Sapir
LINGUIST
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 145
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
INVENTOR
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.46
Rank: 146
Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland
Among military personnels born in Poland, Erwin von Witzleben ranks 15. Before him are Anton Denikin (1872), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), and Otto Liman von Sanders (1855). After him are Rochus Misch (1917), Hermann Balck (1893), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Otto von Below (1857), and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885).
Anton Denikin
1872 - 1947
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 10
Alfred von Tirpitz
1849 - 1930
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 11
Władysław Sikorski
1881 - 1943
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 12
Jan Henryk Dąbrowski
1755 - 1818
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 13
Otto Liman von Sanders
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 14
Erwin von Witzleben
1881 - 1944
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 15
Rochus Misch
1917 - 2013
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 16
Hermann Balck
1893 - 1982
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 17
Hans-Jürgen von Arnim
1889 - 1962
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 18
Otto Kretschmer
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 19
Otto von Below
1857 - 1944
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 20
Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
1885 - 1968
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 21