1945 - 2024
Franz Anton Beckenbauer (German pronunciation: [fʁants ˈʔantoːn ˈbɛkn̩ˌbaʊɐ] ; 11 September 1945 – 7 January 2024) was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser ("the Emperor"), he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, and is one of nine players to have won the FIFA World Cup, the European Champions Cup, and the Ballon d'Or. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a central defender. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Beckenbauer has received more than 5,564,748 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 82 in 2019). Franz Beckenbauer is the 7th most popular soccer player, the 73rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 82nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Soccer Player.
Franz Beckenbauer is most famous for being a German footballer who played as a sweeper. He is also the only person to win the World Cup as captain and coach.
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Among soccer players, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 7 out of 16,880. Before him are Pelé, Johan Cruyff, Ferenc Puskás, Diego Maradona, Lev Yashin, and Gerd Müller. After him are Eusébio, Garrincha, Alfredo Di Stéfano, Zinedine Zidane, Giuseppe Meazza, and Josef Bican.
1940 - 2022
HPI: 85.54
Rank: 1
1947 - 2016
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 2
1927 - 2006
HPI: 78.44
Rank: 3
1960 - 2020
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 4
1929 - 1990
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 5
1945 - 2021
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 6
1945 - 2024
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 7
1942 - 2014
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 8
1933 - 1983
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 9
1926 - 2014
HPI: 75.85
Rank: 10
1972 - Present
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 11
1910 - 1979
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 12
1913 - 2001
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1945, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 5. Before him are Bob Marley, Rodrigo Duterte, Gerd Müller, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. After him are Aung San Suu Kyi, Vince McMahon, Radovan Karadžić, Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Eric Clapton, Tom Selleck, and Daniel Ortega. Among people deceased in 2024, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 1. After him are Mário Zagallo, Sebastián Piñera, Arno Allan Penzias, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Frank Farian, Niklaus Wirth, Carl Weathers, Luigi Riva, Johan Galtung, Kurt Hamrin, and Hage Geingob.
1945 - 1981
HPI: 84.72
Rank: 1
1945 - Present
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 2
1945 - 2021
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 3
1945 - Present
HPI: 77.12
Rank: 4
1945 - 2024
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 6
1945 - Present
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 7
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 8
1945 - Present
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 9
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.94
Rank: 10
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 11
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 12
1945 - 2024
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 1
1931 - 2024
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 2
1949 - 2024
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 3
1933 - 2024
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 4
1937 - 2024
HPI: 65.32
Rank: 5
1941 - 2024
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 6
1934 - 2024
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 7
1948 - 2024
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 8
1944 - 2024
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 9
1930 - 2024
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 10
1934 - 2024
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 11
1941 - 2024
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 73 out of 6,142. Before him are Erich von Manstein (1887), Karl Lagerfeld (1933), Heinrich Hertz (1857), Helmut Kohl (1930), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), and Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762). After him are Karl Jaspers (1883), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714), Richard Strauss (1864), Heinz Guderian (1888), and Heinrich Schliemann (1822).
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 - 2024
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 73
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 74
1774 - 1840
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 75
1714 - 1787
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 76
1864 - 1949
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 77
1888 - 1954
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 78
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 79
Among soccer players born in Germany, Franz Beckenbauer ranks 2. Before him are Gerd Müller (1945). After him are Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Oliver Kahn (1969), Fritz Walter (1920), Paul Breitner (1951), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Uwe Seeler (1936), Rudi Völler (1960), Felix Magath (1953), and Berti Vogts (1946).
1945 - 2021
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 1
1945 - 2024
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 2
1955 - Present
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 3
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 4
1969 - Present
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 5
1920 - 2002
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 7
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 8
1936 - 2022
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 9
1960 - Present
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 10
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.01
Rank: 11
1946 - Present
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 12