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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

1742 - 1819

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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛphaʁt ˈleːbəʁɛçt fɔn ˈblʏçɐ]; 21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (sovereign prince) von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal). He earned his greatest recognition after leading his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Blücher was born in Rostock, the son of a retired army captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher has received more than 1,283,618 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher is the 120th most popular military personnel (down from 102nd in 2019), the 298th most popular biography from Germany (down from 269th in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Military Personnel.

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher was a Prussian general who led the army that defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 120 out of 1,468. Before him are Semyon Timoshenko, Erich von Falkenhayn, Narses, Theodor Eicke, Yi Sun-sin, and Stilicho. After him are Ludwig Beck, Nero Claudius Drusus, George S. Patton, Michael Wittmann, Bohemond I of Antioch, and Louis-Nicolas Davout.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 3. Before him are Pope Pius VII and Carl Wilhelm Scheele. After him are Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Yemelyan Pugachev, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Nicolas Leblanc, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Dositej Obradović, François Laurent d'Arlandes, and Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart. Among people deceased in 1819, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 3. Before him are James Watt and Charles IV of Spain. After him are Maria Luisa of Parma, Kamehameha I, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, and Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 298 out of 6,142. Before him are Gustav Stresemann (1878), Michael Ende (1929), Athanasius Kircher (1602), Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Otto IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1175), and Albrecht Altdorfer (1480). After him are Hermann Ebbinghaus (1850), Ludwig Beck (1880), Carl Ritter (1779), Franz Marc (1880), Samuel Hahnemann (1755), and Ernst Ruska (1906).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 26. Before him are Albert Kesselring (1885), John of Austria (1547), Hermann Hoth (1885), Heinrich Müller (1900), Klaus Barbie (1913), and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881). After him are Ludwig Beck (1880), Michael Wittmann (1914), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Hermann Fegelein (1906), August von Mackensen (1849), and Franz Halder (1884).

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