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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

1742 - 1819

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Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛphaʁt ˈleːbəʁɛçt fɔn ˈblʏçɐ]; 21 December 1742 – 12 September 1819), Graf (count), later elevated to Fürst (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 1,404,799 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher is the 80th most popular military personnel (up from 120th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from Germany (up from 298th in 2019) and the 16th 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 80 out of 2,058. Before him are Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, Alexander Suvorov, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Edward Smith, and Günther von Kluge. After him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Abu Muslim, Qasem Soleimani, Yi Sun-sin, Võ Nguyên Giáp, and Ivan Konev.

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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 Yemelyan Pugachev, Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Nicolas Leblanc, Dositej Obradović, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, 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, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Kamehameha I, Daniel Rutherford, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, August von Kotzebue, Erik Acharius, and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 208 out of 7,253. Before him are Conrad III of Germany (1093), Jupp Heynckes (1945), Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Nelly Sachs (1891), and Karl Liebknecht (1871). After him are Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Carl Ritter (1779), Werner von Siemens (1816), Pope Clement II (1005), and Edith Stein (1891).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher ranks 16. Before him are Baron Munchausen (1720), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Ernst Röhm (1887), Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), and Erich Raeder (1876). After him are Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Erich Hartmann (1922), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Albert Kesselring (1885), Heinrich Müller (1900), and Wilhelm Canaris (1887).

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