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Gerhard Barkhorn

1919 - 1983

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Gerhard "Gerd" Barkhorn (20 March 1919 – 11 January 1983) was a German military aviator who was a renowned wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was the second most successful fighter pilot of all time after fellow pilot Erich Hartmann. Other than Hartmann, Barkhorn is the only fighter ace to ever exceed 300 claimed victories. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerhard Barkhorn has received more than 543,073 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard Barkhorn is the 278th most popular military personnel (down from 252nd in 2019), the 231st most popular biography from Russia (down from 212th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Russian Military Personnel.

Gerhard Barkhorn is most famous for being a German fighter pilot during World War II. He was a member of the Luftwaffe and flew over 500 combat missions.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 278 out of 1,468. Before him are Omar Bradley, Yermak Timofeyevich, Erich Priebke, Oenomaus, Wang Jian, and Reinhard Gehlen. After him are Alexandre de Beauharnais, Karl Wolff, Boris Shaposhnikov, Vasily Blyukher, Orda Khan, and Kurt Knispel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 18. Before him are Lino Ventura, Georgios Papadopoulos, Nat King Cole, Choi Kyu-hah, Donald Pleasence, and Kim Jong-suk. After him are Fausto Coppi, Pierre Trudeau, Walter Scheel, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Boris Shcherbina, and Dino De Laurentiis. Among people deceased in 1983, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 20. Before him are Felix Bloch, Arthur Koestler, Raymond Aron, Albert Claude, Gloria Swanson, and George Cukor. After him are Buckminster Fuller, Alfred Tarski, John Fante, Anna Seghers, George Balanchine, and Aleksandar Ranković.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 231 out of 3,262. Before him are Yevdokiya Lopukhina (1669), Yermak Timofeyevich (1532), Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov (1883), Igor Kurchatov (1903), Dmitry Ustinov (1908), and Mikhail Mishustin (1966). After him are Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia (1847), Olga Constantinovna of Russia (1851), Ivan Goncharov (1812), Sabina Spielrein (1885), Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), and Oleg Antonov (1906).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Russia

Among military personnels born in Russia, Gerhard Barkhorn ranks 18. Before him are Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Felix Steiner (1896), Gotthard Heinrici (1886), Nikolai Vatutin (1901), Vasily Stalin (1921), and Yermak Timofeyevich (1532). After him are Boris Shaposhnikov (1882), Vasily Blyukher (1889), Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1856), Alexander Yegorov (1883), Dmitry Yazov (1924), and Fyodor Tolbukhin (1894).

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