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Gordon Gollob

1912 - 1987

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Gordon Gollob (16 June 1912 – 7 September 1987) was an Austrian fighter pilot during World War II. A fighter ace, he was credited with 150 enemy aircraft shot down in over 340 combat missions. Gollob claimed the majority of his victories over the Eastern Front, and six over the Western Front. Gollob volunteered for military service in the Austrian Armed Forces in 1933. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gordon Gollob has received more than 154,581 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gordon Gollob is the 700th most popular military personnel (up from 788th in 2019), the 389th most popular biography from Austria (up from 434th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gordon Gollob ranks 700 out of 2,058. Before him are Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, William Halsey Jr., Abner Doubleday, Ludwig von Benedek, Sergey Gorshkov, and Wilhelm Schepmann. After him are Bardas Skleros, Xu Da, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Takeo Kurita, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Stanisław Sosabowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Gordon Gollob ranks 95. Before him are Lady Bird Johnson, Duško Popov, Feroze Gandhi, Arne Næss, Princess Deokhye, and Jiří Trnka. After him are Woody Guthrie, Sohn Kee-chung, Philibert Tsiranana, Samuel Fuller, Jean Améry, and Igor Markevitch. Among people deceased in 1987, Gordon Gollob ranks 56. Before him are Rouben Mamoulian, Camille Chamoun, Eugen Jochum, Alistair MacLean, Seyni Kountché, and Yakov Zeldovich. After him are Charan Singh, Federico Mompou, Gretl Braun, Liberace, Abba Kovner, and Joop den Uyl.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Gordon Gollob ranks 389 out of 1,424. Before him are Otto Barić (1933), Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria (1737), Archduke Felix of Austria (1916), Peter Altenberg (1859), Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (1895), and Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870). After him are Georg Ritter von Schönerer (1842), Christine Kaufmann (1945), Hans Hahn (1879), Martin Weinek (1964), Robert Stolz (1880), and Jack Unterweger (1951).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Austria

Among military personnels born in Austria, Gordon Gollob ranks 20. Before him are Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Franz Böhme (1885), Karl Silberbauer (1911), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), and Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924). After him are Ernst Rüdiger von Starhemberg (1638), Eduard Roschmann (1908), Sylvester Stadler (1910), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), Maximilian Grabner (1905), and Victor Capesius (1907).

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