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Günther Lütjens

1889 - 1941

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Johann Günther Lütjens (25 May 1889 – 27 May 1941) was a German admiral whose military service spanned more than 30 years and two world wars. Lütjens is best known for his actions during World War II and his command of the battleship Bismarck during her foray into the Atlantic Ocean in 1941. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günther Lütjens has received more than 611,586 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Günther Lütjens is the 430th most popular military personnel (down from 420th in 2019), the 1,025th most popular biography from Germany (down from 977th in 2019) and the 85th most popular German Military Personnel.

Günther Lütjens was a German admiral during World War II. He is most famous for commanding the battleship Bismarck in 1941.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Günther Lütjens ranks 430 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Nowotny, Herbert Gille, Datis, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, and Christian Wirth. After him are Xu Huang, He Jin, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Mikhail Kirponos, Osman Nuri Pasha, and Zinovy Rozhestvensky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Günther Lütjens ranks 37. Before him are Victor Fleming, Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Edgar Adrian, Walter Lippmann, and Abel Gance. After him are Kim Tu-bong, Hannes Meyer, Li Dazhao, Otto Georg Thierack, Olave Baden-Powell, and Philip Noel-Baker. Among people deceased in 1941, Günther Lütjens ranks 38. Before him are Christian Rakovsky, Henri Lebesgue, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Pál Teleki, Louis Chevrolet, and Sisowath Monivong. After him are Mikhail Kirponos, Émile Bernard, Gottfried Feder, Frederick Griffith, Annie Jump Cannon, and Dmitry Pavlov.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günther Lütjens ranks 1,025 out of 7,253. Before him are Hrotsvitha (935), Walter Röhrl (1947), Charles De Coster (1827), Christian Wirth (1885), Karl Bühler (1879), and Franz Rosenzweig (1886). After him are Beate Klarsfeld (1939), Erwin Neher (1944), Carl von Linde (1842), Friedrich Jeckeln (1895), Princess Anna Sophie of Denmark (1647), and August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Günther Lütjens ranks 85. Before him are Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), Herbert Gille (1897), and Christian Wirth (1885). After him are August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Erich Kempka (1910), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Viktor Lutze (1890), and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594).

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