1918 - 2009
Günther Rall (10 March 1918 – 4 October 2009) was a highly decorated German military aviator, officer and General, whose military career spanned nearly forty years. Rall was the third most successful fighter pilot in aviation history, behind Gerhard Barkhorn, who is second, and Erich Hartmann, who is first.Rall was born in Gaggenau, the German Empire, in March 1918. Rall grew up in the Weimar Republic. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Günther Rall has received more than 554,226 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Günther Rall is the 387th most popular military personnel (down from 361st in 2019), the 895th most popular biography from Germany (down from 862nd in 2019) and the 82nd most popular German Military Personnel.
Günther Rall is most famous for being a German fighter pilot and the third most successful fighter ace in history. He was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
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Among military personnels, Günther Rall ranks 387 out of 1,468. Before him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, La Hire, Xiahou Yuan, Omar Pasha, and Georges Picquart. After him are Prokop the Great, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Leonid Govorov, Reinhard Scheer, Nicolas Chauvin, and Ban Chao.
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 381
1887 - 1963
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 382
1390 - 1443
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 383
200 - 219
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 384
1806 - 1871
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 385
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 386
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 387
1380 - 1434
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 388
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 389
1897 - 1955
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 390
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 391
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 392
32 - 102
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 393
Among people born in 1918, Günther Rall ranks 41. Before him are Bertram Brockhouse, Pavlik Morozov, Birgit Nilsson, Jerome Karle, André Bazin, and Lila Kedrova. After him are Jens Christian Skou, Ahmed Deedat, Patricio Aylwin, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Robert Aldrich, and Sam Walton. Among people deceased in 2009, Günther Rall ranks 32. Before him are Bobby Robson, Abdurrahman Wahid, Juan Almeida Bosque, Robert F. Furchgott, Corazon Aquino, and John Updike. After him are João Bernardo Vieira, Norman Borlaug, Raúl Alfonsín, Ephraim Katzir, Ertuğrul Osman, and Leszek Kołakowski.
1918 - 2003
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 35
1918 - 1932
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 36
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 37
1918 - 2013
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 38
1918 - 1958
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 39
1918 - 2000
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 40
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 41
1918 - 2018
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 42
1918 - 2005
HPI: 61.52
Rank: 43
1918 - 2016
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 44
1918 - 2019
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 45
1918 - 1983
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 46
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 47
1933 - 2009
HPI: 62.09
Rank: 26
1940 - 2009
HPI: 62.06
Rank: 27
1927 - 2009
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 28
1916 - 2009
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 29
1933 - 2009
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 30
1932 - 2009
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 31
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 32
1939 - 2009
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 33
1914 - 2009
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 34
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 35
1916 - 2009
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 36
1912 - 2009
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 37
1927 - 2009
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 38
Among people born in Germany, Günther Rall ranks 895 out of 6,142. Before him are Bruno of Querfurt (970), Wied, Prince of Albania (1876), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (1927), Frei Otto (1925), Gottlob Berger (1896), and Engelbert Humperdinck (1854). After him are Gershom Scholem (1897), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1671), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Landgravine Elisabeth Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt (1635), and Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1370).
970 - 1009
HPI: 61.67
Rank: 889
1876 - 1945
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 890
1927 - 2016
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 891
1925 - 2015
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 892
1896 - 1975
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 893
1854 - 1921
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 894
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 895
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 896
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 897
1671 - 1727
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 898
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 899
1635 - 1709
HPI: 61.58
Rank: 900
1370 - 1428
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 901
Among military personnels born in Germany, Günther Rall ranks 82. Before him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), Viktor Lutze (1890), Erich Kempka (1910), and Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887). After him are Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Herbert Gille (1897), Johannes Frießner (1892), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), and Günther Lütjens (1889).
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 76
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 77
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 78
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 79
1910 - 1975
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 80
1887 - 1963
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 81
1918 - 2009
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 82
1755 - 1813
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 83
1863 - 1928
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 84
1897 - 1966
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 85
1892 - 1971
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 86
1887 - 1952
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 87
1889 - 1941
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 88