1898 - 1945
Hans Krebs (4 March 1898 – 2 May 1945) was a German Army general of infantry who served during World War II. A career soldier, he served in the Reichswehr and the Wehrmacht. He served as the last Chief of Staff of the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) during the final phase of the war in Europe (1 April to 1 May 1945). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Krebs has received more than 27,577 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Hans Krebs is the 177th most popular military personnel (down from 164th in 2019), the 420th most popular biography from Germany (down from 378th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular German Military Personnel.
Hans Krebs is most famous for his discovery of the citric acid cycle, or the Krebs cycle.
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Among military personnels, Hans Krebs ranks 177 out of 1,468. Before him are Joachim Peiper, Auguste de Marmont, Dietrich von Choltitz, George Armstrong Custer, Paul Tibbets, and Józef Poniatowski. After him are Oskar Dirlewanger, Akechi Mitsuhide, Johannes Blaskowitz, Djemal Pasha, Matilda of Tuscany, and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger.
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 171
1774 - 1852
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 172
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 173
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 174
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 175
1763 - 1813
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 176
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 177
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 178
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 179
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 180
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 181
1046 - 1115
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 182
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 183
Among people born in 1898, Hans Krebs ranks 21. Before him are Liu Shaoqi, C. S. Lewis, Tamara de Lempicka, Trofim Lysenko, Alexander Calder, and Gunnar Myrdal. After him are Rodion Malinovsky, Henry Moore, Leo Szilard, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Rudolf Dassler, and Karl Hermann Frank. Among people deceased in 1945, Hans Krebs ranks 38. Before him are Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Pierre Laval, Emil Hácha, Ernst Busch, Robert Ley, and Francis William Aston. After him are Oskar Dirlewanger, Roland Freisler, Hans Fischer, Josef Kramer, Wilhelm Burgdorf, and Käthe Kollwitz.
1898 - 1969
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 15
1898 - 1963
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 16
1898 - 1980
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 17
1898 - 1976
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 18
1898 - 1976
HPI: 67.77
Rank: 19
1898 - 1987
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 20
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 21
1898 - 1967
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 22
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 23
1898 - 1964
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 24
1898 - 1988
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 25
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 26
1898 - 1946
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 27
1895 - 1945
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 32
1883 - 1945
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 33
1872 - 1945
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 34
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 35
1890 - 1945
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 36
1877 - 1945
HPI: 67.08
Rank: 37
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 38
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 39
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 40
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 41
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 43
1867 - 1945
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 44
Among people born in Germany, Hans Krebs ranks 420 out of 6,142. Before him are Lothar Matthäus (1961), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Julius von Mayer (1814), Frederica of Hanover (1917), Caroline of Baden (1776), and Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758). After him are Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928), Wolfram von Eschenbach (1170), Hans Fritzsche (1900), Ernst Abbe (1840), and Gerhard Richter (1932).
1961 - Present
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 414
1784 - 1846
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 415
1814 - 1878
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 416
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 417
1776 - 1841
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 418
1758 - 1840
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 419
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 420
1864 - 1918
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 421
1928 - 2007
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 422
1170 - 1220
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 423
1900 - 1953
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 424
1840 - 1905
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 425
1932 - Present
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 426
Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Krebs ranks 42. Before him are Georg von Küchler (1881), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Ernst Busch (1885), Joachim Peiper (1915), and Dietrich von Choltitz (1894). After him are Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), and Erhard Milch (1892).
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 36
1891 - 1955
HPI: 67.63
Rank: 37
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 38
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 39
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 40
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 41
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 43
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 44
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 45
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 48