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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hans Krebs

1898 - 1945

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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

Among military personnels, Hans Krebs ranks 177 out of 1,468Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Hans Krebs ranks 21Before 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 38Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Krebs ranks 420 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Krebs ranks 42Before 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).