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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Hans Langsdorff

1894 - 1939

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Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After the Panzerschiff (Deutschland-class cruiser) was unable to escape a pursuing squadron of Royal Navy ships, Langsdorff scuttled his ship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Langsdorff has received more than 524,816 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Langsdorff is the 635th most popular military personnel (down from 586th in 2019), the 1,551st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,482nd in 2019) and the 121st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans Langsdorff ranks 635 out of 1,468. Before him are Sergei Skripal, Ivan Panfilov, Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Yevhen Konovalets, Dominique Vandamme, and Zhou Tai. After him are Herbert Kappler, Georg Stumme, Wild Bill Hickok, Köten, Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Hans Langsdorff ranks 62. Before him are André Kertész, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Walter Brennan, Anton Mussert, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Walter Warlimont. After him are Friedrich Ebert Jr., Wilhelm Schepmann, Américo Tomás, King Vidor, Frank Borzage, and Tivadar Soros. Among people deceased in 1939, Hans Langsdorff ranks 33. Before him are Ernst Toller, Prince Valdemar of Denmark, Wilhelm Groener, Stanislav Kosior, Otto Wels, and Norman Bethune. After him are Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Ambroise Vollard, S. P. L. Sørensen, Vladimir Shukhov, Gerardo Machado, and Konstantin Korovin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Langsdorff ranks 1,551 out of 6,142. Before him are Rudolf Arnheim (1904), Hans Werner Henze (1926), Ludwig Borchardt (1863), Max Pechstein (1881), Hans Hartung (1904), and Bernhardus Varenius (1622). After him are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt (1752), Herbert Kappler (1907), Georg Stumme (1886), Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906), Hermann Goldschmidt (1802), and George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Langsdorff ranks 121. Before him are Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Hans Speidel (1897), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Adolf Strauss (1879), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), and Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651). After him are Herbert Kappler (1907), Georg Stumme (1886), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Lothar von Trotha (1848), Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), and Oswald Boelcke (1891).

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