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Hans Speidel

1897 - 1984

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Hans Speidel (28 October 1897 – 28 November 1984) was a German military officer who successively served in the armies of the German Empire, Nazi Germany and West Germany. The first general officer of the Bundeswehr, he was a key player in West German rearmament during the Cold War as well as West Germany's integration into NATO and international negotiations on European and Western defence cooperation in the 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Speidel has received more than 838,836 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Hans Speidel is the 638th most popular military personnel (down from 596th in 2019), the 1,573rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,463rd in 2019) and the 118th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans Speidel ranks 638 out of 2,058. Before him are Walther Nehring, Tarrare, Harold Lowe, Surena, Franz Hössler, and William Bligh. After him are Demosthenes, Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Sergey Biryuzov, Werner Ostendorff, Max Immelmann, and Eberhard von Mackensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Hans Speidel ranks 78. Before him are Sepp Herberger, Philippe Soupault, Károly Kerényi, Jean Epstein, Virginia Henderson, and Winifred Wagner. After him are Rouben Mamoulian, Carl Oberg, Judith Anderson, Tarjei Vesaas, Shoghi Effendi, and Chen Cheng. Among people deceased in 1984, Hans Speidel ranks 54. Before him are Jackie Coogan, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Joseph Losey, Chaïm Perelman, George Gaylord Simpson, and Branko Ćopić. After him are Rodrigo Lara, Count Basie, Andy Kaufman, Marcel Janco, Souvanna Phouma, and Mark W. Clark.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Speidel ranks 1,573 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Matthäus Bechstein (1757), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Louis IV, Landgrave of Thuringia (1200), Franz Hössler (1906), Hans Knappertsbusch (1888), and Bruno Streckenbach (1902). After him are Oswald Achenbach (1827), Eric Voegelin (1901), Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1526), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Gottfried John (1942), and Marianne Weber (1870).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Speidel ranks 118. Before him are Anton Dostler (1891), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Nicolaus von Below (1907), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), Hans Hermann von Katte (1704), and Franz Hössler (1906). After him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Max Immelmann (1890), Herta Bothe (1921), Lothar von Trotha (1848), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911).

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