1913 - 1957
Oscar-Heinrich "Pritzl" Bär (pronounced [ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈbɛːɐ̯]; 25 May 1913 – 28 April 1957) was a German Luftwaffe flying ace who served throughout World War II in Europe. Bär flew more than one thousand combat missions, and fought in the Western, Eastern and Mediterranean theatres. On 18 occasions he survived being shot down, and according to records in the German Federal Archives, he claimed to have shot down 228 enemy aircraft and was credited with 208 aerial victories, 16 of which were in a Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Bär has received more than 245,929 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Heinrich Bär is the 771st most popular military personnel (down from 720th in 2019), the 1,909th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,838th in 2019) and the 149th most popular German Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Heinrich Bär ranks 771 out of 1,468. Before him are Ottavio Piccolomini, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Ilmari Juutilainen, Shibata Katsuie, Georgios Grivas, and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin. After him are Georg Lindemann, Boris Gromov, Ardaric, Mario Roatta, Ludwig Crüwell, and Henry H. Arnold.
1599 - 1656
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 765
1875 - 1957
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 766
1914 - 1999
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 767
1522 - 1583
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 768
1897 - 1974
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 769
1891 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 770
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 771
1884 - 1963
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 772
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 773
500 - 460
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 774
1887 - 1968
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 775
1892 - 1958
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 776
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 777
Among people born in 1913, Heinrich Bär ranks 98. Before him are Victor Mature, Franck Pourcel, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Willi Hennig, Álvaro Cunhal, and Mickey Cohen. After him are Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, 'Abd al-Ilah, Pinetop Perkins, Masatoshi Nakayama, Donald Maclean, and Alfred Bester. Among people deceased in 1957, Heinrich Bär ranks 73. Before him are Kurt von Tippelskirch, Soemu Toyoda, Malcolm Lowry, Carlos Castillo Armas, Ernst Gräfenberg, and Prince Franz of Bavaria. After him are Josef Hofmann, Dorothy L. Sayers, Washington Luís, Theodor Körner, Irving Baxter, and Zhou Xuan.
1913 - 1999
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 92
1913 - 2000
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 93
1913 - 1996
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 94
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 95
1913 - 2005
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 96
1913 - 1976
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 97
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 98
1913 - 2007
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 99
1913 - 1958
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 100
1913 - 2011
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 101
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 102
1913 - 1983
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 103
1913 - 1987
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 104
1891 - 1957
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 67
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 68
1909 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 69
1914 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 70
1881 - 1957
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 71
1875 - 1957
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 72
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 73
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 74
1893 - 1957
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 75
1869 - 1957
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 76
1873 - 1957
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 77
1876 - 1957
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 78
1920 - 1957
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 79
Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Bär ranks 1,909 out of 6,142. Before him are Franz Xaver von Baader (1765), Matthias Jabs (1955), Adolf Frederick I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1588), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), Heinz Brandt (1907), and Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia (1155). After him are Princess Helena of Nassau (1831), Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1724), Friedrich Albert Lange (1828), Georg Lindemann (1884), Jacob Philipp Hackert (1737), and Paul Drude (1863).
1765 - 1841
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,903
1955 - Present
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,904
1588 - 1658
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,905
1891 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,906
1907 - 1944
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,907
1155 - 1217
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,908
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,909
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,910
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,911
1828 - 1875
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,912
1884 - 1963
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 1,913
1737 - 1807
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 1,914
1863 - 1906
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 1,915
Among military personnels born in Germany, Heinrich Bär ranks 149. Before him are Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Fritz Witt (1908), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Karl Mauss (1898), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891). After him are Georg Lindemann (1884), Ludwig Crüwell (1892), Ludwig von Reuter (1869), Walter Heitz (1878), Wilhelm Adam (1877), and Karl Ernst (1904).
1891 - 1985
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 143
1908 - 1944
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 144
1893 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 145
1898 - 1959
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 146
1875 - 1957
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 147
1891 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 148
1913 - 1957
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 149
1884 - 1963
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 150
1892 - 1958
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 151
1869 - 1943
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 152
1878 - 1944
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 153
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 154
1904 - 1934
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 155