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Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

1911 - 1986

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Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (11 December 1911 – 18 April 1986) was a submarine commander in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded four U-boats, including U-96, a Type VIIC U-boat, which gained widespread recognition when one of its patrols was documented and publicized by an accompanying member of a propaganda company Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Lehmann-Willenbrock was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock has received more than 496,567 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is the 666th most popular military personnel (down from 504th in 2019), the 1,647th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,221st in 2019) and the 124th most popular German Military Personnel.

Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is most famous for being the first person to successfully cross the Arctic Ocean in a submarine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 666 out of 2,058. Before him are Maurice Sarrail, Wei Qing, Heinz Harmel, Werner Kempf, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.. After him are Pavel Sudoplatov, Lei Feng, Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Arslan Isra'il, and Heinz Hitler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 77. Before him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans-Braganza, Luis Walter Alvarez, Jussi Björling, William Stuart-Houston, George Stigler, and Maria Reiter. After him are Roberto Matta, Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Ball, Thanom Kittikachorn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Hubert Humphrey. Among people deceased in 1986, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 61. Before him are Lilli Palmer, Marcel Dassault, Raymond Loewy, Ferdinand Daučík, Donna Reed, and Sterling Hayden. After him are Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Jorge Alessandri, Gunnar Björnstrand, Alfredo Binda, Bernard Malamud, and Ernst Neufert.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 1,647 out of 7,253. Before him are Florian Schneider (1947), Friedrich Parrot (1791), Axel Springer (1912), Ludwig Büchner (1824), Eugen Jochum (1902), and Prince Oskar of Prussia (1888). After him are August Ludwig von Schlözer (1735), Felix Nussbaum (1904), Conrad Celtes (1459), Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg (1623), Christian the Younger of Brunswick (1599), and Ludolf Bakhuizen (1630).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 124. Before him are Hans Speidel (1897), Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (1893), Max Immelmann (1890), Herta Bothe (1921), Lothar von Trotha (1848), and Wilhelm Rediess (1900). After him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Heinz Hitler (1920), August Hirt (1898), Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721), and Hans Langsdorff (1894).

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