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Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

1800 - 1891

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Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt fɔn ˈmɔltkə]; 26 October 1800 – 24 April 1891) was a Prussian field marshal. The chief of staff of the Prussian Army for thirty years, he is regarded as the creator of a new, more modern method of directing armies in the field and one of the finest military minds of his generation. He commanded troops in Europe and the Middle East, in the Second Schleswig War, Austro-Prussian War, and Franco-Prussian War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmuth von Moltke the Elder has received more than 1,601,916 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Helmuth von Moltke the Elder is the 81st most popular military personnel (down from 74th in 2019), the 210th most popular biography from Germany (down from 189th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Military Personnel.

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder is most famous for his military leadership during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 81 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Suvorov, Tadeusz Kościuszko, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, Edward Smith, Günther von Kluge, and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher. After him are Abu Muslim, Qasem Soleimani, Yi Sun-sin, Võ Nguyên Giáp, Ivan Konev, and Subutai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 2. Before him is Friedrich Wöhler. After him are France Prešeren, Emperor Ninkō, Millard Fillmore, Charles Goodyear, Henry Fox Talbot, John Edward Gray, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Nat Turner, James Clark Ross, and John Brown. Among people deceased in 1891, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 7. Before him are Arthur Rimbaud, Nikolaus Otto, Georges Seurat, Helena Blavatsky, Herman Melville, and Pedro II of Brazil. After him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Sofia Kovalevskaya, P. T. Barnum, Léo Delibes, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and Theo van Gogh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 210 out of 7,253. Before him are Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (1086), Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887), Nelly Sachs (1891), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), and Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980). After him are Carl Ritter (1779), Werner von Siemens (1816), Pope Clement II (1005), Edith Stein (1891), Albert, Prince Consort (1819), and Frank-Walter Steinmeier (1956).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 17. Before him are Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Ernst Röhm (1887), Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742). After him are Erich Hartmann (1922), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), Albert Kesselring (1885), Heinrich Müller (1900), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), and John of Austria (1547).

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