1800 - 1891
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 1,467,455 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Helmuth von Moltke the Elder is the 74th most popular military personnel (up from 80th in 2019), the 189th most popular biography from Germany (up from 200th in 2019) and the 16th 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, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 74 out of 1,468. Before him are Bernard Montgomery, Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Ferdinand Foch, Seleucus I Nicator, Edward Smith, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. After him are Michel Ney, Günther von Kluge, Ivan Konev, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Ahmad Sanjar, and Eugène de Beauharnais.
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 68
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 69
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 70
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 71
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 72
1916 - 1974
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 73
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 74
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 75
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 76
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 77
1893 - 1937
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 78
1100 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 79
1781 - 1824
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 80
Among people born in 1800, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 2. Before him is Friedrich Wöhler. After him are Emperor Ninkō, Charles Goodyear, Millard Fillmore, Henry Fox Talbot, France Prešeren, James Clark Ross, John Edward Gray, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. Among people deceased in 1891, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 6. Before him are Arthur Rimbaud, Georges Seurat, Nikolaus Otto, Helena Blavatsky, and Herman Melville. After him are Georges-Eugène Haussmann, P. T. Barnum, Pedro II of Brazil, Léo Delibes, Sofia Kovalevskaya, and Wilhelm Eduard Weber.
1800 - 1882
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 1
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 2
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 3
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 4
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 5
1800 - 1877
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 7
1800 - 1862
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 8
1800 - 1875
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 9
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 10
1800 - 1831
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 11
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 12
1854 - 1891
HPI: 78.92
Rank: 1
1859 - 1891
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 2
1832 - 1891
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 3
1831 - 1891
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 4
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 5
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 6
1809 - 1891
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 7
1810 - 1891
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 8
1825 - 1891
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 9
1836 - 1891
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 10
1850 - 1891
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 11
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 189 out of 6,142. Before him are Max Born (1882), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Emmy Noether (1882), Matthias Grünewald (1480), and Ilse Koch (1906). After him are Hans Holbein the Younger (1497), Edith Stein (1891), Philip Melanchthon (1497), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), Emil Fischer (1852), and Nelly Sachs (1891).
1882 - 1970
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 183
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 184
1683 - 1737
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 185
1882 - 1935
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 186
1480 - 1528
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 187
1906 - 1967
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 188
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 189
1497 - 1545
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 190
1891 - 1942
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 191
1497 - 1560
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 192
1218 - 1291
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 193
1852 - 1919
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 194
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 195
Among military personnels born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder ranks 16. Before him are Ernst Röhm (1887), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Alfred Jodl (1890), Walter Model (1891), Erich Raeder (1876), and Erich Hartmann (1922). After him are Michel Ney (1769), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Albert Kesselring (1885), John of Austria (1547), and Hermann Hoth (1885).
1887 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 10
1875 - 1953
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 11
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 12
1891 - 1945
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 13
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 14
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 15
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 16
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 17
1887 - 1945
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 18
1876 - 1956
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 19
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 20
1547 - 1578
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 21
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 22