1848 - 1916
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf von Moltke (German: [ˈhɛlmuːt fɔn ˈmɔltkə]; 25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general and Chief of the Great German General Staff, a member of the House of Moltke. He was also the nephew of Generalfeldmarschall Graf Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, who is commonly called "Moltke the Elder" to differentiate the two. Upon becoming the head of the General Staff, Moltke led the German Army from 1 January 1906 to 14 September 1914 during the opening months of World War I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Helmuth von Moltke the Younger has received more than 1,058,939 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Helmuth von Moltke the Younger is the 183rd most popular military personnel (up from 200th in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Germany (up from 469th in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Military Personnel.
Helmuth von Moltke the Younger is most famous for his military leadership in the Franco-Prussian War.
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Among military personnels, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 183 out of 1,468. Before him are Hans Krebs, Oskar Dirlewanger, Akechi Mitsuhide, Johannes Blaskowitz, Djemal Pasha, and Matilda of Tuscany. After him are Aleksei Brusilov, Felix Steiner, Walther von Reichenau, Syagrius, Draža Mihailović, and Anton Denikin.
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 177
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 178
1526 - 1582
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 179
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 180
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 181
1046 - 1115
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 182
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 183
1853 - 1926
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 184
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 185
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 186
430 - 487
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 187
1893 - 1946
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 188
1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 189
Among people born in 1848, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 7. Before him are Paul Gauguin, Octave Mirbeau, Vilfredo Pareto, Gottlob Frege, Otto Lilienthal, and Joris-Karl Huysmans. After him are Gustave Caillebotte, Otto of Bavaria, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Hugo de Vries, Tōgō Heihachirō, and Robert I, Duke of Parma. Among people deceased in 1916, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 16. Before him are Odilon Redon, Franz Marc, William Ramsay, Henry James, Sholem Aleichem, and Richard Dedekind. After him are Otto of Bavaria, Charles de Foucauld, Natsume Sōseki, Karl Schwarzschild, Enrique Granados, and Elisabeth of Wied.
1848 - 1903
HPI: 81.79
Rank: 1
1848 - 1917
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 2
1848 - 1923
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 3
1848 - 1925
HPI: 72.19
Rank: 4
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 5
1848 - 1907
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 6
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 7
1848 - 1894
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 8
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 9
1848 - 1922
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 10
1848 - 1935
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 11
1848 - 1934
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 12
1848 - 1907
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 13
1840 - 1916
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 10
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 11
1852 - 1916
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 12
1843 - 1916
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 13
1859 - 1916
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 14
1831 - 1916
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 15
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 16
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 17
1858 - 1916
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 18
1867 - 1916
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 19
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 20
1867 - 1916
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 21
1843 - 1916
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 22
Among people born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 437 out of 6,142. Before him are Æthelwulf, King of Wessex (795), Roland Freisler (1893), Victoria of Baden (1862), Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria (1808), Albrecht Kossel (1853), and Adolf Butenandt (1903). After him are Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Hans Fischer (1881), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Bernhard von Bülow (1849), and Felix Klein (1849).
795 - 858
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 431
1893 - 1945
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 432
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 433
1808 - 1888
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 434
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 435
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 436
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 437
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 438
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 439
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 440
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 441
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 442
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 443
Among military personnels born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 44. Before him are Alfred von Schlieffen (1833), Ernst Busch (1885), Joachim Peiper (1915), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Hans Krebs (1898), and Oskar Dirlewanger (1895). After him are Walther von Reichenau (1884), Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), and Wilhelm Mohnke (1911).
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 38
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 39
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 40
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 41
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 43
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 44
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 45
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 48
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 49
1911 - 2001
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 50