1848 - 1916
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Grafvon 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. He was also the nephew of Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) 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 653,780 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Helmuth von Moltke the Younger is the 200th most popular military personnel (up from 218th in 2019), the 469th most popular biography from Germany (up from 503rd in 2019) and the 45th 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 200 out of 1,466. Before him are Gaius Claudius Glaber, Akechi Mitsuhide, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Kurt Meyer, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Syagrius. After him are Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, Dietrich von Choltitz, Parmenion, Lysander, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, and Hasso von Manteuffel.
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 194
1526 - 1582
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 195
1895 - 1945
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 196
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 197
650 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 198
430 - 487
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 199
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 200
1886 - 1921
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 201
1894 - 1966
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 202
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 203
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 73.81
Rank: 204
1891 - 1945
HPI: 73.78
Rank: 205
1897 - 1978
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 206
Among people born in 1848, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 9. Before him are Vilfredo Pareto, Gottlob Frege, Otto Lilienthal, Gustave Caillebotte, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Otto of Bavaria. After him are Tōgō Heihachirō, Hugo de Vries, Wyatt Earp, Arthur Balfour, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, and Viktor Vasnetsov. Among people deceased in 1916, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 17. Before him are Sholem Aleichem, Odilon Redon, Umberto Boccioni, Richard Dedekind, Karl Schwarzschild, and Otto of Bavaria. After him are Natsume Sōseki, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, Enrique Granados, Charles Taze Russell, Charles de Foucauld, and José Echegaray.
1848 - 1923
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 3
1848 - 1925
HPI: 79.29
Rank: 4
1848 - 1896
HPI: 75.98
Rank: 5
1848 - 1894
HPI: 75.07
Rank: 6
1848 - 1907
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 7
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 8
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 9
1848 - 1934
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 10
1848 - 1935
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 11
1848 - 1929
HPI: 72.98
Rank: 12
1848 - 1930
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 13
1848 - 1922
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 14
1848 - 1926
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 15
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 11
1840 - 1916
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 12
1882 - 1916
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 13
1831 - 1916
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 14
1873 - 1916
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 15
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 16
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 17
1867 - 1916
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 18
1844 - 1916
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 19
1867 - 1916
HPI: 73.41
Rank: 20
1852 - 1916
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 21
1858 - 1916
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 22
1832 - 1916
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 23
Among people born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 469 out of 5,289. Before him are Otto of Bavaria (1848), Kurt Weill (1900), Kurt Meyer (1910), Harald zur Hausen (1936), Johann Ambrosius Bach (1645), and Robert Ritter von Greim (1892). After him are Gerda Taro (1910), Adolf Butenandt (1903), George Grosz (1893), Hans Jonas (1903), Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075), and Patrick Süskind (1949).
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 463
1900 - 1950
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 464
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 465
1936 - Present
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 466
1645 - 1695
HPI: 73.96
Rank: 467
1892 - 1945
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 468
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 469
1910 - 1937
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 470
1903 - 1995
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 471
1893 - 1959
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 472
1903 - 1993
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 473
1075 - 1137
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 474
1949 - Present
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 475
Among military personnels born in Germany, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger ranks 45. Before him are August von Mackensen (1849), Wilhelm List (1880), Joachim Peiper (1915), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), and Kurt Meyer (1910). After him are Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Otto Carius (1922), Erhard Milch (1892), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), and Maximilian von Weichs (1881).
1849 - 1945
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 39
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 40
1915 - 1976
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 41
1895 - 1945
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 43
1910 - 1961
HPI: 73.97
Rank: 44
1848 - 1916
HPI: 73.93
Rank: 45
1894 - 1966
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 46
1897 - 1978
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 47
1922 - 2015
HPI: 73.64
Rank: 48
1892 - 1972
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 49
1888 - 1944
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 50
1881 - 1954
HPI: 73.53
Rank: 51