1874 - 1960
Henri Guisan (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi ɡizɑ̃]; 21 October 1874 – 7 April 1960) was a Swiss military officer who held the office of General of the Swiss Armed Forces during the Second World War. He was the fourth and the most recent person to be appointed to the rarely used Swiss rank of general, and was possibly Switzerland's most famous soldier. He is best remembered for effectively mobilizing the Swiss military and population in order to prepare resistance against a possible invasion by Nazi Germany in 1940. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Guisan has received more than 248,849 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henri Guisan is the 491st most popular military personnel (up from 551st in 2019), the 112th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 131st in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Henri Guisan ranks 491 out of 1,468. Before him are Tamara Bunke, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Conon, Lauri Törni, Harpagus, and Jean-Charles Pichegru. After him are Ernst Lindemann, Heinz Harmel, Lucius Artorius Castus, Dmitry Pozharsky, Hans Baur, and Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim.
1937 - 1967
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 485
1764 - 1841
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 486
401 BC - 390 BC
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 487
1919 - 1965
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 488
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 489
1761 - 1804
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 490
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 491
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 492
1906 - 2000
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 493
200 - 200
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 494
1577 - 1642
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 495
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 496
1594 - 1632
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 497
Among people born in 1874, Henri Guisan ranks 42. Before him are Auguste Perret, Joseph Erlanger, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Charles Ives, and Luigi Einaudi. After him are Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Lightoller, D. F. Malan, Emilie Louise Flöge, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, and Henri Farman. Among people deceased in 1960, Henri Guisan ranks 30. Before him are John D. Rockefeller Jr., Walter Baade, Felix Kersten, Ethel Voynich, Friedrich Adler, and Ida Rubinstein. After him are Hugo Alfvén, Victor Klemperer, Mack Sennett, Eddie Cochran, Beno Gutenberg, and Dimitri Mitropoulos.
1874 - 1954
HPI: 61.09
Rank: 36
1874 - 1965
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 37
1874 - 1940
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 38
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 39
1874 - 1954
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 40
1874 - 1961
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 41
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 42
1874 - 1947
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 43
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 44
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 45
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 46
1874 - 1934
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 47
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 48
1874 - 1960
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 24
1893 - 1960
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 25
1898 - 1960
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 26
1864 - 1960
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 27
1879 - 1960
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 28
1883 - 1960
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 29
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 30
1872 - 1960
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 31
1881 - 1960
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 32
1880 - 1960
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 33
1938 - 1960
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 34
1889 - 1960
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 35
1896 - 1960
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 36
Among people born in Switzerland, Henri Guisan ranks 112 out of 876. Before him are César Ritz (1850), Albert Anker (1831), Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905), Charles Bonnet (1720), Anna Göldi (1734), and Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1867). After him are Judith of Habsburg (1271), Jacques Dubochet (1942), Gottfried Keller (1819), Paul Guldin (1577), Jean-Étienne Liotard (1702), and Heinrich Bullinger (1504).
1850 - 1918
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 106
1831 - 1910
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 107
1905 - 1988
HPI: 59.86
Rank: 108
1720 - 1793
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 109
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 110
1867 - 1909
HPI: 59.71
Rank: 111
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 112
1271 - 1297
HPI: 59.66
Rank: 113
1942 - Present
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 114
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 115
1577 - 1643
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 116
1702 - 1789
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 117
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 118
Among military personnels born in Switzerland, Henri Guisan ranks 1. After him are François Le Fort (1656), Jean Reynier (1771), and Lionel Dunsterville (1865).
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 1
1656 - 1699
HPI: 51.01
Rank: 2
1771 - 1814
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 3
1865 - 1946
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 4