1893 - 1982
Georg Otto Hermann Balck (7 December 1893 – 29 November 1982) was a highly decorated officer of the German Army who served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hermann Balck has received more than 341,964 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Balck is the 381st most popular military personnel (up from 388th in 2019), the 185th most popular biography from Poland (up from 204th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Polish Military Personnel.
Hermann Balck was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is most famous for his command of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of Normandy.
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Among military personnels, Hermann Balck ranks 381 out of 1,466. Before him are Omar Pasha, Maximilian von Spee, Yonatan Netanyahu, Erich Kempka, Osman Nuri Pasha, and Alexander Samsonov. After him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Reinhard Scheer, Georg von Frundsberg, Zhang He, and Leopold Joseph von Daun.
1806 - 1871
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 375
1861 - 1914
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 376
1946 - 1976
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 377
1910 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 378
1832 - 1900
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 379
1859 - 1914
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 380
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 381
1763 - 1806
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 382
1760 - 1831
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 383
1863 - 1928
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 384
1473 - 1528
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 385
167 - 231
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 386
1705 - 1766
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 387
Among people born in 1893, Hermann Balck ranks 42. Before him are Lili Boulanger, Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, Raymond Loewy, Allen Dulles, Prince Paul of Yugoslavia, and Edward Adelbert Doisy. After him are Qazi Muhammad, Miroslav Krleža, Walter Baade, Mae West, Walter Christaller, and Ernst Toller. Among people deceased in 1982, Hermann Balck ranks 49. Before him are Varlam Shalamov, Władysław Gomułka, Thelonious Monk, Hugo Theorell, Gershom Scholem, and Meša Selimović. After him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, Takashi Shimura, Colin Chapman, Marty Feldman, Sobhuza II, and Mario Del Monaco.
1893 - 1918
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 36
1893 - 1970
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 37
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 38
1893 - 1969
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 39
1893 - 1976
HPI: 70.36
Rank: 40
1893 - 1986
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 41
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 42
1893 - 1947
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 43
1893 - 1981
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 44
1893 - 1960
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 45
1893 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 46
1893 - 1969
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 47
1893 - 1939
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 48
1907 - 1982
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 43
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 44
1917 - 1982
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 45
1903 - 1982
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 46
1897 - 1982
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 47
1910 - 1982
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 48
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 49
1888 - 1982
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 50
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 51
1928 - 1982
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 52
1934 - 1982
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 53
1899 - 1982
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 54
1915 - 1982
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 55
Among people born in Poland, Hermann Balck ranks 185 out of 1,231. Before him are Günter Blobel (1936), Reinhard Selten (1930), Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Hanna Schygulla (1943), Clara Immerwahr (1870), and Carl Wernicke (1848). After him are Ida Haendel (1928), Mordechai Anielewicz (1919), Witold Lutosławski (1913), Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska (1676), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), and Emil Ludwig (1881).
1936 - 2018
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 179
1930 - 2016
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 180
1394 - 1429
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 181
1943 - Present
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 182
1870 - 1915
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 183
1848 - 1905
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 184
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 185
1928 - 2020
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 186
1919 - 1943
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 187
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 188
1676 - 1730
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 189
1878 - 1966
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 190
1881 - 1948
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 191
Among military personnels born in Poland, Hermann Balck ranks 23. Before him are Rochus Misch (1917), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), and Vasily Sokolovsky (1897). After him are Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Otto von Below (1857), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), and Casimir Pulaski (1745).
1917 - 2013
HPI: 72.47
Rank: 17
1889 - 1962
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 18
1912 - 1998
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 19
1885 - 1968
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 20
1755 - 1818
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 21
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 22
1893 - 1982
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 23
1878 - 1966
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 24
1889 - 1968
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 25
1857 - 1944
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 26
1889 - 1969
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 27
1895 - 1966
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 28
1745 - 1779
HPI: 68.15
Rank: 29