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Hugo Sperrle

1885 - 1953

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Hugo Wilhelm Sperrle (7 February 1885 – 2 April 1953) was a German military aviator in World War I and a Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Sperrle joined the Imperial German Army in 1903. He served in the artillery upon the outbreak of World War I. In 1914 he joined the Luftstreitkräfte as an observer then trained as a pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Sperrle has received more than 830,088 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Sperrle is the 351st most popular military personnel (down from 333rd in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from Germany (down from 768th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular German Military Personnel.

Hugo Sperrle was a German general in World War II. He was most famous for his involvement in the Battle of Britain.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hugo Sperrle ranks 351 out of 2,058. Before him are Toyotomi Hideyori, Andrei Grechko, Hans-Valentin Hube, Rudolf Abel, James Paul Moody, and Henri Giraud. After him are Huang Zhong, Francisco de Miranda, Günther Prien, Maximilian von Spee, Ivan Paskevich, and Jozef Gabčík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hugo Sperrle ranks 36. Before him are Alexander Löhr, Heinrich Hoffmann, Sinclair Lewis, Hugo Boss, Hermann Weyl, and Erich von Stroheim. After him are Luigi Russolo, Kato Svanidze, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Giacomo Matteotti, Eduard Künneke, and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst. Among people deceased in 1953, Hugo Sperrle ranks 22. Before him are Eugene O'Neill, Vladimir Tatlin, Ivan Bunin, Raoul Dufy, Erich Mendelsohn, and Richard Walther Darré. After him are Eduard Künneke, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Dylan Thomas, Ernst Zermelo, Lionel Logue, and Vsevolod Pudovkin.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 807 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Schmeling (1905), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629), Christina of Holstein-Gottorp (1573), Frank Wedekind (1864), and Herschel Grynszpan (1921). After him are Agnes of Merania (1175), Boris Becker (1967), Sabine Bergmann-Pohl (1946), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Michael Praetorius (1571), and Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse (1504).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 73. Before him are Arthur Nebe (1894), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Eduard Dietl (1890), and Hans-Valentin Hube (1890). After him are Günther Prien (1908), Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Gerhard von Scharnhorst (1755), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Günther Rall (1918), and Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887).

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