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Hugo Sperrle

1885 - 1953

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Wilhelm Hugo Sperrle (7 February 1885 – 2 April 1953), also known as Hugo Sperrle, 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 740,031 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Sperrle is the 333rd most popular military personnel (down from 321st in 2019), the 768th most popular biography from Germany (up from 773rd in 2019) and the 71st 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 333 out of 1,468Before him are Charles François Dumouriez, Roger de Flor, Walther Wenck, Ivan Paskevich, Iwane Matsui, and Sanada Yukimura. After him are Shoichi Yokoi, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Friedrich Dollmann, Titus Labienus, Yamagata Aritomo, and Giovanni Messe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hugo Sperrle ranks 38Before him are Hermann Weyl, George Minot, Alexander Löhr, Sinclair Lewis, Heinrich Hoffmann, and Hugo Boss. After him are Clementine Churchill, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Giacomo Matteotti, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, G. W. Pabst, and Kato Svanidze. Among people deceased in 1953, Hugo Sperrle ranks 23Before him are Eugene O'Neill, Ivan Bunin, Raoul Dufy, Erich Mendelsohn, Richard Walther Darré, and Lionel Logue. After him are Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Alice Prin, Ernst Zermelo, Vsevolod Pudovkin, Hans Reichenbach, and Dylan Thomas.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 768 out of 6,142Before him are Ferdinand von Lindemann (1852), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Ernst Otto Fischer (1918), Wilhelm Hauff (1802), Peter Weiss (1916), and Sophia Dorothea of Celle (1666). After him are Herschel Grynszpan (1921), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Herta Oberheuser (1911), Richard von Krafft-Ebing (1840), Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), and Ralf Dahrendorf (1929).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 71Before him are Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Arthur Nebe (1894), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), and Walther Wenck (1900). After him are Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Eduard Dietl (1890), Günther Prien (1908), Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), and Georg von Frundsberg (1473).