1885 - 1953
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, Hugo Sperrle ranks 333 out of 1,468. Before 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.
1739 - 1823
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 327
1267 - 1305
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 328
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 329
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 330
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 331
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 332
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 333
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 334
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 335
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 336
100 BC - 45 BC
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 337
1838 - 1922
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 338
1883 - 1968
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 339
Among people born in 1885, Hugo Sperrle ranks 38. Before 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 23. Before 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.
1885 - 1955
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 32
1885 - 1950
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 33
1885 - 1947
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 34
1885 - 1951
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 35
1885 - 1957
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 36
1885 - 1948
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 37
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 38
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 39
1885 - 1948
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 40
1885 - 1924
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 41
1885 - 1968
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 42
1885 - 1967
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 43
1885 - 1907
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 44
1888 - 1953
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 17
1870 - 1953
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 18
1877 - 1953
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 19
1887 - 1953
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 20
1895 - 1953
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 21
1880 - 1953
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 22
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 23
1887 - 1953
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 24
1901 - 1953
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 25
1871 - 1953
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 26
1893 - 1953
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 27
1891 - 1953
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 28
1914 - 1953
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 29
Among people born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 768 out of 6,142. Before 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).
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 762
1964 - Present
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 763
1918 - 2007
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 764
1802 - 1827
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 765
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 766
1666 - 1726
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 767
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 768
1921 - 1942
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 769
1412 - 1464
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 770
1911 - 1978
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 771
1840 - 1902
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 772
1807 - 1872
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 773
1929 - 2009
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 774
Among military personnels born in Germany, Hugo Sperrle ranks 71. Before 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).
1894 - 1979
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 65
1919 - 1942
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 66
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 67
1894 - 1945
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 68
1870 - 1964
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 69
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 70
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 71
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 72
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 73
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 74
1908 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 75
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 76
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 77