1888 - 1954
Joachim Lemelsen (28 September 1888 – 30 March 1954) was a German general during World War II who rose to army-level command. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, troops of the XLVII Motorized Corps under his command executed the criminal Commissar Order, prompting Lemelsen to complain: "Soon the Russians will get to hear about the countless corpses lying along the routes taken by our soldiers (...). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joachim Lemelsen has received more than 114,335 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Joachim Lemelsen is the 1,140th most popular military personnel (down from 1,107th in 2019), the 2,913th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,856th in 2019) and the 216th most popular German Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 1,140 out of 1,468. Before him are Gaius Cassius Longinus, James M. Gavin, Emilio Eduardo Massera, Nikolai Linevich, Juan Yagüe, and Remus von Woyrsch. After him are Franz Rohr von Denta, Quintus Salvidienus Rufus, Claude François de Malet, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Werner Goldberg, and John C. Woods.
214 BC - 154 BC
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,134
1907 - 1990
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,135
1925 - 2010
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 1,136
1839 - 1908
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 1,137
1891 - 1952
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,138
1847 - 1920
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 1,139
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 1,140
1854 - 1927
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 1,141
100 BC - 40 BC
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,142
1754 - 1812
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,143
1891 - 2007
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,144
1919 - 2004
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 1,145
1911 - 1950
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 1,146
Among people born in 1888, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 114. Before him are Mohammed Hussein Heikal, Sigfried Giedion, Viktor Kingissepp, Michał Sopoćko, Thomas C. Kinkaid, and Antonio Ascari. After him are Jean Wahl, Richard Kohn, Francisco Canaro, Friedrich Wolf, Josef Beran, and Pavel Peter Gojdič. Among people deceased in 1954, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 68. Before him are Franz Neumann, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, B. C. Forbes, Henri Laurens, Mikimoto Kōkichi, and Jacob Tullin Thams. After him are Hugo Eckener, Rudolf Beran, Friedrich Meinecke, Mikhail Prishvin, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, and Oswald de Andrade.
1888 - 1956
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 108
1888 - 1968
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 109
1888 - 1922
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 110
1888 - 1975
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 111
1888 - 1972
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 112
1888 - 1925
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 113
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 114
1888 - 1974
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 115
1888 - 1963
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 116
1888 - 1964
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 117
1888 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 118
1888 - 1969
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 119
1888 - 1960
HPI: 51.38
Rank: 120
1900 - 1954
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 62
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 63
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 64
1885 - 1954
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 65
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 66
1898 - 1954
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 67
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 68
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 69
1887 - 1954
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 70
1862 - 1954
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 71
1873 - 1954
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 72
1883 - 1954
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 73
1890 - 1954
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 74
Among people born in Germany, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 2,913 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst May (1886), Adolf Erman (1854), Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt (1658), Ralf Moeller (1959), Paul Levi (1883), and Christian Gottlob Heyne (1729). After him are Ernst von Glasersfeld (1917), Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn (1809), Friedrich Franz, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1910), Isdal Woman (1940), Engelbert II of Berg (1185), and Prince George, Duke of Cambridge (1819).
1886 - 1970
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 2,907
1854 - 1937
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 2,908
1658 - 1678
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 2,909
1959 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 2,910
1883 - 1930
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 2,911
1729 - 1812
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 2,912
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,913
1917 - 2010
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,914
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,915
1910 - 2001
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 2,916
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 2,917
1185 - 1225
HPI: 52.09
Rank: 2,918
1819 - 1904
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 2,919
Among military personnels born in Germany, Joachim Lemelsen ranks 216. Before him are Ludwig Kübler (1889), Eugen Meindl (1892), Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), August Schmidhuber (1901), Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808), and Johanna Wolf (1900). After him are Werner Goldberg (1919), Reinhard Hardegen (1913), Fritz Darges (1913), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Josias von Heeringen (1850), and Erich Marcks (1891).
1889 - 1947
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 210
1892 - 1951
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 211
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 212
1901 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 213
1808 - 1870
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 214
1900 - 1985
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 215
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 216
1919 - 2004
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 217
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 218
1913 - 2009
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 219
1615 - 1690
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 220
1850 - 1926
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 221
1891 - 1944
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 222