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Josef Harpe

1887 - 1968

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Josef Harpe (21 September 1887 – 14 March 1968) was a German general during World War II who commanded the 9th Army. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. Harpe served on the Eastern Front, where he commanded XXXXI Panzer Corps and the 9th Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josef Harpe has received more than 199,839 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Harpe is the 503rd most popular military personnel (down from 440th in 2019), the 1,242nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,041st in 2019) and the 98th most popular German Military Personnel.

Josef Harpe is most famous for being a German serial killer who was executed in 1803.

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Josef Harpe ranks 503 out of 2,058. Before him are Dmitry Pavlov, William Westmoreland, François Joseph Lefebvre, Thersites, Roustam Raza, and Yevhen Konovalets. After him are Paul von Rennenkampf, Dmitry Utkin, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Louis Franchet d'Espèrey, Conon, and Hijikata Toshizō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Josef Harpe ranks 60. Before him are Ernst Hanfstaengl, Raoul Walsh, Arnold Zweig, Boris Karloff, Bernardo Houssay, and Blaise Cendrars. After him are Frederick Fleet, Joseph Bech, Mamoru Shigemitsu, Josef Čapek, Sivananda Saraswati, and Marcus Garvey. Among people deceased in 1968, Josef Harpe ranks 40. Before him are Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Vasily Sokolovsky, Lucio Fontana, Romano Guardini, Arnold Zweig, and Charles Chaplin Jr.. After him are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Georgios Papandreou, Tsuguharu Foujita, Fritz Bauer, Husband E. Kimmel, and Leopold Infeld.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 1,242 out of 7,253. Before him are Robert Koldewey (1855), Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria (1874), Konrad Witz (1400), Ulay (1943), Thomas Müller (1989), and Tilman Riemenschneider (1460). After him are Paul Schäfer (1921), Ernst Troeltsch (1865), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern (1811), Georges J. F. Köhler (1946), and Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia (1883).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 98. Before him are Max Hoffmann (1869), Johannes Frießner (1892), Karl von Bülow (1846), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), Adolf Strauss (1879), and Günther Korten (1898). After him are Theodor Busse (1897), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Heinz Lammerding (1905), and Alexander von Kluck (1846).

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