1887 - 1968
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 184,205 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Harpe is the 440th most popular military personnel (down from 397th in 2019), the 1,041st most popular biography from Germany (down from 933rd in 2019) and the 92nd 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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Among military personnels, Josef Harpe ranks 440 out of 1,468. Before him are Kawakami Gensai, Yoshiko Kawashima, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Mikhail Kirponos, Stonewall Jackson, and Petre Dumitrescu. After him are John Hanning Speke, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Osman Nuri Pasha, Yonatan Netanyahu, Karl von Bülow, and John Hawkins.
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 434
1907 - 1948
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 435
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 436
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 437
1824 - 1863
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 438
1882 - 1950
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 439
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 440
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 441
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 442
1832 - 1900
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 443
1946 - 1976
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 444
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 445
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 446
Among people born in 1887, Josef Harpe ranks 55. Before him are Frederick Fleet, Hans Oster, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Avery Brundage, Mitsuru Ushijima, and Bernardo Houssay. After him are Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, George Pólya, James Paul Moody, Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Prince Yasuhiko Asaka, and Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay. Among people deceased in 1968, Josef Harpe ranks 37. Before him are Ivan Ribar, Lucio Fontana, Vasily Sokolovsky, Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Romano Guardini. After him are Vittorio Pozzo, Fritz Bauer, Charles Chaplin Jr., Tsuguharu Foujita, Howard Florey, and Georgios Papandreou.
1887 - 1965
HPI: 61.22
Rank: 49
1887 - 1945
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 50
1887 - 1952
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 51
1887 - 1975
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 52
1887 - 1945
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 53
1887 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 54
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 55
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 56
1887 - 1985
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 57
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 58
1887 - 1990
HPI: 59.73
Rank: 59
1887 - 1981
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 60
1887 - 1965
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 61
1881 - 1968
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 31
1899 - 1968
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 32
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 33
1885 - 1968
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 34
1873 - 1968
HPI: 61.04
Rank: 35
1885 - 1968
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 36
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 37
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 38
1903 - 1968
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 39
1925 - 1968
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 40
1886 - 1968
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 41
1898 - 1968
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 42
1888 - 1968
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 43
Among people born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 1,041 out of 6,142. Before him are Stefan Lochner (1410), Martin Schulz (1955), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg (1830), Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden (1755), William Stern (1871), and Alfred Brehm (1829). After him are Uli Hoeneß (1952), John McEnroe (1959), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Joseph Pilates (1883), Gerda Christian (1913), and Julius Wellhausen (1844).
1410 - 1451
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,035
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,036
1830 - 1911
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,037
1755 - 1801
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 1,038
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,039
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,040
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1,041
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,042
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,043
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,044
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,045
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,046
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,047
Among military personnels born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 92. Before him are Johannes Frießner (1892), Heinrich von Vietinghoff (1887), Günther Lütjens (1889), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), and Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752). After him are Karl von Bülow (1846), Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Christian Wirth (1885), Günther Korten (1898), Ernst Lindemann (1894), and Hans Baur (1897).
1892 - 1971
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 86
1887 - 1952
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 87
1889 - 1941
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 88
1832 - 1904
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 89
1760 - 1831
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 90
1752 - 1828
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 91
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 92
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 93
1745 - 1826
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 94
1885 - 1944
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 95
1898 - 1944
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 96
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 97
1897 - 1993
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 98