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 142,049 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Harpe is the 397th most popular military personnel, the 933rd most popular biography from Germany and the 87th 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 397 out of 1,466. Before him are Ban Chao, Richard Winters, Christian Wirth, Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria, Thomas the Slav, and Alexander von Falkenhausen. After him are Gao Shun, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Gustav Wagner, Ernst von Mansfeld, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Yoshiko Kawashima.
32 - 102
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 391
1918 - 2011
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 392
1885 - 1944
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 393
1614 - 1662
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 394
800 - 823
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 395
1878 - 1966
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 396
1887 - 1968
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 397
200 - 199
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 398
1887 - 1963
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 399
1911 - 1980
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 400
1580 - 1626
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 401
1904 - 1974
HPI: 69.95
Rank: 402
1907 - 1948
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 403
Among people born in 1887, Josef Harpe ranks 48. Before him are Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Hans Oster, Harald Bohr, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, and George Pólya. After him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt, Ernst Hanfstaengl, Arnold Zweig, Emilio Mola, James Paul Moody, and Frederick Fleet. Among people deceased in 1968, Josef Harpe ranks 35. Before him are Kirill Meretskov, Vasily Sokolovsky, Giovanni Messe, Ivan Ribar, Alexandre Kojève, and Romano Guardini. After him are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Lucio Fontana, Arnold Zweig, Tivadar Soros, Alice Guy-Blaché, and Vittorio Pozzo.
1887 - 1908
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 42
1887 - 1952
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 43
1887 - 1945
HPI: 70.41
Rank: 44
1887 - 1951
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 45
1887 - 1953
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 46
1887 - 1985
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 47
1887 - 1968
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 48
1887 - 1963
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 49
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 50
1887 - 1968
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 51
1887 - 1937
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 52
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 53
1887 - 1965
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 54
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 29
1897 - 1968
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 30
1883 - 1968
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 31
1881 - 1968
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 32
1902 - 1968
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 33
1885 - 1968
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 34
1887 - 1968
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 35
1889 - 1968
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 36
1899 - 1968
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 37
1887 - 1968
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 38
1894 - 1968
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 39
1873 - 1968
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 40
1886 - 1968
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 41
Among people born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 933 out of 5,289. Before him are Constantin Fehrenbach (1852), Carl Stamitz (1745), Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Joseph Berchtold (1897), Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), and Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (1868). After him are Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (1810), Rudolf Erich Raspe (1736), Walther Flemming (1843), Johannes Althusius (1563), Thomas Bach (1953), and Florian Geyer (1490).
1852 - 1926
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 927
1745 - 1801
HPI: 70.10
Rank: 928
1739 - 1810
HPI: 70.09
Rank: 929
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 930
1867 - 1944
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 931
1868 - 1937
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 932
1887 - 1968
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 933
1810 - 1883
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 934
1736 - 1794
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 935
1843 - 1905
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 936
1563 - 1638
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 937
1953 - Present
HPI: 70.04
Rank: 938
1490 - 1525
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 939
Among military personnels born in Germany, Josef Harpe ranks 87. Before him are Erich Kempka (1910), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Reinhard Scheer (1863), Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Herbert Gille (1897), and Christian Wirth (1885). After him are Georg-Hans Reinhardt (1887), Levin August von Bennigsen (1745), Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim (1905), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Franz von Hipper (1863), and Hans Baur (1897).
1910 - 1975
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 81
1760 - 1831
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 82
1863 - 1928
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 83
1473 - 1528
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 84
1897 - 1966
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 85
1885 - 1944
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 86
1887 - 1968
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 87
1887 - 1963
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 88
1745 - 1826
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 89
1905 - 1944
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 90
1752 - 1828
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 91
1863 - 1932
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 92
1897 - 1993
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 93