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Karl Dönitz

Commander of the German submarine Forces during World War II; last President of Nazi Germany

1891 - 1980

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His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 75 in 2024). Karl Dönitz is the 7th most popular military personnel (down from 6th in 2024), the 38th most popular biography from Germany (down from 28th in 2019) and the most popular German Military Personnel.

Karl Dönitz was a German naval officer who served as the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine from 1943 to 1945. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. His most famous accomplishment is being the last German head of state in World War II.

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Of the 311 Military Personnels born in Germany, Karl Dönitz ranks first.

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Of the 299 people in Pantheon born in 1891, Karl Dönitz is the most memorable.

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Karl Dönitz ranks #7 of 2,058 Military Personnels worldwide — among the top 1% of the profession.

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Karl Dönitz's biography appears in 78 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Military Personnels.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Karl Dönitz ranks 7 out of 2,058. Before him are Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Timur, Charles de Gaulle, and Chiang Kai-shek. After him are Bernard Montgomery, Adolf Eichmann, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Oda Nobunaga, Erwin Rommel, and Tokugawa Ieyasu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Karl Dönitz ranks 1. After him are Erwin Rommel, Antonio Gramsci, Sergei Prokofiev, B. R. Ambedkar, Mikhail Bulgakov, Max Ernst, Nelly Sachs, James Chadwick, Walter Model, Edith Stein, and Pär Lagerkvist. Among people deceased in 1980, Karl Dönitz ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Paul Sartre, and Josip Broz Tito. After him are John Lennon, Jean Piaget, Alfred Hitchcock, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Erich Fromm, Roland Barthes, Steve McQueen, Bon Scott, and Oskar Kokoschka.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Dönitz ranks 38 out of 7,253. Before him are Bernhard Riemann (1826), Anne Frank (1929), Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368), Hermann Hesse (1877), Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor (912), and Martin Heidegger (1889). After him are Heinrich Himmler (1900), Friedrich Schiller (1759), Robert Schumann (1810), Josef Mengele (1911), Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1819), and Hermann Göring (1893).

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Among Military Personnels In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Karl Dönitz ranks 1. After him are Adolf Eichmann (1906), Erwin Rommel (1891), Erich von Manstein (1887), Wilhelm Keitel (1882), Heinz Guderian (1888), Friedrich Paulus (1890), Arminius (-17), Alfred Jodl (1890), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Baron Munchausen (1720), and Ernst Röhm (1887).

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