1911 - 1972
Karl Josef Silberbauer (21 June 1911 – 2 September 1972) was an Austrian police officer, Schutzstaffel (SS) member, and undercover investigator for the West German Bundesnachrichtendienst (federal intelligence service). He was stationed in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam during World War II, where he was promoted to the rank of Hauptscharführer (master sergeant). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Silberbauer has received more than 507,793 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Karl Silberbauer is the 420th most popular military personnel (up from 425th in 2019), the 257th most popular biography from Austria (up from 267th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Austrian Military Personnel.
Karl Silberbauer is most famous for being the detective who arrested O.J. Simpson for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
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Among military personnels, Karl Silberbauer ranks 420 out of 1,468. Before him are Xu Huang, Alfred von Waldersee, Uqba ibn Nafi, Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Gan Ning, and Mitsuru Ushijima. After him are Muqali, John of Austria the Younger, Cao Ren, August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Laskarina Bouboulina, and Karl Mack von Leiberich.
169 - 227
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 414
1832 - 1904
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 415
622 - 683
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 416
1453 - 1515
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 417
175 - 222
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 418
1887 - 1945
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 419
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 420
1170 - 1223
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 421
1629 - 1679
HPI: 60.81
Rank: 422
168 - 223
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 423
1760 - 1831
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 424
1771 - 1825
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 425
1752 - 1828
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 426
Among people born in 1911, Karl Silberbauer ranks 53. Before him are Louise Bourgeois, Vincent Price, Bruno Kreisky, Robert Taylor, Henri Troyat, and Ernesto Sabato. After him are Alfred Naujocks, Nicholas Ray, Klaus Fuchs, Lucille Ball, Gustav Wagner, and Akira Yoshizawa. Among people deceased in 1972, Karl Silberbauer ranks 35. Before him are Ferdinand Čatloš, Margaret Rutherford, Jackie Robinson, Emil Maurice, Ludwig von Bertalanffy, and Henri Coandă. After him are Natalie Clifford Barney, Fredric Brown, Lale Andersen, Bronislava Nijinska, Ásgeir Ásgeirsson, and Louis Leakey.
1911 - 2010
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 47
1911 - 1993
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 48
1911 - 1990
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 49
1911 - 1969
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 50
1911 - 2007
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 51
1911 - 2011
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 52
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 53
1911 - 1966
HPI: 60.86
Rank: 54
1911 - 1979
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 55
1911 - 1988
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 56
1911 - 1989
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 57
1911 - 1980
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 58
1911 - 2005
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 59
1895 - 1972
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 29
1892 - 1972
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 30
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 31
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 32
1901 - 1972
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 33
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 34
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 35
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 36
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 37
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 38
1891 - 1972
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 39
1894 - 1972
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 40
1903 - 1972
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 41
Among people born in Austria, Karl Silberbauer ranks 257 out of 1,237. Before him are Franz Grillparzer (1791), Maria Altmann (1916), William, Duke of Austria (1370), Hermine Braunsteiner (1919), Koloman Moser (1868), and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (1736). After him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf (1739), Ludwig Ritter von Köchel (1800), Katharina Schratt (1853), Max Steiner (1888), Max Perutz (1914), and Thomas Klestil (1932).
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 251
1916 - 2011
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 252
1370 - 1406
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 253
1919 - 1999
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 254
1868 - 1918
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 255
1736 - 1809
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 256
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 257
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 258
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 259
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 260
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 261
1914 - 2002
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 262
1932 - 2004
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 263
Among military personnels born in Austria, Karl Silberbauer ranks 13. Before him are Alois Brunner (1912), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Walter Nowotny (1920), and Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818). After him are Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Gustav Wagner (1911), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), Franz Böhme (1885), and Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872).
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 7
1817 - 1895
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 8
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 9
1771 - 1820
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 10
1920 - 1944
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 11
1818 - 1874
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 12
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 13
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 14
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 15
1911 - 1980
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 16
1614 - 1662
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 17
1885 - 1947
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 18
1872 - 1942
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 19