1911 - 1972
Karl Josef Silberbauer (21 June 1911 – 2 September 1972) was an Austrian police officer, SS member and undercover investigator for the West German 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 461,350 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Karl Silberbauer is the 425th most popular military personnel (down from 418th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Austria (down from 253rd in 2019) and the 15th 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 425 out of 1,466. Before him are Albert Pike, James Paul Moody, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Jan Kubiš, and Saitō Dōsan. After him are Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Franz Böhme, John Hawkins, Otto von Below, Yu Jin, and Zinovy Rozhestvensky.
1809 - 1891
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 419
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 420
1861 - 1936
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 421
1393 - 1458
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 422
1913 - 1942
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 423
1494 - 1556
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 424
1911 - 1972
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 425
1738 - 1805
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 426
1885 - 1947
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 427
1532 - 1595
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 428
1857 - 1944
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 429
200 - 221
HPI: 69.51
Rank: 430
1848 - 1909
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 431
Among people born in 1911, Karl Silberbauer ranks 56. Before him are William Howard Stein, Bruno Kreisky, Robert Taylor, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Klaus Fuchs, and Sergey Sokolov. After him are Herta Oberheuser, Niels Kaj Jerne, Alfred Naujocks, Feodor Lynen, Nicholas Ray, and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. Among people deceased in 1972, Karl Silberbauer ranks 35. Before him are Lale Andersen, Georg von Békésy, Jackie Robinson, Henri Coandă, Ferdinand Čatloš, and Fredric Brown. After him are Louis Leakey, Said bin Taimur, Margaret Rutherford, Antonio Segni, Hans Scharoun, and S. R. Ranganathan.
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.99
Rank: 50
1911 - 1990
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 51
1911 - 1969
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 52
1911 - 1980
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 53
1911 - 1988
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 54
1911 - 2012
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 55
1911 - 1972
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 56
1911 - 1978
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 57
1911 - 1994
HPI: 69.44
Rank: 58
1911 - 1966
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 59
1911 - 1979
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 60
1911 - 1979
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 61
1911 - 1986
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 62
1905 - 1972
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 29
1899 - 1972
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 30
1919 - 1972
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 31
1886 - 1972
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 32
1895 - 1972
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 33
1906 - 1972
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 34
1911 - 1972
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 35
1903 - 1972
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 36
1910 - 1972
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 37
1892 - 1972
HPI: 68.41
Rank: 38
1891 - 1972
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 39
1893 - 1972
HPI: 68.33
Rank: 40
1892 - 1972
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 41
Among people born in Austria, Karl Silberbauer ranks 267 out of 1,075. Before him are Jörg Haider (1950), Karl Seitz (1869), Albert VI, Archduke of Austria (1418), Mercédès Jellinek (1889), Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), and Felix Baumgartner (1969). After him are Maria Theresia von Paradis (1759), Camillo Sitte (1843), Franz Böhme (1885), Paul Ehrenfest (1880), Archduchess Eleanor of Austria (1534), and Christine Nöstlinger (1936).
1950 - 2008
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 261
1869 - 1950
HPI: 69.79
Rank: 262
1418 - 1463
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 263
1889 - 1929
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 264
1692 - 1699
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 265
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 266
1911 - 1972
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 267
1759 - 1824
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 268
1843 - 1903
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 269
1885 - 1947
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 270
1880 - 1933
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 271
1534 - 1594
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 272
1936 - 2018
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 273
Among military personnels born in Austria, Karl Silberbauer ranks 15. Before him are Walter Nowotny (1920), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Leopold Joseph von Daun (1705), Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (1614), and Gustav Wagner (1911). After him are Franz Böhme (1885), Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria (1818), Wilhelm von Tegetthoff (1827), Matthäus Hetzenauer (1924), Archduke Joseph Ferdinand of Austria (1872), and Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865).
1920 - 1944
HPI: 71.04
Rank: 9
1852 - 1925
HPI: 70.99
Rank: 10
1771 - 1820
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 11
1705 - 1766
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 12
1614 - 1662
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 13
1911 - 1980
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 14
1911 - 1972
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 15
1885 - 1947
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 16
1818 - 1874
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 17
1827 - 1871
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 18
1924 - 2004
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 19
1872 - 1942
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 20
1865 - 1939
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 21