1900 - 1984
Karl Friedrich Otto Wolff (13 May 1900 – 17 July 1984) was a German SS functionary who served as Chief of Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS (Heinrich Himmler) and an SS liaison to Adolf Hitler during World War II. He ended the war as the Supreme SS and Police Leader in occupied Italy and helped arrange for the early surrender of Axis forces in that theatre, effectively ending the war there several days sooner than in the rest of Europe. He escaped prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials as a result of his participation in Operation Sunrise. In 1962, Wolff was re-arrested and prosecuted in West Germany for the deportation of Polish Jews, and he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for being an accessory to murder in 1964. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karl Wolff has received more than 934,963 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Wolff is the 280th most popular military personnel (down from 250th in 2019), the 641st most popular biography from Germany (down from 584th in 2019) and the 64th most popular German Military Personnel.
Karl Wolff was a high-ranking Nazi SS officer who served as a personal adjutant to Adolf Hitler. He was the Commandant of the Nazi concentration camps of Dachau and Sachsenhausen. He was also the chief of the Gestapo in Lyon, France.
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Among military personnels, Karl Wolff ranks 280 out of 1,468. Before him are Erich Priebke, Oenomaus, Wang Jian, Reinhard Gehlen, Gerhard Barkhorn, and Alexandre de Beauharnais. After him are Boris Shaposhnikov, Vasily Blyukher, Orda Khan, Kurt Knispel, Slobodan Praljak, and Ishida Mitsunari.
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 274
105 BC - 70 BC
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 275
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 276
1902 - 1979
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 277
1919 - 1983
HPI: 64.10
Rank: 278
1760 - 1794
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 279
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 280
1882 - 1945
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 281
1889 - 1938
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 282
1204 - 1280
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 283
1921 - 1945
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 284
1945 - 2017
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 285
1559 - 1600
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 286
Among people born in 1900, Karl Wolff ranks 34. Before him are Thomas Wolfe, Richard Kuhn, Edith Frank, Mahavatar Babaji, Chiune Sugihara, and W. Edwards Deming. After him are Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Ragnar Granit, Choe Yong-gon, Pak Hon-yong, Walther Wenck, and Maria of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 1984, Karl Wolff ranks 20. Before him are Julio Cortázar, Tigran Petrosian, Mohamed Naguib, Stanley Milgram, Dmitry Ustinov, and Anna Anderson. After him are Marvin Gaye, Oleg Antonov, Pyotr Kapitsa, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Sam Peckinpah, and Philippe Ariès.
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
1900 - 1967
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 29
1900 - 1945
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 30
1900 - Present
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 31
1900 - 1986
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 32
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 33
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 34
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 35
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 36
1900 - 1976
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 37
1900 - 1955
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 38
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 39
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 40
1914 - 1984
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 14
1929 - 1984
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 15
1901 - 1984
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 16
1933 - 1984
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 17
1908 - 1984
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 18
1896 - 1984
HPI: 64.09
Rank: 19
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 20
1939 - 1984
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 21
1906 - 1984
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 22
1894 - 1984
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 23
1896 - 1984
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 24
1925 - 1984
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 25
1914 - 1984
HPI: 62.84
Rank: 26
Among people born in Germany, Karl Wolff ranks 641 out of 6,142. Before him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Jakob Fugger (1459), Rudolf Otto (1869), Frederick Trump (1869), Otto Rehhagel (1938), and Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629). After him are Jürgen Klopp (1967), Hans von Aachen (1552), Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673), Till Lindemann (1963), Ernst Mayr (1904), and Elsa Einstein (1876).
1837 - 1892
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 635
1459 - 1525
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 636
1869 - 1937
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 637
1869 - 1918
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 638
1938 - Present
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 639
1629 - 1698
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 640
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 641
1967 - Present
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 642
1552 - 1615
HPI: 64.03
Rank: 643
1673 - 1742
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 644
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 645
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 646
1876 - 1936
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 647
Among military personnels born in Germany, Karl Wolff ranks 64. Before him are Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), Werner Mölders (1913), Maurice de Saxe (1696), Erich Priebke (1913), and Reinhard Gehlen (1902). After him are Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Arthur Nebe (1894), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), and Walther Wenck (1900).
1886 - 1944
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 58
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 59
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 60
1696 - 1750
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 61
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 62
1902 - 1979
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 63
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 64
1894 - 1979
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 65
1919 - 1942
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 66
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 67
1894 - 1945
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 68
1870 - 1964
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 69
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 70