MILITARY PERSONNEL
Konstantin Rokossovsky
1896 - 1968
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Konstantin Konstantinovich Rokossovsky (Russian: Константин Константинович (Ксаверьевич) Рокоссовский; Polish: Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who became a Marshal of the Soviet Union, a Marshal of Poland, and served as Poland's Defence Minister from 1949 until his removal in 1956 during the Polish October. He became one of the most prominent Red Army commanders of World War II. Not much is known about Rokossovsky's life from his youth to the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, as he was a very private man. Much of what we know from this period is from interviews with his friends and family as well as Rokossovsky's memoirs, which are generally considered reliable but have some discrepancies with documentation. Born in Warsaw (in present-day Poland; then part of the Russian Empire), or, according to other sources, in Velikiye Luki, Rokossovsky served in the Imperial Russian Army during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Konstantin Rokossovsky has received more than 1,662,713 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Konstantin Rokossovsky is the 99th most popular military personnel (down from 96th in 2019), the 55th most popular biography from Poland (up from 97th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Military Personnel.
Konstantin Rokossovsky is most famous for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad.
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1.7M
Page Views (PV)
70.23
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
58
Languages Editions (L)
6.64
Effective Languages (L*)
3.81
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS
Among military personnels, Konstantin Rokossovsky ranks 99 out of 2,058. Before him are Nero Claudius Drusus, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, Albert Kesselring, Heinrich Müller, Bernard Montgomery, and Wilhelm Canaris. After him are Saigō Takamori, John of Austria, Miloš Obilić, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, George S. Patton, and Zhang Fei.
Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsNero Claudius Drusus
38 BC - 9 BC
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 93
Mikhail Tukhachevsky
1893 - 1937
HPI: 70.39
Rank: 94
Albert Kesselring
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 95
Heinrich Müller
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 96
Bernard Montgomery
1887 - 1976
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 97
Wilhelm Canaris
1887 - 1945
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 98
Konstantin Rokossovsky
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 99
Saigō Takamori
1828 - 1877
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 100
John of Austria
1547 - 1578
HPI: 70.03
Rank: 101
Miloš Obilić
1350 - 1389
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 102
Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
1876 - 1956
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 103
George S. Patton
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 104
Zhang Fei
167 - 221
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 105
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1896, Konstantin Rokossovsky ranks 11. Before him are Lev Vygotsky, Imre Nagy, André Breton, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, and Paula Hitler. After him are Antonin Artaud, Trygve Lie, Klement Gottwald, Gerty Cori, Andrei Zhdanov, and Leslie Groves. Among people deceased in 1968, Konstantin Rokossovsky ranks 10. Before him are Martin Luther King Jr., Lise Meitner, Otto Hahn, Padre Pio, John Steinbeck, and Lev Landau. After him are Robert F. Kennedy, Trygve Lie, Max Brod, George Gamow, Karl Barth, and Salvatore Quasimodo.
Others Born in 1896
Go to all RankingsLev Vygotsky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1934
HPI: 76.62
Rank: 5
Imre Nagy
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 6
André Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 7
Tristan Tzara
WRITER
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 8
Roman Jakobson
LINGUIST
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 9
Paula Hitler
WRITER
1896 - 1960
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 10
Konstantin Rokossovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 11
Antonin Artaud
WRITER
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.11
Rank: 12
Trygve Lie
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 13
Klement Gottwald
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1953
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 14
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 15
Andrei Zhdanov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 16
Leslie Groves
ENGINEER
1896 - 1970
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 17
Others Deceased in 1968
Go to all RankingsMartin Luther King Jr.
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1929 - 1968
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 4
Lise Meitner
PHYSICIST
1878 - 1968
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 5
Otto Hahn
CHEMIST
1879 - 1968
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 6
Padre Pio
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 7
John Steinbeck
WRITER
1902 - 1968
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 8
Lev Landau
PHYSICIST
1908 - 1968
HPI: 70.70
Rank: 9
Konstantin Rokossovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 10
Robert F. Kennedy
POLITICIAN
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 11
Trygve Lie
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1968
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 12
Max Brod
WRITER
1884 - 1968
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 13
George Gamow
PHYSICIST
1904 - 1968
HPI: 68.83
Rank: 14
Karl Barth
WRITER
1886 - 1968
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 15
Salvatore Quasimodo
WRITER
1901 - 1968
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 16
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Konstantin Rokossovsky ranks 55 out of 1,694. Before him are Krzysztof Kieślowski (1941), Casimir III the Great (1310), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862), Donald Tusk (1957), Emil von Behring (1854), and Klaus Kinski (1926). After him are Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923), Sigismund I the Old (1467), Paul Ehrlich (1854), Billy Wilder (1906), Ferdinand Lassalle (1825), and Bolesław I the Brave (967).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsKrzysztof Kieślowski
FILM DIRECTOR
1941 - 1996
HPI: 70.57
Rank: 49
Casimir III the Great
POLITICIAN
1310 - 1370
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 50
Gerhart Hauptmann
WRITER
1862 - 1946
HPI: 70.51
Rank: 51
Donald Tusk
POLITICIAN
1957 - Present
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 52
Emil von Behring
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1917
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 53
Klaus Kinski
ACTOR
1926 - 1991
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 54
Konstantin Rokossovsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 55
Wojciech Jaruzelski
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2014
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 56
Sigismund I the Old
POLITICIAN
1467 - 1548
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 57
Paul Ehrlich
PHYSICIAN
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 58
Billy Wilder
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 2002
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 59
Ferdinand Lassalle
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1825 - 1864
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 60
Bolesław I the Brave
POLITICIAN
967 - 1025
HPI: 69.70
Rank: 61
Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland
Among military personnels born in Poland, Konstantin Rokossovsky ranks 5. Before him are Manfred von Richthofen (1892), Erich Ludendorff (1865), Fedor von Bock (1880), and Günther von Kluge (1882). After him are Hans-Ulrich Rudel (1916), Erich von Falkenhayn (1861), Werner von Blomberg (1878), Anton Denikin (1872), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), and Władysław Sikorski (1881).
Manfred von Richthofen
1892 - 1918
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 1
Erich Ludendorff
1865 - 1937
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 2
Fedor von Bock
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 3
Günther von Kluge
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.32
Rank: 4
Konstantin Rokossovsky
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.23
Rank: 5
Hans-Ulrich Rudel
1916 - 1982
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 6
Erich von Falkenhayn
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 7
Werner von Blomberg
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 8
Anton Denikin
1872 - 1947
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 9
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 10
Alfred von Tirpitz
1849 - 1930
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 11
Władysław Sikorski
1881 - 1943
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 12