1914 - 1998
Kurt Hubert Franz (17 January 1914 – 4 July 1998) was an SS officer and one of the commanders of the Treblinka extermination camp. Because of this, Franz was one of the major perpetrators of genocide during the Holocaust. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Franz has received more than 429,114 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kurt Franz is the 569th most popular military personnel (up from 687th in 2019), the 1,407th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,747th in 2019) and the 113th most popular German Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Kurt Franz ranks 569 out of 1,468. Before him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Hisaichi Terauchi, Alexander Pokryshkin, Gusztáv Jány, Hijikata Toshizō, and Deng Ai. After him are Valery Gerasimov, Creighton Abrams, Huang Gai, Kirill Moskalenko, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, and Woodes Rogers.
1754 - 1818
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 563
1879 - 1946
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 564
1913 - 1985
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 565
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 566
1835 - 1869
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 567
197 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 568
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 569
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 570
1914 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 571
145 - 222
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 572
1902 - 1985
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 573
1476 - 1524
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 574
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 575
Among people born in 1914, Kurt Franz ranks 61. Before him are James Van Allen, Renato Dulbecco, María Félix, Lilli Palmer, Jan Karski, and Unity Mitford. After him are Creighton Abrams, Lina Bo Bardi, Edward T. Hall, Jean-Pierre Vernant, Martin Gardner, and Pierre Balmain. Among people deceased in 1998, Kurt Franz ranks 55. Before him are Maurice Bucaille, Verner Panton, Wolf Vostell, Sonny Bono, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, and Benjamin Spock. After him are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan, Martin Rodbell, Roddy McDowall, Kenichi Fukui, Marie-Louise von Franz, and Anne Desclos.
1914 - 2006
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 55
1914 - 2012
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 56
1914 - 2002
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 57
1914 - 1986
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 58
1914 - 2000
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 59
1914 - 1948
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 60
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 61
1914 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 62
1914 - 1992
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 63
1914 - 2009
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 64
1914 - 2007
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 65
1914 - 2010
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 66
1914 - 1982
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 67
1920 - 1998
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 49
1926 - 1998
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 50
1932 - 1998
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 51
1935 - 1998
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 52
1909 - 1998
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 53
1903 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 54
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 55
1930 - 1998
HPI: 58.24
Rank: 56
1925 - 1998
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 57
1928 - 1998
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 58
1918 - 1998
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 59
1915 - 1998
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 60
1907 - 1998
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 61
Among people born in Germany, Kurt Franz ranks 1,407 out of 6,142. Before him are Walter Kasper (1933), Garibald I of Bavaria (550), Franz Xaver Schwarz (1875), Arnold Gehlen (1904), Michael Wolgemut (1434), and Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (1728). After him are Hermann Alexander Diels (1848), Mary Wigman (1886), Fritz Pfeffer (1889), Heinrich Schwabe (1789), Franz Oppenheimer (1864), and Widukind of Corvey (925).
1933 - Present
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,401
550 - 593
HPI: 58.49
Rank: 1,402
1875 - 1947
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,403
1904 - 1976
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,404
1434 - 1519
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,405
1728 - 1797
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,406
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,407
1848 - 1922
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,408
1886 - 1973
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,409
1889 - 1944
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,410
1789 - 1875
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,411
1864 - 1943
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,412
925 - 980
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 1,413
Among military personnels born in Germany, Kurt Franz ranks 113. Before him are Heinz Lammerding (1905), Walter Rauff (1906), Otto Kumm (1909), August Hirt (1898), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), and Nicolaus von Below (1907). After him are Ernst Barkmann (1919), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Hans Speidel (1897), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Adolf Strauss (1879), and Wilhelm Rediess (1900).
1905 - 1971
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 107
1906 - 1984
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 108
1909 - 2004
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 109
1898 - 1945
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 110
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 111
1907 - 1983
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 112
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 113
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 114
1899 - 1970
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 115
1897 - 1984
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 116
1892 - 1967
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 117
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 118
1900 - 1945
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 119