1890 - 1978
Kurt Arthur Benno Student (12 May 1890 – 1 July 1978) was a German general in the Luftwaffe during World War II. An early pioneer of airborne forces, Student was in overall command of developing a paratrooper force to be known as the Fallschirmjäger, and as the most senior member of the Fallschirmjäger, commanded it throughout the war. Student led the first major airborne attack in history, the Battle for The Hague, in May 1940. He also commanded the Fallschirmjäger in its last major airborne operation, the invasion of Crete in May 1941. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Student has received more than 666,860 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Kurt Student is the 215th most popular military personnel (up from 216th in 2019), the 506th most popular biography from Germany (down from 106th in 2019) and the 51st most popular German Military Personnel.
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is most famous for his novels, "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle."
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Among military personnels, Kurt Student ranks 215 out of 1,468. Before him are Sun Ce, Date Masamune, Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus, Bertrand du Guesclin, Pedro de Valdivia, and Nikolai Vatutin. After him are Han Xin, Otto Carius, Bai Qi, Kim Philby, Karl-Otto Koch, and Pausanias.
175 - 200
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 209
1567 - 1636
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 210
229 BC - 160 BC
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 211
1320 - 1380
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 212
1497 - 1553
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 213
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 214
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 215
231 BC - 196 BC
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 216
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 217
250 BC - 257 BC
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 218
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 219
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 220
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 221
Among people born in 1890, Kurt Student ranks 23. Before him are Lawrence Bragg, Man Ray, Walther Funk, Carlos Gardel, Robert Ley, and El Lissitzky. After him are Habibullāh Kalakāni, Giorgio Morandi, Victor Lustig, Maria Goretti, Franz Werfel, and Fanny Kaplan. Among people deceased in 1978, Kurt Student ranks 20. Before him are Manne Siegbahn, Anastas Mikoyan, Jim Jones, Umberto Nobile, Ronnie Peterson, and Ricardo Zamora. After him are Hasso von Manteuffel, Willy Messerschmitt, Harold Lasswell, John Cazale, Harry Martinson, and Houari Boumédiène.
1890 - 1971
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 17
1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 18
1890 - 1960
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 19
1890 - 1935
HPI: 67.86
Rank: 20
1890 - 1945
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 21
1890 - 1941
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 22
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 23
1890 - 1929
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 24
1890 - 1964
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 25
1890 - 1947
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 26
1890 - 1902
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 27
1890 - 1945
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 28
1890 - 1918
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1886 - 1978
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 14
1895 - 1978
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 15
1931 - 1978
HPI: 67.28
Rank: 16
1885 - 1978
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 17
1944 - 1978
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 18
1901 - 1978
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 19
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 20
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 21
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 22
1902 - 1978
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 23
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 24
1904 - 1978
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 25
1932 - 1978
HPI: 64.31
Rank: 26
Among people born in Germany, Kurt Student ranks 506 out of 6,142. Before him are Julia Drusilla (16), Patrick Süskind (1949), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), August Weismann (1834), Friedrich List (1789), and Aby Warburg (1866). After him are Erich Kästner (1899), Otto Carius (1922), Hans Adolf Krebs (1900), Otto Diels (1876), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), and Matthias Jakob Schleiden (1804).
16 - 38
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 500
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 501
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 502
1834 - 1914
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 503
1789 - 1846
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 504
1866 - 1929
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 505
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 506
1899 - 1974
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 507
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 508
1900 - 1981
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 509
1876 - 1954
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 510
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 511
1804 - 1881
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 512
Among military personnels born in Germany, Kurt Student ranks 51. Before him are Walther von Reichenau (1884), Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), and Wilhelm Mohnke (1911). After him are Otto Carius (1922), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Otto Günsche (1917), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and Kurt Meyer (1910).
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 45
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 48
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 49
1911 - 2001
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 50
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 51
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 52
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 53
1917 - 2003
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 54
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 55
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 56
1910 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 57