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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Levin August von Bennigsen

1745 - 1826

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Levin August Gottlieb Theophil, Graf von Bennigsen (Russian: Левин Август Готлиб Теофиль фон Беннигсен, romanized: Levin Avgust Gotlib Teofil' fon Bennigsen, as well in Russian: Леонтий Леонтьевич Беннигсен, romanized: Leontiy Leont'yevič Bennigsen; 10 February 1745 – 3 December 1826) was a German general in the service of the Russian Empire. Bennigsen made a name for himself in Russian history as the man who fought Napoleon Bonaparte with distinction at the Battle of Eylau; but, suffering from ill-health, he was then defeated at Friedland several months later. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Levin August von Bennigsen has received more than 176,073 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Levin August von Bennigsen is the 447th most popular military personnel (down from 416th in 2019), the 1,067th most popular biography from Germany (down from 980th in 2019) and the 94th most popular German Military Personnel.

Levin August von Bennigsen is most famous for his defeat at the Battle of Jena-Auerstedt in 1806.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Levin August von Bennigsen ranks 447 out of 1,468Before him are John Hanning Speke, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Osman Nuri Pasha, Yonatan Netanyahu, Karl von Bülow, and John Hawkins. After him are Theodoros Kolokotronis, Hasdrubal Gisco, George Maniakes, Oghul Qaimish, Saburō Sakai, and Raymond A. Spruance.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Levin August von Bennigsen ranks 8Before him are Mikhail Kutuzov, John Jay, Philippe Pinel, Maria Luisa of Spain, Archduke Charles Joseph of Austria, and Carl Stamitz. After him are Andrianampoinimerina, Fyodor Ushakov, Valentin Haüy, Johan Christian Fabricius, Johan Gottlieb Gahn, and Şahin Giray. Among people deceased in 1826, Levin August von Bennigsen ranks 17Before him are Stamford Raffles, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Frederica of Baden, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Nikolay Karamzin. After him are Johann Elert Bode, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Franz Danzi, Clarke Abel, Johann Baptist von Spix, and Jean Lafitte.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Levin August von Bennigsen ranks 1,067 out of 6,142Before him are Karl von Bülow (1846), Johann Jakob Froberger (1616), Caroline of Brunswick (1768), Gerhard Herzberg (1904), Carl Gustav Hempel (1905), and Killing of Peter Fechter (1944). After him are Christina of Saxony (1461), Princess Henrietta of Nassau-Weilburg (1797), Harald Schumacher (1954), Helmut Schön (1915), Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (1484), and Adam Elsheimer (1578).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Levin August von Bennigsen ranks 94Before him are Günther Lütjens (1889), Alfred von Waldersee (1832), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752), Josef Harpe (1887), and Karl von Bülow (1846). After him are Christian Wirth (1885), Günther Korten (1898), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Hans Baur (1897), Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim (1594), and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (1911).