1880 - 1944
Ludwig August Theodor Beck (German: [ˈluːt.vɪç bɛk] (listen); 29 June 1880 – 20 July 1944) was a German general and Chief of the German General Staff during the early years of the Nazi regime in Germany before World War II. Although Beck never became a member of the Nazi Party, in the early 1930s he supported Adolf Hitler's forceful denunciation of the Versailles Treaty and belief in the need for Germany to rearm. Beck had grave misgivings regarding the Nazi demand for all German officers to swear an oath of fealty to the person of Hitler in 1934, but Beck believed that Germany needed strong government, which Hitler could successfully provide if the Führer was influenced by traditional elements within the army, rather than by the SA and SS. In serving as Chief of Staff of the German Army between 1935 and 1938, Beck became increasingly disillusioned and stood in opposition to the increasing totalitarianism of the Nazi regime and to Hitler's aggressive foreign policy. Public foreign-policy disagreements with Hitler made Beck resign as Chief of Staff in August 1938. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig Beck has received more than 952,801 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Ludwig Beck is the 114th most popular military personnel (up from 116th in 2019), the 296th most popular biography from Germany (down from 288th in 2019) and the 27th most popular German Military Personnel.
Ludwig Beck was a German general who was head of the army and chief of the general staff. He was one of the conspirators in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on July 20, 1944.
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Among military personnels, Ludwig Beck ranks 114 out of 1,466. Before him are Robert Peary, Narses, Cimon, Abu Muslim, Nestor Makhno, and Werner von Blomberg. After him are Michiel de Ruyter, Sun Ce, Gertrude Bell, Erich von Falkenhayn, Saigō Takamori, and Heinrich Müller.
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 108
478 - 574
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 109
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 110
718 - 755
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 111
1888 - 1934
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 112
1878 - 1946
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 113
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 114
1607 - 1676
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 115
175 - 200
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 116
1868 - 1926
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 117
1861 - 1922
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 118
1828 - 1877
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 119
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 120
Among people born in 1880, Ludwig Beck ranks 12. Before him are Oswald Spengler, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Robert Musil, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Marshall, and Franz Marc. After him are André Derain, Paul Hausser, Wilhelm List, Manuel Azaña, Werner von Fritsch, and Otto Weininger. Among people deceased in 1944, Ludwig Beck ranks 16. Before him are Richard Sorge, Günther von Kluge, Reza Shah, William James Sidis, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, and Michael Wittmann. After him are Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Alexis Carrel, Marc Bloch, Chūichi Nagumo, Erwin von Witzleben, and Galeazzo Ciano.
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 6
1880 - 1962
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 7
1880 - 1942
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 8
1880 - 1938
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 10
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 13
1880 - 1972
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 14
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 15
1880 - 1940
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 16
1880 - 1939
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 17
1880 - 1903
HPI: 73.75
Rank: 18
1895 - 1944
HPI: 78.80
Rank: 10
1882 - 1944
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 11
1878 - 1944
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 12
1898 - 1944
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 13
1882 - 1944
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 14
1914 - 1944
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 15
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 16
1876 - 1944
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 17
1873 - 1944
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 18
1886 - 1944
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 19
1887 - 1944
HPI: 75.40
Rank: 20
1881 - 1944
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 21
1903 - 1944
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 22
Among people born in Germany, Ludwig Beck ranks 296 out of 5,289. Before him are Emil Nolde (1867), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Albrecht Altdorfer (1480), Otto Dix (1891), Martin Niemöller (1892), and Joachim Gauck (1940). After him are Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710), Paul Heyse (1830), Paul Hindemith (1895), Adolf von Baeyer (1835), Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744), and Einhard (770).
1867 - 1956
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 290
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 291
1480 - 1538
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 292
1891 - 1969
HPI: 76.41
Rank: 293
1892 - 1984
HPI: 76.40
Rank: 294
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 295
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 296
1710 - 1784
HPI: 76.25
Rank: 297
1830 - 1914
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 298
1895 - 1963
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 299
1835 - 1917
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 300
1744 - 1812
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 301
770 - 840
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 302
Among military personnels born in Germany, Ludwig Beck ranks 27. Before him are Hermann Hoth (1885), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Michael Wittmann (1914), Klaus Barbie (1913), and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881). After him are Heinrich Müller (1900), Ferdinand Schörner (1892), Hermann Fegelein (1906), Ernst Busch (1885), Helmuth Weidling (1891), and Franz Halder (1884).
1885 - 1971
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 21
1876 - 1956
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 22
1742 - 1819
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 23
1914 - 1944
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 24
1913 - 1991
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 25
1881 - 1954
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 26
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 27
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 28
1892 - 1973
HPI: 75.66
Rank: 29
1906 - 1945
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 30
1885 - 1945
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 31
1891 - 1955
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 32
1884 - 1972
HPI: 75.21
Rank: 33