1804 - 1881
Ludwig August Ritter von Benedek (14 July 1804 – 27 April 1881), also known as Lajos Benedek, with the Hungarian form of Ludwig, was an Austro-Hungarian general (Feldzeugmeister), best known for commanding the imperial army in 1866 in their defeat at the Battle of Königgrätz against the Prussian Army, which ended his career. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludwig von Benedek has received more than 100,598 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ludwig von Benedek is the 608th most popular military personnel (down from 577th in 2019), the 155th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 148th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Hungarian Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 608 out of 1,468. Before him are Ashraf Marwan, Demosthenes, Günther Blumentritt, Adolf Strauss, Jawhar, and Nikolay Gumilyov. After him are Wilhelm Rediess, Ernst Linder, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., Minamoto no Yoshinaka, and Julius von Payer.
1944 - 2007
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 602
412 BC - 413 BC
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 603
1892 - 1967
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 604
1879 - 1973
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 605
911 - 992
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 606
1886 - 1921
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 607
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 608
1900 - 1945
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 609
1868 - 1943
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 610
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 611
1915 - 1944
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 612
1154 - 1184
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 613
1841 - 1915
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 614
Among people born in 1804, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 24. Before him are Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Carl von Rokitansky, and Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora. After him are Eduard Mörike, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Viktor Bunyakovsky, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Jim Bridger, and Moritz von Schwind. Among people deceased in 1881, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 23. Before him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Theobald Boehm, Archduchess Clementina of Austria, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands. After him are Eduard Heine, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Hermann Lotze, Marie Laveau, and Maria Domenica Mazzarello.
1804 - 1851
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 18
1804 - 1869
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 19
1804 - 1877
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 20
1804 - 1844
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 21
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 22
1804 - 1878
HPI: 58.15
Rank: 23
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 24
1804 - 1875
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 25
1804 - 1881
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 26
1804 - 1889
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 27
1804 - 1885
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 28
1804 - 1881
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 29
1804 - 1871
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 30
1821 - 1881
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 17
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 18
1798 - 1881
HPI: 58.93
Rank: 19
1796 - 1881
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 20
1860 - 1881
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 21
1797 - 1881
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 22
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 23
1821 - 1881
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 24
1804 - 1881
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 25
1815 - 1881
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 26
1817 - 1881
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 27
1801 - 1881
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 28
1837 - 1881
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 29
Among people born in Hungary, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 155 out of 866. Before him are Charles Simonyi (1948), Ferenc Deák (1803), Taksony of Hungary (931), Joseph Kosma (1905), Edgar Ætheling (1051), and Béla Balázs (1884). After him are Gyula Horn (1932), Árpád Göncz (1922), Mihály Zichy (1827), László Csatáry (1915), Gyula Zsengellér (1915), and Géza Lakatos (1890).
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 149
1803 - 1876
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 150
931 - 972
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 151
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 152
1051 - 1200
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 153
1884 - 1949
HPI: 58.13
Rank: 154
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 155
1932 - 2013
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 156
1922 - 2015
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 157
1827 - 1906
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 158
1915 - 2013
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 159
1915 - 1999
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 160
1890 - 1967
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 161
Among military personnels born in Hungary, Ludwig von Benedek ranks 3. Before him are George I Rákóczi (1593) and Gusztáv Jány (1883). After him are Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary (1817), Maximilian de Angelis (1889), and Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin (1855).
1593 - 1648
HPI: 59.16
Rank: 1
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 2
1804 - 1881
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 3
1817 - 1867
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 4
1889 - 1974
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 5
1855 - 1925
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 6