MILITARY PERSONNEL
Max Simon
1899 - 1961
Max Simon
Max Simon (6 January 1899 – 1 February 1961) was a German SS commander and war criminal during World War II. Simon was one of the first members of the SS in the early 1930s. He rose through the ranks of the SS, and became a corps commander during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Simon has received more than 195,469 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Max Simon is the 850th most popular military personnel (up from 878th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Poland (up from 458th in 2019) and the 41st most popular Polish Military Personnel.
Memorability Metrics
200k
Page Views (PV)
56.32
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
16
Languages Editions (L)
6.40
Effective Languages (L*)
1.54
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among MILITARY PERSONNELS
Among military personnels, Max Simon ranks 850 out of 2,058. Before him are Gaius Suetonius Paulinus, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Erich Brandenberger, Joseph Stilwell, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, and Gerhard Schmidhuber. After him are Andrew Parker Bowles, Erhard Raus, Ernst Linder, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, Gunichi Mikawa, and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin.
Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsGaius Suetonius Paulinus
10 - 60
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 844
Hiroyoshi Nishizawa
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 845
Erich Brandenberger
1892 - 1955
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 846
Joseph Stilwell
1883 - 1946
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 847
Fawzi al-Qawuqji
1890 - 1977
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 848
Gerhard Schmidhuber
1894 - 1945
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 849
Max Simon
1899 - 1961
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 850
Andrew Parker Bowles
1939 - Present
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 851
Erhard Raus
1889 - 1956
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 852
Ernst Linder
1868 - 1943
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 853
Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma
1891 - 1948
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 854
Gunichi Mikawa
1888 - 1981
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 855
Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin
1891 - 1963
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 856
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1899, Max Simon ranks 92. Before him are Haim Arlosoroff, Benjamin Péret, Osman Batur, Veit Harlan, Hans Swarowsky, and Lotte Reiniger. After him are Hans Krása, Andrija Artuković, Maria Yudina, Hans Jeschonnek, Wolf Messing, and Nicolas Frantz. Among people deceased in 1961, Max Simon ranks 46. Before him are Ludwik Fleck, Fyodor Kuznetsov, Bulbul, Herbert Pitman, Platt Adams, and Clark Ashton Smith. After him are Shigeko Higashikuni, Valentin Bondarenko, Milan Stojadinović, Anna May Wong, Henri Breuil, and Robert Garrett.
Others Born in 1899
Go to all RankingsHaim Arlosoroff
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1899 - 1933
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 86
Benjamin Péret
WRITER
1899 - 1959
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 87
Osman Batur
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1951
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 88
Veit Harlan
FILM DIRECTOR
1899 - 1964
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 89
Hans Swarowsky
COMPOSER
1899 - 1975
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 90
Lotte Reiniger
FILM DIRECTOR
1899 - 1981
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 91
Max Simon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1961
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 92
Hans Krása
COMPOSER
1899 - 1944
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 93
Andrija Artuković
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1988
HPI: 56.17
Rank: 94
Maria Yudina
MUSICIAN
1899 - 1970
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 95
Hans Jeschonnek
POLITICIAN
1899 - 1943
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 96
Wolf Messing
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1899 - 1974
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 97
Nicolas Frantz
CYCLIST
1899 - 1985
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 98
Others Deceased in 1961
Go to all RankingsLudwik Fleck
BIOLOGIST
1896 - 1961
HPI: 57.17
Rank: 40
Fyodor Kuznetsov
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1961
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 41
Bulbul
MUSICIAN
1897 - 1961
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 42
Herbert Pitman
POLITICIAN
1877 - 1961
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 43
Platt Adams
ATHLETE
1885 - 1961
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 44
Clark Ashton Smith
WRITER
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 45
Max Simon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1961
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 46
Shigeko Higashikuni
COMPANION
1925 - 1961
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 47
Valentin Bondarenko
ASTRONAUT
1937 - 1961
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 48
Milan Stojadinović
POLITICIAN
1888 - 1961
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 49
Anna May Wong
ACTOR
1905 - 1961
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 50
Henri Breuil
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 51
Robert Garrett
ATHLETE
1875 - 1961
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 52
In Poland
Among people born in Poland, Max Simon ranks 441 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Beck (1894), Bronisława Dłuska (1865), Krakus (null), Alfred Flatow (1869), Dita Parlo (1906), and Joachim Kroll (1933). After him are Theodor Kaluza (1885), Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1464), Józef Cyrankiewicz (1911), Karol Świerczewski (1897), Lubomyr Husar (1933), and Jacek Malczewski (1854).
Others born in Poland
Go to all RankingsJózef Beck
POLITICIAN
1894 - 1944
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 435
Bronisława Dłuska
PHYSICIAN
1865 - 1939
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 436
Krakus
POLITICIAN
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 437
Alfred Flatow
GYMNAST
1869 - 1942
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 438
Dita Parlo
ACTOR
1906 - 1971
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 439
Joachim Kroll
EXTREMIST
1933 - 1991
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 440
Max Simon
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1899 - 1961
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 441
Theodor Kaluza
MATHEMATICIAN
1885 - 1954
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 442
Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach
COMPANION
1464 - 1512
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 443
Józef Cyrankiewicz
POLITICIAN
1911 - 1989
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 444
Karol Świerczewski
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1897 - 1947
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 445
Lubomyr Husar
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1933 - 2017
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 446
Jacek Malczewski
PAINTER
1854 - 1929
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 447
Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland
Among military personnels born in Poland, Max Simon ranks 41. Before him are Hermann von Eichhorn (1848), Max von Gallwitz (1852), Fritz Freitag (1894), Fritz von Below (1853), Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), and Helmuth von Pannwitz (1898). After him are Karol Świerczewski (1897), Yitzhak Sadeh (1890), Zygmunt Berling (1896), Friedrich Graf von Wrangel (1784), Walther von Lüttwitz (1859), and Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann (1818).
Hermann von Eichhorn
1848 - 1918
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 35
Max von Gallwitz
1852 - 1937
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 36
Fritz Freitag
1894 - 1945
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 37
Fritz von Below
1853 - 1918
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 38
Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz
1893 - 1968
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 39
Helmuth von Pannwitz
1898 - 1947
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 40
Max Simon
1899 - 1961
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 41
Karol Świerczewski
1897 - 1947
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 42
Yitzhak Sadeh
1890 - 1952
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 43
Zygmunt Berling
1896 - 1980
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 44
Friedrich Graf von Wrangel
1784 - 1877
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 45
Walther von Lüttwitz
1859 - 1942
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 46
Konstantin Petrovich von Kaufmann
1818 - 1882
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 47