1881 - 1954
Maximilian Maria Joseph Karl Gabriel Lamoral Reichsfreiherr von und zu Weichs an der Glon (12 November 1881 – 27 September 1954) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Born into an aristocratic family, Weichs joined the Bavarian cavalry in 1900 and fought in the First World War. At the outbreak of the Second World War he commanded the XIII Corps in the invasion of Poland. He later commanded the 2nd Army during the invasions of France, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. In August 1942 during Case Blue, the German offensive in southern Russia, he was appointed commander of Army Group B. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maximilian von Weichs has received more than 572,629 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Maximilian von Weichs is the 197th most popular military personnel (up from 220th in 2019), the 454th most popular biography from Germany (up from 508th in 2019) and the 49th most popular German Military Personnel.
Maximilian von Weichs is most famous for being the commander of the German 6th Army during the Battle of Stalingrad.
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Among military personnels, Maximilian von Weichs ranks 197 out of 1,468. Before him are Wilhelm Burgdorf, Erhard Milch, Yue Fei, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Amr ibn al-As, and Mikhail Frunze. After him are Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, Tadamichi Kuribayashi, Parmenion, Roman von Ungern-Sternberg, and Gotthard Heinrici.
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 191
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 192
1142 - 1142
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 193
1769 - 1851
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 194
580 - 664
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 195
1885 - 1925
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 196
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 197
1559 - 1632
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 198
1712 - 1780
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 199
1891 - 1945
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 200
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 201
1886 - 1921
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 202
1886 - 1971
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 203
Among people born in 1881, Maximilian von Weichs ranks 26. Before him are Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Guccio Gucci, Ettore Bugatti, Georg von Küchler, Alcide De Gasperi, and Hans Fischer. After him are Irving Langmuir, Erwin von Witzleben, George Enescu, Natalia Goncharova, Hermann Staudinger, and Juan Ramón Jiménez. Among people deceased in 1954, Maximilian von Weichs ranks 14. Before him are Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Princess Märtha of Sweden, André Derain, Getúlio Vargas, Alcide De Gasperi, and Wilhelm Furtwängler. After him are Dziga Vertov, Otto Diels, Andrey Vyshinsky, Machine Gun Kelly, The French Angel, and Jacinto Benavente.
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 21
1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 22
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 23
1881 - 1954
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 24
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 25
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 26
1881 - 1957
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 27
1881 - 1944
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 28
1881 - 1955
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 29
1881 - 1962
HPI: 65.33
Rank: 30
1881 - 1965
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 31
1881 - 1958
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 32
1881 - 1954
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 8
1901 - 1954
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 9
1880 - 1954
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 10
1882 - 1954
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 11
1881 - 1954
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 12
1886 - 1954
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 13
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 14
1896 - 1954
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 15
1876 - 1954
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 16
1883 - 1954
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 17
1895 - 1954
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 18
1903 - 1954
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 19
1866 - 1954
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 20
Among people born in Germany, Maximilian von Weichs ranks 454 out of 6,142. Before him are Wilhelm List (1880), Josef Kramer (1906), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), and Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817). After him are Emile Berliner (1851), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Fritz Todt (1891), Otto of Bavaria (1848), Franz Boas (1858), and Emil Nolde (1867).
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 448
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 449
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 450
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 451
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 452
1817 - 1898
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 453
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 454
1851 - 1929
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 455
1834 - 1890
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 456
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 457
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 458
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 459
1867 - 1956
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 460
Among military personnels born in Germany, Maximilian von Weichs ranks 49. Before him are Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Walther von Reichenau (1884), Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), and Erhard Milch (1892). After him are Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), Otto Carius (1922), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Otto Günsche (1917), and Henning von Tresckow (1901).
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 43
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 44
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