1892 - 1941
Mikhail Petrovich Kirponos (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Кирпоно́с, Ukrainian: Михайло Петрович Кирпонос, Mykhailo Petrovych Kyrponos; 12 January 1892 – 20 September 1941) was a Soviet general of the Red Army during World War II. Being accorded the highest military decoration, the Hero of the Soviet Union title, for the skill and courage in commanding a division in the 1939-1940 Finnish campaign, Kirponos is remembered for his leading role in the failed defense of Ukraine during the Battle of Brody, the Battle of Uman, and Kiev in the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mikhail Kirponos has received more than 311,877 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Mikhail Kirponos is the 437th most popular military personnel, the 125th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 127th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.
Mikhail Kirponos was a Soviet field marshal who served in the Red Army during World War II. He was captured by the Germans during the Battle of Kiev and spent the rest of the war in captivity.
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Among military personnels, Mikhail Kirponos ranks 437 out of 1,468. Before him are August Neidhardt von Gneisenau, Laskarina Bouboulina, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Kawakami Gensai, Yoshiko Kawashima, and Leopold Joseph von Daun. After him are Stonewall Jackson, Petre Dumitrescu, Josef Harpe, John Hanning Speke, Matthäus Hetzenauer, and Osman Nuri Pasha.
1760 - 1831
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 431
1771 - 1825
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 432
1752 - 1828
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 433
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 434
1907 - 1948
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 435
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 436
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 437
1824 - 1863
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 438
1882 - 1950
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 439
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 440
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 441
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 442
1832 - 1900
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 443
Among people born in 1892, Mikhail Kirponos ranks 56. Before him are Mary Pickford, Margaret Rutherford, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, József Mindszenty, Erich Auerbach, and Johannes Frießner. After him are Hjalmar Siilasvuo, Eiji Yoshikawa, Juan Negrín, Edith Södergran, Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth, and Tamon Yamaguchi. Among people deceased in 1941, Mikhail Kirponos ranks 41. Before him are Émile Bernard, Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya, Kurt Koffka, Louis Chevrolet, Dmitry Pavlov, and Günther Lütjens. After him are Pál Teleki, Sisowath Monivong, Ernst Lindemann, Rudolf Hilferding, Ludwig Quidde, and Paul-Jacques Curie.
1892 - 1979
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 50
1892 - 1972
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 51
1892 - 1930
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 52
1892 - 1975
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 53
1892 - 1957
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 54
1892 - 1971
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 55
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 56
1892 - 1947
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 57
1892 - 1962
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 58
1892 - 1956
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 59
1892 - 1923
HPI: 59.65
Rank: 60
1892 - 1979
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 61
1892 - 1942
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 62
1868 - 1941
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 35
1923 - 1941
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 36
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 37
1878 - 1941
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 38
1897 - 1941
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 39
1889 - 1941
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 40
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 41
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 42
1875 - 1941
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 43
1894 - 1941
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 44
1877 - 1941
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 45
1858 - 1941
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 46
1855 - 1941
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 47
Among people born in Ukraine, Mikhail Kirponos ranks 125 out of 1,083. Before him are Nikolai Ryzhkov (1929), Arkhip Kuindzhi (1842), Catherine Dolgorukov (1847), Dmitry Bortniansky (1751), Menachem Mendel Schneerson (1902), and Ivan Sirko (1610). After him are Ivan Kozhedub (1920), Otto Preminger (1905), Anatoly Lunacharsky (1875), Ephraim Katzir (1916), Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900), and Moshé Feldenkrais (1904).
1929 - Present
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 119
1842 - 1910
HPI: 60.94
Rank: 120
1847 - 1922
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 121
1751 - 1825
HPI: 60.79
Rank: 122
1902 - 1994
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 123
1610 - 1680
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 124
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 125
1920 - 1991
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 126
1905 - 1986
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 127
1875 - 1933
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 128
1916 - 2009
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 129
1900 - 1975
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 130
1904 - 1984
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 131
Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Mikhail Kirponos ranks 9. Before him are Nestor Makhno (1888), John Demjanjuk (1920), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), Ivan Paskevich (1782), Alexander Samsonov (1859), and Roman Shukhevych (1907). After him are Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), Alfred Redl (1864), Grigory Kulik (1890), Pavel Batitsky (1910), Sergey Gorshkov (1910), and Ivan Chernyakhovsky (1906).
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 3
1920 - 2012
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 4
1892 - 1970
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 5
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 6
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 7
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 8
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1895 - 1966
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 10
1864 - 1913
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 11
1890 - 1950
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 12
1910 - 1984
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 13
1910 - 1988
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 14
1906 - 1945
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 15