1891 - 1916
Oswald Boelcke PlM (German: [ˈbœlkə]; 19 May 1891 – 28 October 1916) was a World War I German professional soldier and pioneering flying ace credited with 40 aerial victories. Boelcke is honored as the father of the German fighter air force, and of air combat as a whole. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oswald Boelcke has received more than 492,822 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Oswald Boelcke is the 686th most popular military personnel (down from 548th in 2019), the 1,691st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,365th in 2019) and the 127th most popular German Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Oswald Boelcke ranks 686 out of 1,468. Before him are Otto Kittel, Lothar von Trotha, Hans Hermann von Katte, Johan Banér, William Stuart-Houston, and P. G. T. Beauregard. After him are Walther Nehring, Adolf Heusinger, Markian Popov, Vasily Petrov, William Halsey Jr., and Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg.
1917 - 1945
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 680
1848 - 1920
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 681
1704 - 1730
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 682
1596 - 1641
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 683
1911 - 1987
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 684
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 685
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 686
1892 - 1983
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 687
1897 - 1982
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 688
1902 - 1969
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 689
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 690
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 691
1759 - 1830
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 692
Among people born in 1891, Oswald Boelcke ranks 54. Before him are Jacques Lipchitz, Takijirō Ōnishi, Yevhen Konovalets, John Heartfield, John Langenus, and Shizo Kanakuri. After him are Hu Shih, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Poul Nielsen, Lajos Zilahy, Walter A. Shewhart, and Gio Ponti. Among people deceased in 1916, Oswald Boelcke ranks 51. Before him are Hugo Münsterberg, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Torakusu Yamaha, Ōyama Iwao, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, and Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova. After him are Hiram Maxim, Max Immelmann, Paolo Tosti, Fredrik Idestam, Petar Kočić, and Isa Boletini.
1891 - 1973
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 48
1891 - 1945
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 49
1891 - 1938
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 50
1891 - 1968
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 51
1891 - 1952
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 52
1891 - 1983
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 53
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 54
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 55
1891 - 1957
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 56
1891 - 1962
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 57
1891 - 1974
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 58
1891 - 1967
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 59
1891 - 1979
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 60
1863 - 1916
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 45
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 46
1851 - 1916
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 47
1842 - 1916
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 48
1833 - 1916
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 49
1835 - 1916
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 50
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 51
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 52
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 53
1846 - 1916
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 54
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 55
1877 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 56
1864 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 57
Among people born in Germany, Oswald Boelcke ranks 1,691 out of 6,142. Before him are Sophia of Bavaria (1376), Christian August of Holstein-Gottorp, Prince of Eutin (1673), Elisabeth of Swabia (1205), Moritz von Jacobi (1801), Oliver Bierhoff (1968), and Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1713). After him are Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), Miguel, Duke of Braganza (1853), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547), Hermann Tilke (1954), and Jan Tschichold (1902).
1376 - 1428
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 1,685
1673 - 1726
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 1,686
1205 - 1235
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 1,687
1801 - 1874
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 1,688
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 1,689
1713 - 1780
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 1,690
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,691
1332 - 1381
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 1,692
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 1,693
1897 - 1982
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,694
1547 - 1614
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 1,695
1954 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 1,696
1902 - 1974
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 1,697
Among military personnels born in Germany, Oswald Boelcke ranks 127. Before him are Hans Langsdorff (1894), Herbert Kappler (1907), Georg Stumme (1886), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Lothar von Trotha (1848), and Hans Hermann von Katte (1704). After him are Adolf Heusinger (1897), Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Max Immelmann (1890), Fritz Klingenberg (1912), and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886).
1894 - 1939
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 121
1907 - 1978
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 122
1886 - 1942
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 123
1894 - 1970
HPI: 57.62
Rank: 124
1848 - 1920
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 125
1704 - 1730
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 126
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 127
1897 - 1982
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 128
1759 - 1830
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 129
1891 - 1957
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 130
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 131
1912 - 1945
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 132
1886 - 1974
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 133