1917 - 2003
Otto Günsche (24 September 1917 – 2 October 2003) was a mid-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a member of the SS Division Leibstandarte before he became Adolf Hitler's personal adjutant. Günsche was taken prisoner by soldiers of the Red Army in Berlin on 2 May 1945. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Günsche has received more than 933,963 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Otto Günsche is the 230th most popular military personnel (up from 237th in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from Germany (up from 552nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular German Military Personnel.
Otto Günsche was a member of the SS and Hitler's personal bodyguard. He was the first person to see Hitler's body after he committed suicide and was one of the people who helped cremate his body.
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Among military personnels, Otto Günsche ranks 230 out of 1,468. Before him are Kim Philby, Karl-Otto Koch, Pausanias, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Craterus, and Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Viscount of Turenne. After him are Lysander, Henning von Tresckow, Hasso von Manteuffel, Erwin von Witzleben, Gaius Claudius Glaber, and Vasily Stalin.
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 224
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 225
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 226
1766 - 1847
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 227
370 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 228
1611 - 1675
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 229
1917 - 2003
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 230
401 BC - 395 BC
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 231
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 232
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 233
1881 - 1944
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 234
200 BC - 100 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 235
1921 - 1962
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 236
Among people born in 1917, Otto Günsche ranks 21. Before him are Christian de Duve, Sidney Sheldon, Dean Martin, Joan Clarke, Kenan Evren, and Nur Muhammad Taraki. After him are Louis Zamperini, Rochus Misch, Óscar Romero, Jean-Pierre Melville, Bourvil, and Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 2003, Otto Günsche ranks 18. Before him are Nina Simone, Edward Teller, Ilya Prigogine, Edward Said, Soong Mei-ling, and Robert Kardashian. After him are Gianni Agnelli, Leopoldo Galtieri, Maurice Blanchot, Elia Kazan, Richard Crenna, and Compay Segundo.
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 15
1917 - 2007
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 16
1917 - 1995
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 17
1917 - 1996
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 18
1917 - 2015
HPI: 65.74
Rank: 19
1917 - 1979
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 20
1917 - 2003
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 21
1917 - 2014
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 22
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 23
1917 - 1980
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 24
1917 - 1973
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 25
1917 - 1970
HPI: 64.44
Rank: 26
1917 - 1992
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 27
1933 - 2003
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 12
1908 - 2003
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 13
1917 - 2003
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 14
1935 - 2003
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 15
1897 - 2003
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 16
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 17
1917 - 2003
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 18
1921 - 2003
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 19
1926 - 2003
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 20
1907 - 2003
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 21
1909 - 2003
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 22
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 23
1907 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 24
Among people born in Germany, Otto Günsche ranks 528 out of 6,142. Before him are Anneliese Michel (1952), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Thomas Bach (1953), Pope Victor II (1018), Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841), and Kurt Weill (1900). After him are Theodor Morell (1886), Helmut Newton (1920), Henning von Tresckow (1901), Hans Spemann (1869), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), and Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor (1075).
1952 - 1976
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 522
1897 - 1945
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 523
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 524
1018 - 1057
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 525
1841 - 1925
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 526
1900 - 1950
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 527
1917 - 2003
HPI: 65.58
Rank: 528
1886 - 1948
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 529
1920 - 2004
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 530
1901 - 1944
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 531
1869 - 1941
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 532
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 533
1075 - 1137
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 534
Among military personnels born in Germany, Otto Günsche ranks 54. Before him are Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), Otto Carius (1922), and Karl-Otto Koch (1897). After him are Henning von Tresckow (1901), Hasso von Manteuffel (1897), Kurt Meyer (1910), Erich Hoepner (1886), Hans von Seeckt (1866), and Werner Mölders (1913).
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
1897 - 1978
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 56
1910 - 1961
HPI: 65.26
Rank: 57
1886 - 1944
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 58
1866 - 1936
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 59
1913 - 1941
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 60