1912 - 1998
Otto Kretschmer (1 May 1912 – 5 August 1998) was a German naval officer and submariner in World War II and the Cold War. From September 1939 until his capture in March 1941 he sank 44 ships, including one warship, a total of 274,333 tons. For this he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, among other awards. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Otto Kretschmer has received more than 638,860 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Kretschmer is the 362nd most popular military personnel (down from 310th in 2019), the 173rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 154th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Polish Military Personnel.
Otto Kretschmer was a German naval officer who was most famous for his capture of the British submarine HMS Spearfish in 1917.
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Among military personnels, Otto Kretschmer ranks 362 out of 1,468. Before him are Francisco de Miranda, Mamai, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Mitsuo Fuchida, Thrasybulus, and Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov. After him are Huang Zhong, Kul Tigin, Georg von Frundsberg, Vasily Arkhipov, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim.
1750 - 1816
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 356
1335 - 1380
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 357
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 358
1902 - 1976
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 359
440 BC - 389 BC
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 360
1737 - 1808
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 361
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 362
148 - 220
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 363
685 - 731
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 364
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 365
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 366
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 367
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 368
Among people born in 1912, Otto Kretschmer ranks 43. Before him are Leonid Kantorovich, Juan Pujol García, Karl Malden, Glenn T. Seaborg, Lawrence Durrell, and Sonja Henie. After him are Prince Bertil, Duke of Halland, Chien-Shiung Wu, Georg Solti, Princess Deokhye, Don Siegel, and Elsa Morante. Among people deceased in 1998, Otto Kretschmer ranks 19. Before him are Niklas Luhmann, Vladimir Prelog, Raymond Cattell, Konstantinos Karamanlis, Theodore Schultz, and Frederick Reines. After him are Vasily Arkhipov, Alfred Schnittke, Allan MacLeod Cormack, Falco, Bob Kane, and George H. Hitchings.
1912 - 1986
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 37
1912 - 1988
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 38
1912 - 2009
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 39
1912 - 1999
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 40
1912 - 1990
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 41
1912 - 1969
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 42
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 43
1912 - 1997
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 44
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 45
1912 - 1997
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 46
1912 - 1989
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 47
1912 - 1991
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 48
1912 - 1985
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 49
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 13
1906 - 1998
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 14
1905 - 1998
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 15
1907 - 1998
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 16
1902 - 1998
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 17
1918 - 1998
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 18
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 19
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 20
1934 - 1998
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 21
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 22
1957 - 1998
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 23
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 24
1905 - 1998
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 25
Among people born in Poland, Otto Kretschmer ranks 173 out of 1,454. Before him are Cymburgis of Masovia (1394), Albert Sabin (1906), Catherine Opalińska (1680), Henry II the Pious (1196), Johann Wilhelm Ritter (1776), and Bronisław Komorowski (1952). After him are Casimir I the Restorer (1016), Miroslav Klose (1978), Albrecht von Roon (1803), Robert Lewandowski (1988), Itzhak Stern (1901), and Günther Anders (1902).
1394 - 1429
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 167
1906 - 1993
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 168
1680 - 1747
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 169
1196 - 1241
HPI: 62.25
Rank: 170
1776 - 1810
HPI: 62.21
Rank: 171
1952 - Present
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 172
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 173
1016 - 1058
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 174
1978 - Present
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 175
1803 - 1879
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 176
1988 - Present
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 177
1901 - 1969
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 178
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 179
Among military personnels born in Poland, Otto Kretschmer ranks 17. Before him are Erwin von Witzleben (1881), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Rochus Misch (1917), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Władysław Sikorski (1881), and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889). After him are Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), Hermann Balck (1893), Otto von Below (1857), Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (1885), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), and Eberhard von Mackensen (1889).
1881 - 1944
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 11
1755 - 1818
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 12
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 13
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 14
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 15
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 16
1912 - 1998
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 17
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 18
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 19
1857 - 1944
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 20
1885 - 1968
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 21
1878 - 1966
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 22
1889 - 1969
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 23