1913 - 2018
Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen (18 March 1913 – 9 June 2018) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was credited with the sinking of 25 ships (2 were later refloated), at a total of 136,661 tons. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Reinhard Hardegen has received more than 314,940 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Hardegen is the 1,156th most popular military personnel (down from 797th in 2019), the 2,959th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,072nd in 2019) and the 218th most popular German Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 1,156 out of 1,468. Before him are Oleg Kalugin, Wesley Clark, Søren Kam, Illus, Shōji Nishimura, and Shigeyoshi Inoue. After him are Khiuaz Dospanova, Angelo Iachino, Cristóbal de Olid, Nuri Killigil, Miguel Cabanellas, and Mile Mrkšić.
1934 - Present
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 1,150
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 1,151
1921 - 2015
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 1,152
500 - 488
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 1,153
1889 - 1944
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 1,154
1889 - 1975
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 1,155
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 1,156
1922 - 2008
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 1,157
1889 - 1976
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 1,158
1487 - 1524
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 1,159
1881 - 1949
HPI: 51.86
Rank: 1,160
1872 - 1938
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 1,161
1947 - 2015
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 1,162
Among people born in 1913, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 145. Before him are René Schneider, Sebastiano Baggio, Pak Song-chol, František Čáp, Abraham Sutzkever, and Maria Tănase. After him are Yakov Zak, Nicolas Grunitzky, Ad Reinhardt, Fritz Darges, Vicente Calderón, and Anthony Quayle. Among people deceased in 2018, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 172. Before him are Sridevi, Eddie Clarke, Roger Piantoni, Roger Bannister, Barbara Harris, and Lewis Gilbert. After him are William Goldman, Leila Abashidze, Zhores Medvedev, Peter Mayle, Talal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, and Robert Indiana.
1913 - 1970
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 139
1913 - 1993
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 140
1913 - 2008
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 141
1913 - 1972
HPI: 52.18
Rank: 142
1913 - 2010
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 143
1913 - 1963
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 144
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 145
1913 - 1976
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 146
1913 - 1969
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 147
1913 - 1967
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 148
1913 - 2009
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 149
1913 - 1987
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 150
1913 - 1989
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 151
1963 - 2018
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 166
1950 - 2018
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 167
1931 - 2018
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 168
1929 - 2018
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 169
1935 - 2018
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 170
1920 - 2018
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 171
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 172
1931 - 2018
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 173
1929 - 2018
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 174
1925 - 2018
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 175
1939 - 2018
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 176
1931 - 2018
HPI: 51.80
Rank: 177
1928 - 2018
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 178
Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 2,959 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786), Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742), Volker Finke (1948), Ignaz von Döllinger (1799), Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1884), and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied (1782). After him are Michael Ballhaus (1935), Princess Charlotte of Hesse-Darmstadt (1755), Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772), Princess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg (1675), Paul Fleming (1609), and Heinrich XXII, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1846).
1786 - 1816
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,953
1742 - 1810
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,954
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 2,955
1799 - 1890
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2,956
1884 - 1905
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2,957
1782 - 1867
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2,958
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 2,959
1935 - 2017
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 2,960
1755 - 1785
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,961
1772 - 1823
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,962
1675 - 1733
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,963
1609 - 1640
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 2,964
1846 - 1902
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 2,965
Among military personnels born in Germany, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 218. Before him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), August Schmidhuber (1901), Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808), Johanna Wolf (1900), Joachim Lemelsen (1888), and Werner Goldberg (1919). After him are Fritz Darges (1913), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Josias von Heeringen (1850), Erich Marcks (1891), August Karl von Goeben (1816), and Friedrich Christiansen (1879).
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 212
1901 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 213
1808 - 1870
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 214
1900 - 1985
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 215
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 216
1919 - 2004
HPI: 52.06
Rank: 217
1913 - 2018
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 218
1913 - 2009
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 219
1615 - 1690
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 220
1850 - 1926
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 221
1891 - 1944
HPI: 51.53
Rank: 222
1816 - 1880
HPI: 51.52
Rank: 223
1879 - 1972
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 224