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Reinhard Hardegen

1913 - 2018

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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 336,117 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Hardegen is the 1,433rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,156th in 2019), the 3,441st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,956th in 2019) and the 263rd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 1,433 out of 2,058. Before him are Sam Manekshaw, Alexander Kutepov, Nicholas, Count of Salm, Karl von Einem, Anthony McAuliffe, and Sergei Shtemenko. After him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, William Calley, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, Alan Cunningham, Alfons Rebane, and James Longstreet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 166. Before him are Gisela Mauermayer, Renato Castellani, Eugene Odum, Lewis A. Coser, Salvador Espriu, and John Kitzmiller. After him are Sonja Wigert, Sourou-Migan Apithy, Friedrich Dickel, Huang Hua, Philip Guston, and Helen Levitt. Among people deceased in 2018, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 199. Before him are Frank Carlucci, James Karen, Stanislav Govorukhin, Evelyn Berezin, Peter Mayle, and John Mahoney. After him are Henri Namphy, Siegfried Rauch, Leila Abashidze, Leonid Kadeniuk, Eddie Clarke, and Anneke Grönloh.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 3,441 out of 7,253. Before him are Thomas Doll (1966), Carl Ludwig Koch (1778), Karl von Einem (1853), Herman Rarebell (1949), Johann Lukas Schönlein (1793), and Oskar Vogt (1870). After him are Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg (1838), Günter Verheugen (1944), Fahriye Evcen (1986), Karl Ludwig Sand (1795), Birutė Galdikas (1946), and Otto Gessler (1875).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 263. Before him are Helmut Kunz (1910), Prince Frederick of Württemberg (1808), Werner Voss (1897), Pavle Jurišić Šturm (1848), Kurt von der Chevallerie (1891), and Karl von Einem (1853). After him are Maurice d'Elbée (1752), Traugott Herr (1890), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Albrecht Brandi (1914), Curt Haase (1881), and Gerhard von Schwerin (1899).

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