1913 - 1970
General René Schneider Chereau (; December 31, 1913 – October 25, 1970) was the commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a botched kidnapping attempt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René Schneider has received more than 221,488 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. René Schneider is the 1,099th most popular military personnel (down from 1,020th in 2019), the 48th most popular biography from Chile (down from 44th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Chilean Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, René Schneider ranks 1,099 out of 1,468. Before him are Milivoj Ašner, Hitoshi Imamura, József Alvinczi, Eugen Meindl, Kit Carson, and Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow. After him are Félix Rodríguez, August Schmidhuber, Stanisław Maczek, Naser Orić, Alexios Apokaukos, and Archduke Leo Karl of Austria.
1913 - 2011
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 1,093
1886 - 1968
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 1,094
1735 - 1810
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 1,095
1892 - 1951
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 1,096
1809 - 1868
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 1,097
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 1,098
1913 - 1970
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 1,099
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 1,100
1901 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 1,101
1892 - 1994
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 1,102
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 1,103
1250 - 1345
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 1,104
1893 - 1939
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 1,105
Among people born in 1913, René Schneider ranks 139. Before him are Stefan Heym, Gig Young, George Koval, William P. Rogers, Milivoj Ašner, and Walter Andreas Schwarz. After him are Sebastiano Baggio, Pak Song-chol, František Čáp, Abraham Sutzkever, Maria Tănase, and Reinhard Hardegen. Among people deceased in 1970, René Schneider ranks 118. Before him are Marlen Haushofer, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Bjarni Benediktsson, Hugh Dowding, and Terry Sawchuk. After him are Paul Schmidt, Nikolaus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Ernst May, Isdal Woman, Leah Goldberg, and Aimo Lahti.
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 133
1913 - 1978
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 134
1913 - 2006
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 135
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 136
1913 - 2011
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 137
1913 - 1992
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 138
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
1920 - 1970
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 112
1895 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 113
1877 - 1970
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 114
1908 - 1970
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 115
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 116
1929 - 1970
HPI: 52.72
Rank: 117
1913 - 1970
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 118
1899 - 1970
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 119
1897 - 1970
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 120
1886 - 1970
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 121
1940 - 1970
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 122
1911 - 1970
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 123
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 124
Among people born in Chile, René Schneider ranks 48 out of 265. Before him are José Manuel Balmaceda (1840), José Miguel Carrera (1785), Arturo Alessandri (1868), Guillermo Subiabre (1903), Tom Araya (1961), and Sergio Badilla Castillo (1947). After him are Patricio Guzmán (1941), Marcelo Salas (1974), Teresa of the Andes (1900), Juan Rodríguez Vega (1944), Juan Ignacio Molina (1740), and Vicente Huidobro (1893).
1840 - 1891
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 42
1785 - 1821
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 43
1868 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 44
1903 - 1964
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 45
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 46
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.56
Rank: 47
1913 - 1970
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 48
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 49
1974 - Present
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 50
1900 - 1920
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 51
1944 - 2021
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 52
1740 - 1829
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 53
1893 - 1948
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 54
Among military personnels born in Chile, René Schneider ranks 2. Before him are Lautaro (1534).