1917 - 2013
Rochus Misch (29 July 1917 – 5 September 2013) was a German Oberscharführer (sergeant) in the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). He was badly wounded during the Polish campaign during the first month of World War II in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rochus Misch has received more than 1,101,739 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Rochus Misch is the 253rd most popular military personnel (up from 265th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Poland (up from 130th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Military Personnel.
Rochus Misch is most famous for being the drummer for the Beatles.
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Among military personnels, Rochus Misch ranks 253 out of 1,468. Before him are Khalifa Haftar, Andrey Yeryomenko, Eumenes, Federico da Montefeltro, Pittacus of Mytilene, and Franz Stangl. After him are Otto Liman von Sanders, Ivan Bagramyan, Władysław Sikorski, Italo Balbo, Maurice de Saxe, and Lothar Rendulic.
1943 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 247
1892 - 1970
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 248
362 BC - 316 BC
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 249
1422 - 1482
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 250
650 BC - 570 BC
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 251
1908 - 1971
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 252
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 253
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 254
1897 - 1982
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 255
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 256
1896 - 1940
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 257
1696 - 1750
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 258
1887 - 1971
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 259
Among people born in 1917, Rochus Misch ranks 23. Before him are Dean Martin, Joan Clarke, Kenan Evren, Nur Muhammad Taraki, Otto Günsche, and Louis Zamperini. After him are Óscar Romero, Jean-Pierre Melville, Bourvil, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, James Rainwater, and Sven Hassel. Among people deceased in 2013, Rochus Misch ranks 28. Before him are Robert Edwards, Robert Coleman Richardson, Douglas Engelbart, Georges Moustaki, Nílton Santos, and Don Shirley. After him are François Jacob, Donald A. Glaser, Jang Song-thaek, Erich Priebke, Richard Griffiths, and Jovanka Broz.
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
1917 - 1986
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 28
1917 - 2012
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 29
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 22
1937 - 2013
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 23
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 24
1934 - 2013
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 25
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 26
1927 - 2013
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 27
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 28
1920 - 2013
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 29
1926 - 2013
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 30
1946 - 2013
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 31
1913 - 2013
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 32
1947 - 2013
HPI: 64.16
Rank: 33
1924 - 2013
HPI: 64.06
Rank: 34
Among people born in Poland, Rochus Misch ranks 119 out of 1,454. Before him are Angelus Silesius (1624), Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755), Paul Gottlieb Nipkow (1860), Edward Sapir (1884), Jan Matejko (1838), and Mieszko I of Poland (940). After him are Alexander Jagiellon (1461), Clara Immerwahr (1870), Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860), and Arthur Liebehenschel (1901).
1624 - 1677
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 113
1755 - 1818
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 114
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 115
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 116
1838 - 1893
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 117
940 - 992
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 118
1917 - 2013
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 119
1461 - 1506
HPI: 64.64
Rank: 120
1870 - 1915
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 121
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 122
1881 - 1943
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 123
1860 - 1941
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 124
1901 - 1948
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 125
Among military personnels born in Poland, Rochus Misch ranks 13. Before him are Werner von Blomberg (1878), Anton Denikin (1872), Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1899), Alfred von Tirpitz (1849), Erwin von Witzleben (1881), and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski (1755). After him are Otto Liman von Sanders (1855), Władysław Sikorski (1881), Hans-Jürgen von Arnim (1889), Otto Kretschmer (1912), Vasily Sokolovsky (1897), and Hermann Balck (1893).
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 7
1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 8
1899 - 1972
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 9
1849 - 1930
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 10
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