1892 - 1966
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era. He joined the Nazi Party in 1928 and was elected to the Reichstag of the Weimar Republic in 1930. Prior to 1929, Dietrich was Adolf Hitler's chauffeur and bodyguard. Despite having no formal staff officer training, Dietrich was, along with Paul Hausser, the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS, the military branch of the SS. Reaching the rank of Oberst-Gruppenführer, he commanded units up to army level during World War II. As commanding officer of the 6th Panzer Army during the Battle of the Bulge, Dietrich bore responsibility for the Malmedy massacre, the murder of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sepp Dietrich has received more than 1,758,507 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Sepp Dietrich is the 63rd most popular companion (up from 69th in 2019), the 286th most popular biography from Germany (down from 279th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Companion.
Sepp Dietrich was a German SS-Oberstgruppenführer and Generalmajor of the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
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Among companions, Sepp Dietrich ranks 63 out of 673. Before him are Margaret Tudor, Maria Feodorovna, Antinous, Poppaea Sabina, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel. After him are Elisabeth of Austria, Queen of France, Queen Sonja of Norway, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, Blanche of Castile, Guinevere, and Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib.
1489 - 1541
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 57
1847 - 1928
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 58
111 - 130
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 59
30 - 65
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 60
1868 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 61
1691 - 1750
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 62
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 63
1554 - 1592
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 64
1937 - Present
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 65
1470 - 1498
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 66
1188 - 1252
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 67
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 68
567 - 653
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1892, Sepp Dietrich ranks 16. Before him are Pearl S. Buck, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Martin Niemöller, Oliver Hardy, Alexander Alekhine, and Ryūnosuke Akutagawa. After him are Theodor Eicke, Amanullah Khan, Arthur Compton, J. Paul Getty, Gregor Strasser, and Ferdinand Schörner. Among people deceased in 1966, Sepp Dietrich ranks 11. Before him are Anna Akhmatova, Buster Keaton, Ken Miles, Sergei Korolev, Peter Debye, and Jean Arp. After him are Sayyid Qutb, Giuseppe Farina, Chester W. Nimitz, Montgomery Clift, Dietrich von Choltitz, and Felix Steiner.
1892 - 1973
HPI: 72.13
Rank: 10
1892 - 1946
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 11
1892 - 1984
HPI: 70.18
Rank: 12
1892 - 1957
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 13
1892 - 1946
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 14
1892 - 1927
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 15
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 16
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 17
1892 - 1960
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 18
1892 - 1962
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 19
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 20
1892 - 1934
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 21
1892 - 1973
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 22
1889 - 1966
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 5
1895 - 1966
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 6
1918 - 1966
HPI: 70.43
Rank: 7
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 8
1884 - 1966
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 9
1886 - 1966
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 10
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 11
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 12
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 13
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 14
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 15
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 16
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Sepp Dietrich ranks 286 out of 6,142. Before him are Constanze Mozart (1762), Michael Haneke (1942), August Kekulé (1829), Georgius Agricola (1494), Karl May (1842), and Karl Weierstrass (1815). After him are Frederick V of the Palatinate (1596), Christian I of Denmark (1426), Einhard (770), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887), and Gustav Stresemann (1878).
1762 - 1842
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 280
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 281
1829 - 1896
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 282
1494 - 1555
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 283
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 284
1815 - 1897
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 285
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 286
1596 - 1632
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 287
1426 - 1481
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 288
770 - 840
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 289
1804 - 1891
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 290
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 291
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 292
Among companions born in Germany, Sepp Dietrich ranks 9. Before him are Queen Silvia of Sweden (1943), Anne of Cleves (1515), Magda Goebbels (1901), Caroline of Ansbach (1683), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1691). After him are Alexandra Feodorovna (1798), Katharina von Bora (1498), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Maria Amalia of Saxony (1724), and Frederica of Hanover (1917).
1943 - Present
HPI: 73.73
Rank: 3
1515 - 1557
HPI: 73.19
Rank: 4
1901 - 1945
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 5
1683 - 1737
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 6
1868 - 1914
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 7
1691 - 1750
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 8
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 9
1798 - 1860
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 10
1498 - 1552
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 11
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 12
1370 - 1435
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 13
1724 - 1760
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 14
1917 - 1981
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 15