1892 - 1943
Theodor Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era. He was one of the key figures in the development of Nazi concentration camps. Eicke served as the second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp from June 1933 to July 1934, and together with his adjutant Michael Lippert, was one of the executioners of SA Chief Ernst Röhm during the Night of the Long Knives purge of 1934. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodor Eicke has received more than 1,164,029 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Theodor Eicke is the 117th most popular military personnel (down from 103rd in 2019), the 375th most popular biography from France (down from 364th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Military Personnel.
Theodor Eicke was a German military officer and Nazi concentration camp commander. He is most famous for being the commandant of Dachau, the first concentration camp in Nazi Germany.
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Among military personnels, Theodor Eicke ranks 117 out of 1,468. Before him are Eli Cohen, Abu Muslim, Cimon, Semyon Timoshenko, Erich von Falkenhayn, and Narses. After him are Yi Sun-sin, Stilicho, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Ludwig Beck, Nero Claudius Drusus, and George S. Patton.
1924 - 1965
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 111
718 - 755
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 112
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 113
1895 - 1970
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 114
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 115
478 - 574
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 116
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 117
1545 - 1598
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 118
359 - 408
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 119
1742 - 1819
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 120
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 121
38 BC - 9 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 122
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 123
Among people born in 1892, Theodor Eicke ranks 17. Before him are Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Martin Niemöller, Oliver Hardy, Alexander Alekhine, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, and Sepp Dietrich. After him are Amanullah Khan, Arthur Compton, J. Paul Getty, Gregor Strasser, Ferdinand Schörner, and Arthur Honegger. Among people deceased in 1943, Theodor Eicke ranks 11. Before him are Isoroku Yamamoto, Pieter Zeeman, Camille Claudel, Simone Weil, Boris III of Bulgaria, and Henrik Pontoppidan. After him are Yakov Dzhugashvili, Sophie Scholl, Henri La Fontaine, Beatrix Potter, Nikolai Vavilov, and Alexandre Millerand.
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
1892 - 1955
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 23
1884 - 1943
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 5
1865 - 1943
HPI: 73.31
Rank: 6
1864 - 1943
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 7
1909 - 1943
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 8
1894 - 1943
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 9
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 10
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 11
1907 - 1943
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 12
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 13
1854 - 1943
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 14
1866 - 1943
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 15
1887 - 1943
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 16
1859 - 1943
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 17
Among people born in France, Theodor Eicke ranks 375 out of 6,011. Before him are François Mauriac (1885), Raymond Kopa (1931), Georges Bataille (1897), Jérôme Bonaparte (1784), Alain Prost (1955), and Jules Rimet (1873). After him are André Malraux (1901), Pytheas (-380), Marc Bloch (1886), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), and Adolphe Thiers (1797).
1885 - 1970
HPI: 69.34
Rank: 369
1931 - 2017
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 370
1897 - 1962
HPI: 69.26
Rank: 371
1784 - 1860
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 372
1955 - Present
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 373
1873 - 1956
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 374
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 375
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 376
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 377
1886 - 1944
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 378
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 379
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 380
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 381
Among military personnels born in France, Theodor Eicke ranks 10. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Ferdinand Foch (1851), Eugène de Beauharnais (1781), and Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757). After him are Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse (1045), André Masséna (1758), Louis, Grand Condé (1621), Jean Lannes (1769), and Louis-Alexandre Berthier (1753).
1663 - 1736
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 4
1859 - 1935
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 5
1611 - 1673
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 6
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 7
1781 - 1824
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 8
1757 - 1834
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 9
1892 - 1943
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 10
1770 - 1823
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 11
1045 - 1105
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 12
1758 - 1817
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 13
1621 - 1686
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 14
1769 - 1809
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 15
1753 - 1815
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 16