1900 - 1982
Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (Russian: Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в; listen ; 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1900 – 18 March 1982) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is best known for commanding the 62nd Army which saw heavy combat during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Second World War. Born to a peasant family near Tula, Chuikov earned his living as a factory worker from the age of 12. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Chuikov has received more than 593,625 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Vasily Chuikov is the 105th most popular military personnel (up from 114th in 2019), the 115th most popular biography from Russia (up from 122nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Russian Military Personnel.
Vasily Chuikov was a Soviet general who led the Soviet Union's 62nd Army in the Battle of Stalingrad, which was the turning point of World War II.
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Among military personnels, Vasily Chuikov ranks 105 out of 1,466. Before him are Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Subutai, Zhang Fei, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Theodor Eicke, and Michael Wittmann. After him are Klaus Barbie, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Robert Peary, Narses, Cimon, and Abu Muslim.
1876 - 1956
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 99
1175 - 1248
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 100
167 - 221
HPI: 76.75
Rank: 101
1742 - 1819
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 102
1892 - 1943
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 103
1914 - 1944
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 104
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 105
1913 - 1991
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 106
1881 - 1954
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 107
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 108
478 - 574
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 109
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 110
718 - 755
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 111
Among people born in 1900, Vasily Chuikov ranks 15. Before him are Hans Frank, Adolf Dassler, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Charles Francis Richter, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, and Spencer Tracy. After him are Margaret Mitchell, Jacques Prévert, Heinrich Müller, Dennis Gabor, Sándor Márai, and Thomas Wolfe. Among people deceased in 1982, Vasily Chuikov ranks 15. Before him are Anna Freud, Roman Jakobson, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Philip K. Dick, Erving Goffman, and Arthur Rubinstein. After him are Barack Obama Sr., Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Jacques Tati, Karl von Frisch, Glenn Gould, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
1900 - 1946
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 9
1900 - 1978
HPI: 78.25
Rank: 10
1900 - 1979
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 11
1900 - 1985
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 12
1900 - 1958
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 13
1900 - 1967
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 14
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 15
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 16
1900 - 1977
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 17
1900 - 1945
HPI: 76.04
Rank: 18
1900 - 1979
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 19
1900 - 1989
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 20
1900 - 1938
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 21
1895 - 1982
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 9
1896 - 1982
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 10
1916 - 1982
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 11
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 12
1922 - 1982
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 13
1887 - 1982
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 14
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 15
1936 - 1982
HPI: 76.02
Rank: 16
1912 - 1982
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 17
1907 - 1982
HPI: 75.93
Rank: 18
1886 - 1982
HPI: 75.81
Rank: 19
1932 - 1982
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 20
1945 - 1982
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 21
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Chuikov ranks 115 out of 2,688. Before him are Vasili IV of Russia (1552), Nikolai Vavilov (1887), Feodor III of Russia (1661), Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878), Olga of Kiev (890), and Mily Balakirev (1837). After him are Vladimir Komarov (1927), Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792), Alexander Kolchak (1874), Vasili III of Russia (1479), Mikhail Sholokhov (1905), and Arnold Sommerfeld (1868).
1552 - 1612
HPI: 76.74
Rank: 109
1887 - 1943
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 110
1661 - 1682
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 111
1878 - 1918
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 112
890 - 969
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 113
1837 - 1910
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 114
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 115
1927 - 1967
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 116
1792 - 1856
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 117
1874 - 1920
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 118
1479 - 1533
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 119
1905 - 1984
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 120
1868 - 1951
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 121
Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Chuikov ranks 7. Before him are Vasily Zaitsev (1915), Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Ivan Konev (1897), Stanislav Petrov (1939), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), and Alexander Suvorov (1730). After him are Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Andrey Vlasov (1901), Felix Steiner (1896), and Pyotr Bagration (1765).
1915 - 1991
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 1
1745 - 1813
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 2
1897 - 1973
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 3
1939 - 2017
HPI: 78.39
Rank: 4
1893 - 1937
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 5
1730 - 1800
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 6
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 7
1895 - 1977
HPI: 75.35
Rank: 8
1883 - 1973
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 9
1883 - 1948
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 10
1901 - 1946
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 11
1896 - 1966
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 12
1765 - 1812
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 13