1915 - 1991
Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич За́йцев, IPA: [vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ ˈzajtsɨf]; 23 March 1915 – 15 December 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II. Between 22 September 1942 and 19 October 1942, he killed 40 enemy soldiers. Between 10 October 1942 and 17 December 1942, during the Battle of Stalingrad, he killed 225 enemy soldiers. Zaitsev became a celebrated figure during the war and later a Hero of the Soviet Union, and he remains lauded for his skills as a sniper. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Zaitsev has received more than 103,895 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Vasily Zaitsev is the 48th most popular military personnel (down from 46th in 2019), the 61st most popular biography from Russia (down from 58th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Russian Military Personnel.
Vasily Zaitsev is most famous for his role in the Battle of Stalingrad. He was a Soviet sniper who used his skills to kill over 225 German soldiers.
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Among military personnels, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 48 out of 1,468. Before him are Prince Eugene of Savoy, Stanislav Petrov, Manfred von Richthofen, Flavius Aetius, Gerd von Rundstedt, and Alfred Dreyfus. After him are Isoroku Yamamoto, Miltiades, T. E. Lawrence, Alfred Jodl, Belisarius, and Tughril.
1663 - 1736
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 42
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 43
1892 - 1918
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 44
390 - 454
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 45
1875 - 1953
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 46
1859 - 1935
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 47
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 48
1884 - 1943
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 49
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 73.36
Rank: 50
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 51
1890 - 1946
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 52
505 - 565
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 53
990 - 1063
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1915, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 7. Before him are Édith Piaf, Augusto Pinochet, Frank Sinatra, Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, and Roland Barthes. After him are Moshe Dayan, David Rockefeller, Orson Welles, Paul Samuelson, Eli Wallach, and Billie Holiday. Among people deceased in 1991, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 3. Before him are Freddie Mercury and Dr. Seuss. After him are Olav V of Norway, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Serge Gainsbourg, Miles Davis, Edwin McMillan, Yves Montand, Klaus Kinski, Jiang Qing, and Klaus Barbie.
1915 - 1963
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 1
1915 - 2006
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 2
1915 - 1998
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 3
1915 - 2001
HPI: 75.36
Rank: 4
1915 - 1982
HPI: 75.17
Rank: 5
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 6
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 7
1915 - 1981
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 8
1915 - 2017
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 9
1915 - 1985
HPI: 70.88
Rank: 10
1915 - 2009
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 11
1915 - 2014
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 12
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 13
1946 - 1991
HPI: 87.01
Rank: 1
1904 - 1991
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 2
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 3
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 4
1902 - 1991
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 5
1928 - 1991
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 6
1926 - 1991
HPI: 71.27
Rank: 7
1907 - 1991
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 8
1921 - 1991
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 9
1926 - 1991
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 10
1914 - 1991
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 11
1913 - 1991
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 61 out of 3,262. Before him are Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), Andrei Tarkovsky (1932), Rurik (830), Stanislav Petrov (1939), Georg Cantor (1845), and Feodor I of Russia (1557). After him are Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia (1904), Ivan Turgenev (1818), Peter II of Russia (1715), Anna of Russia (1693), Dmitry Medvedev (1965), and Georgy Malenkov (1902).
1824 - 1887
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 55
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 56
830 - 879
HPI: 74.17
Rank: 57
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 58
1845 - 1918
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 59
1557 - 1598
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 60
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 61
1904 - 1918
HPI: 73.57
Rank: 62
1818 - 1883
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 63
1715 - 1730
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 64
1693 - 1740
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 65
1965 - Present
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 66
1902 - 1988
HPI: 73.08
Rank: 67
Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 2. Before him are Stanislav Petrov (1939). After him are Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Ivan Konev (1897), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Konstantin Rokossovsky (1896), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Andrey Vlasov (1901), and Johannes Blaskowitz (1883).
1939 - 2017
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 1
1915 - 1991
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 2
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 3
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 4
1893 - 1937
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 5
1730 - 1800
HPI: 70.83
Rank: 6
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 7
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 8
1895 - 1977
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 9
1883 - 1973
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 10
1901 - 1946
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 11
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 12