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. His life and military career have been the subject of several books and films: his exploits, as detailed in William Craig's 1973 book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, served as the story for the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates, with Jude Law portraying Zaitsev. He is also featured in David L. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vasily Zaitsev has received more than 81,098 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Vasily Zaitsev is the 46th most popular military personnel (down from 44th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Russia (up from 59th in 2019) and the 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.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among military personnels, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 46 out of 1,466. Before him are Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Arminius, Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Röhm, Alfred Jodl, and Gerd von Rundstedt. After him are Germanicus, Belisarius, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Miltiades, Erich Ludendorff, and Lü Bu.
63 BC - 12 BC
HPI: 80.53
Rank: 40
17 BC - 21
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 41
1892 - 1918
HPI: 80.42
Rank: 42
1887 - 1934
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 43
1890 - 1946
HPI: 80.12
Rank: 44
1875 - 1953
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 45
1915 - 1991
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 46
15 BC - 19
HPI: 79.76
Rank: 47
505 - 565
HPI: 79.63
Rank: 48
1857 - 1941
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 49
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 50
1865 - 1937
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 51
161 - 199
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 52
Among people born in 1915, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 8. Before him are Augusto Pinochet, Frank Sinatra, Anthony Quinn, Ingrid Bergman, David Rockefeller, and Roland Barthes. After him are Moshe Dayan, Orson Welles, Arthur Miller, Eli Wallach, Paul Samuelson, and Yitzhak Shamir. Among people deceased in 1991, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 2. Before him is Freddie Mercury. After him are Isaac Bashevis Singer, Dr. Seuss, Olav V of Norway, Serge Gainsbourg, Miles Davis, Yves Montand, Klaus Kinski, Klaus Barbie, Jiang Qing, and Graham Greene.
1915 - 2006
HPI: 83.82
Rank: 2
1915 - 1998
HPI: 82.15
Rank: 3
1915 - 2001
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 4
1915 - 1982
HPI: 81.39
Rank: 5
1915 - 2017
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 6
1915 - 1980
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 7
1915 - 1991
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 8
1915 - 1981
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 9
1915 - 1985
HPI: 78.36
Rank: 10
1915 - 2005
HPI: 77.18
Rank: 11
1915 - 2014
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 12
1915 - 2009
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 13
1915 - 2012
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 14
1946 - 1991
HPI: 88.21
Rank: 1
1915 - 1991
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 2
1902 - 1991
HPI: 79.87
Rank: 3
1904 - 1991
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 4
1903 - 1991
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 5
1928 - 1991
HPI: 77.78
Rank: 6
1926 - 1991
HPI: 77.51
Rank: 7
1921 - 1991
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 8
1926 - 1991
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 9
1913 - 1991
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 10
1914 - 1991
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 11
1904 - 1991
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 12
Among people born in Russia, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 58 out of 2,688. Before him are Lev Yashin (1929), Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (1895), Georg Cantor (1845), Rurik (830), Alexander Borodin (1833), and Alexander Nevsky (1220). After him are Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919), Vladimir the Great (958), Gustav Kirchhoff (1824), Boris Godunov (1552), Konstantin Stanislavski (1863), and Feodor I of Russia (1557).
1929 - 1990
HPI: 80.43
Rank: 52
1895 - 1918
HPI: 80.38
Rank: 53
1845 - 1918
HPI: 80.15
Rank: 54
830 - 879
HPI: 80.13
Rank: 55
1833 - 1887
HPI: 80.00
Rank: 56
1220 - 1263
HPI: 79.97
Rank: 57
1915 - 1991
HPI: 79.95
Rank: 58
1919 - 2013
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 59
958 - 1015
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 60
1824 - 1887
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 61
1552 - 1605
HPI: 79.73
Rank: 62
1863 - 1938
HPI: 79.72
Rank: 63
1557 - 1598
HPI: 79.39
Rank: 64
Among military personnels born in Russia, Vasily Zaitsev ranks 1. After him are Mikhail Kutuzov (1745), Ivan Konev (1897), Stanislav Petrov (1939), Mikhail Tukhachevsky (1893), Alexander Suvorov (1730), Vasily Chuikov (1900), Aleksandr Vasilevsky (1895), Semyon Budyonny (1883), Johannes Blaskowitz (1883), Andrey Vlasov (1901), and Felix Steiner (1896).
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