1900 - 1982
Walther Wenck (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈvɛŋk]) (18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was a German officer and industrialist. He was the youngest General of the branch (General der Truppengattung) in the German Army and a staff officer during World War II. At the end of the war, he commanded the German Twelfth Army that took part in the Battle of Berlin. Wenck left the military after surrendering to the Allies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther Wenck has received more than 627,009 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Walther Wenck is the 322nd most popular military personnel (down from 300th in 2019), the 754th most popular biography from Germany (down from 711th in 2019) and the 70th most popular German Military Personnel.
Walther Wenck was an SS officer who served in the German Army during World War II. He was a general in the Waffen-SS and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves.
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Among military personnels, Walther Wenck ranks 322 out of 1,468. Before him are Jacques MacDonald, Nearchus, Kirill Meretskov, Bahram Chobin, Charles François Dumouriez, and Roger de Flor. After him are Ivan Paskevich, Iwane Matsui, Sanada Yukimura, Hugo Sperrle, Shoichi Yokoi, and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim.
1765 - 1840
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 316
356 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 317
1897 - 1968
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 318
600 - 592
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 319
1739 - 1823
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 320
1267 - 1305
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 321
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 322
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 323
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 324
1567 - 1615
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 325
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 326
1915 - 1997
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 327
1889 - 1962
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 328
Among people born in 1900, Walther Wenck ranks 39. Before him are W. Edwards Deming, Karl Wolff, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Ragnar Granit, Choe Yong-gon, and Pak Hon-yong. After him are Maria of Yugoslavia, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Anna Seghers, Howard H. Aiken, Arno Breker, and Yves Tanguy. Among people deceased in 1982, Walther Wenck ranks 40. Before him are Cevdet Sunay, John Belushi, Stanford Moore, Władysław Gomułka, Thelonious Monk, and Jiro Horikoshi. After him are Lee Strasberg, Peter Weiss, E. H. Carr, William Giauque, Varlam Shalamov, and Gershom Scholem.
1900 - 1993
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 33
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 34
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 35
1900 - 1991
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 36
1900 - 1976
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 37
1900 - 1955
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 38
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 39
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 40
1900 - 1976
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 41
1900 - 1983
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 42
1900 - 1973
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 43
1900 - 1991
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 44
1900 - 1955
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 45
1899 - 1982
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 34
1949 - 1982
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 35
1913 - 1982
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 36
1905 - 1982
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 37
1917 - 1982
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 38
1903 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 39
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 40
1901 - 1982
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 41
1916 - 1982
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 42
1892 - 1982
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 43
1895 - 1982
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 44
1907 - 1982
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 45
1897 - 1982
HPI: 61.60
Rank: 46
Among people born in Germany, Walther Wenck ranks 754 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Frank Farian (1941), Heinrich Lübke (1894), Max Beckmann (1884), Anna Leopoldovna (1718), and Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1715). After him are Paul Blobel (1894), Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick (1735), Ernst Chain (1906), Maria of Yugoslavia (1900), Bettina von Arnim (1785), and Paul Breitner (1951).
1867 - 1944
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 748
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 749
1894 - 1972
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 750
1884 - 1950
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 751
1718 - 1746
HPI: 62.85
Rank: 752
1715 - 1797
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 753
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 754
1894 - 1951
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 755
1735 - 1806
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 756
1906 - 1979
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 757
1900 - 1961
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 758
1785 - 1859
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 759
1951 - Present
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 760
Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther Wenck ranks 70. Before him are Karl Wolff (1900), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Arthur Nebe (1894), and Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870). After him are Hugo Sperrle (1885), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Eduard Dietl (1890), Günther Prien (1908), and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886).
1900 - 1984
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 64
1894 - 1979
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 65
1919 - 1942
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 66
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 67
1894 - 1945
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 68
1870 - 1964
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 69
1900 - 1982
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 70
1885 - 1953
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 71
1882 - 1944
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 72
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 73
1890 - 1944
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 74
1908 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 75
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 76