1900 - 1982
Walther Wenck (German: [ˈvaltɐ ˈvɛŋk]) (18 September 1900 – 1 May 1982) was the youngest General of the branch (General der Truppengattung) in the German Army and a staff officer during World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther Wenck has received more than 543,048 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Walther Wenck is the 300th most popular military personnel (up from 324th in 2019), the 711th most popular biography from Germany (up from 729th in 2019) and the 68th 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 300 out of 1,466. Before him are Günther Prien, Alexander Yegorov, Tomoyuki Yamashita, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Gnaeus Julius Agricola, and Ivan Bagramyan. After him are Francisco de Miranda, Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, and Alexander Löhr.
1908 - 1941
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 294
1883 - 1939
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 295
1885 - 1946
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 296
1760 - 1794
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 297
40 - 93
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 298
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 299
1900 - 1982
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 300
1750 - 1816
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 301
1856 - 1941
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 302
1609 - 1680
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 303
1886 - 1944
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 304
1889 - 1962
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 305
1885 - 1947
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 306
Among people born in 1900, Walther Wenck ranks 38. Before him are Richard Kuhn, Chiune Sugihara, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Gladwyn Jebb. After him are Edith Frank, Ragnar Granit, Pak Hon-yong, Howard H. Aiken, Anna Seghers, and Arno Breker. Among people deceased in 1982, Walther Wenck ranks 38. Before him are John Belushi, Mikhail Suslov, Curd Jürgens, Cevdet Sunay, Lee Strasberg, and Ivan Bagramyan. After him are Peter Weiss, William Giauque, Walter Hallstein, Anna German, Varlam Shalamov, and Władysław Gomułka.
1900 - 1967
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 32
1900 - 1986
HPI: 72.15
Rank: 33
1900 - 1948
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 34
1900 - 1976
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 35
1900 - 1948
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 36
1900 - 1996
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 37
1900 - 1982
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 38
1900 - 1945
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 39
1900 - 1991
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 40
1900 - 1955
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 41
1900 - 1973
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 42
1900 - 1983
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 43
1900 - 1991
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 44
1949 - 1982
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 32
1902 - 1982
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 33
1915 - 1982
HPI: 72.03
Rank: 34
1899 - 1982
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 35
1901 - 1982
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 36
1897 - 1982
HPI: 71.60
Rank: 37
1900 - 1982
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 38
1916 - 1982
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 39
1895 - 1982
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 40
1901 - 1982
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 41
1936 - 1982
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 42
1907 - 1982
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 43
1905 - 1982
HPI: 70.67
Rank: 44
Among people born in Germany, Walther Wenck ranks 711 out of 5,289. Before him are Amalie Auguste of Bavaria (1801), Alfred Hugenberg (1865), Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (1822), Fritz Perls (1893), George, King of Saxony (1832), and Margot Frank (1926). After him are Ernst Kretschmer (1888), Ottmar Hitzfeld (1949), Clemens Brentano (1778), Edith Frank (1900), Franz Stuck (1863), and Hans Sachs (1494).
1801 - 1877
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 705
1865 - 1951
HPI: 71.61
Rank: 706
1822 - 1875
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 707
1893 - 1970
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 708
1832 - 1904
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 709
1926 - 1945
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 710
1900 - 1982
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 711
1888 - 1964
HPI: 71.56
Rank: 712
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 713
1778 - 1842
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 714
1900 - 1945
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 715
1863 - 1928
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 716
1494 - 1576
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 717
Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther Wenck ranks 68. Before him are Arthur Nebe (1894), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), Wilhelm Bittrich (1894), Maurice de Saxe (1696), and Günther Prien (1908). After him are Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Hugo Sperrle (1885), and Eduard Dietl (1890).
1894 - 1945
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 62
1902 - 1979
HPI: 72.34
Rank: 63
1870 - 1964
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 64
1894 - 1979
HPI: 71.73
Rank: 65
1696 - 1750
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 66
1908 - 1941
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 67
1900 - 1982
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 68
1886 - 1944
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 69
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 70
1480 - 1562
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 71
1890 - 1944
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 72
1885 - 1953
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 73
1890 - 1944
HPI: 71.12
Rank: 74