1881 - 1948
Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German field marshal and the Commander-in-Chief of the German Army during World War II. Born into an aristocratic military family, Brauchitsch entered army service in 1901. During World War I, he served with distinction on the corps- and division-level staff on the Western Front. After the Nazi seizure of power in 1933, Brauchitsch was put in charge of the East Prussian Military District. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von Brauchitsch has received more than 759,791 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Walther von Brauchitsch is the 90th most popular military personnel (up from 94th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from Germany (down from 238th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Military Personnel.
Walther von Brauchitsch was a German field marshal and commander-in-chief of the army. He is most famous for his role in the Battle of France in 1940.
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Among military personnels, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 90 out of 1,466. Before him are Alexander Suvorov, Eugène de Beauharnais, Jan Žižka, Zhao Yun, Albert Kesselring, and Konstantin Rokossovsky. After him are Desmond Doss, Hephaestion, Tadeusz Kościuszko, John of Austria, Stilicho, and Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas.
1730 - 1800
HPI: 77.76
Rank: 84
1781 - 1824
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 85
1360 - 1424
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 86
168 - 229
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 87
1885 - 1960
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 88
1896 - 1968
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 89
1881 - 1948
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 90
1919 - 2006
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 91
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 92
1746 - 1817
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 93
1547 - 1578
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 94
359 - 408
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 95
595 - 674
HPI: 76.90
Rank: 96
Among people born in 1881, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 13. Before him are Lu Xun, Anna Pavlova, Kliment Voroshilov, Alexander Kerensky, Enver Pasha, and Ludwig von Mises. After him are Roger Martin du Gard, Fernand Léger, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Hans Kelsen, and Ettore Bugatti. Among people deceased in 1948, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 9. Before him are Mileva Marić, Edvard Beneš, Hideki Tojo, Franz Lehár, Antonin Artaud, and Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. After him are Andrei Zhdanov, Folke Bernadotte, Osamu Dazai, Johannes Blaskowitz, Karl Brandt, and Babe Ruth.
1881 - 1936
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 7
1881 - 1931
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 8
1881 - 1969
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 9
1881 - 1970
HPI: 77.47
Rank: 10
1881 - 1922
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 11
1881 - 1973
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 12
1881 - 1948
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 13
1881 - 1958
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 14
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.66
Rank: 15
1881 - 1954
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 16
1881 - 1955
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 17
1881 - 1973
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 18
1881 - 1947
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 19
1875 - 1948
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 3
1884 - 1948
HPI: 78.23
Rank: 4
1884 - 1948
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 5
1870 - 1948
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 6
1896 - 1948
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 7
1861 - 1948
HPI: 77.49
Rank: 8
1881 - 1948
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 9
1896 - 1948
HPI: 75.74
Rank: 10
1895 - 1948
HPI: 75.59
Rank: 11
1909 - 1948
HPI: 75.28
Rank: 12
1883 - 1948
HPI: 75.14
Rank: 13
1904 - 1948
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 14
1895 - 1948
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 15
Among people born in Germany, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 239 out of 5,289. Before him are Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Eduard Bernstein (1850), Pina Bausch (1940), Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg (1868), Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714), and Valentinian II (371). After him are Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804), Eduard Buchner (1860), Jupp Heynckes (1945), John of Austria (1547), Max von Laue (1879), and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk (1887).
1620 - 1688
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 233
1850 - 1932
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 234
1940 - 2009
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 235
1868 - 1914
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 236
1714 - 1762
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 237
371 - 392
HPI: 77.05
Rank: 238
1881 - 1948
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 239
1804 - 1891
HPI: 77.02
Rank: 240
1860 - 1917
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 241
1945 - Present
HPI: 77.01
Rank: 242
1547 - 1578
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 243
1879 - 1960
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 244
1887 - 1977
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 245
Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 19. Before him are Erich Raeder (1876), Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Michel Ney (1769), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Erich Hartmann (1922), and Albert Kesselring (1885). After him are John of Austria (1547), Hermann Hoth (1885), Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Michael Wittmann (1914), and Klaus Barbie (1913).
1876 - 1960
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 13
1887 - 1945
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 14
1769 - 1815
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 15
1800 - 1891
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 16
1922 - 1993
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 17
1885 - 1960
HPI: 77.21
Rank: 18
1881 - 1948
HPI: 77.04
Rank: 19
1547 - 1578
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 20
1885 - 1971
HPI: 76.88
Rank: 21
1876 - 1956
HPI: 76.80
Rank: 22
1742 - 1819
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 23
1914 - 1944
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 24
1913 - 1991
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 25