1881 - 1948
Walther Heinrich Alfred Hermann von Brauchitsch (4 October 1881 – 18 October 1948) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) and Commander-in-Chief (Oberbefehlshaber) of the German Army during the first two years of World War II. Born into an aristocratic military family, he entered army service in 1901. During World War I, he served with distinction on the corps-level and division-level staff on the Western Front. After the 1933 Nazi seizure of power, Brauchitsch was put in charge of Wehrkreis I, the East Prussian military district. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von Brauchitsch has received more than 1,406,612 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Walther von Brauchitsch is the 127th most popular military personnel (down from 90th in 2019), the 310th most popular biography from Germany (down from 239th in 2019) and the 29th 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 127 out of 1,468. Before him are Ludwig Beck, Nero Claudius Drusus, George S. Patton, Michael Wittmann, Bohemond I of Antioch, and Louis-Nicolas Davout. After him are Zhao Yun, Michiel de Ruyter, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Werner von Blomberg, Perdiccas, and Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse.
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 121
38 BC - 9 BC
HPI: 69.01
Rank: 122
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 123
1914 - 1944
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 124
1054 - 1111
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 125
1770 - 1823
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 126
1881 - 1948
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 127
168 - 229
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 128
1607 - 1676
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 129
1907 - 1943
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 130
1878 - 1946
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 131
355 BC - 321 BC
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 132
1045 - 1105
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 133
Among people born in 1881, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 17. Before him are Hans Kelsen, Ludwig von Mises, Alexander Kerensky, Roger Martin du Gard, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and Clinton Davisson. After him are Fernand Léger, Alexei Rykov, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Guccio Gucci, Ettore Bugatti, and Georg von Küchler. Among people deceased in 1948, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 11. Before him are Hideki Tojo, Edvard Beneš, Franz Lehár, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Antonin Artaud, and Andrei Zhdanov. After him are Karl Brandt, Babe Ruth, Folke Bernadotte, Johannes Blaskowitz, Witold Pilecki, and Ruth Benedict.
1881 - 1973
HPI: 71.03
Rank: 11
1881 - 1973
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 12
1881 - 1970
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 13
1881 - 1958
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 14
1881 - 1954
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 15
1881 - 1958
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 16
1881 - 1948
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 17
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 18
1881 - 1938
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 19
1881 - 1955
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 20
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 21
1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 22
1881 - 1968
HPI: 67.65
Rank: 23
1884 - 1948
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 5
1884 - 1948
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 6
1870 - 1948
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 7
1861 - 1948
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 8
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 9
1896 - 1948
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 10
1881 - 1948
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 11
1904 - 1948
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 12
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 13
1895 - 1948
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 14
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 15
1901 - 1948
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
1887 - 1948
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 17
Among people born in Germany, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 310 out of 6,142. Before him are Ernst Ruska (1906), Michael Wittmann (1914), Johannes Stark (1874), Paul Hindemith (1895), Friedrich Schlegel (1772), and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710). After him are Wilhelm Grimm (1786), Konrad Zuse (1910), Pina Bausch (1940), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945), Valentinian II (371), and Sophie Scholl (1921).
1906 - 1988
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 304
1914 - 1944
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 305
1874 - 1957
HPI: 68.93
Rank: 306
1895 - 1963
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 307
1772 - 1829
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 308
1710 - 1784
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 309
1881 - 1948
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 310
1786 - 1859
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 311
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 312
1940 - 2009
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 313
1945 - 1982
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 314
371 - 392
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 315
1921 - 1943
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 316
Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther von Brauchitsch ranks 29. Before him are Heinrich Müller (1900), Klaus Barbie (1913), Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881), Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742), Ludwig Beck (1880), and Michael Wittmann (1914). After him are Hermann Fegelein (1906), August von Mackensen (1849), Franz Halder (1884), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Paul Hausser (1880), and Ferdinand Schörner (1892).
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 23
1913 - 1991
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 24
1881 - 1954
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 25
1742 - 1819
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 26
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 27
1914 - 1944
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 28
1881 - 1948
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 29
1906 - 1945
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 30
1849 - 1945
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 31
1884 - 1972
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 32
1888 - 1944
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 33
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 34
1892 - 1973
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 35