1884 - 1942
Walter Karl Ernst August von Reichenau (8 October 1884 – 17 January 1942) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was nicknamed "The Bull." Reichenau commanded the 6th Army, during the invasions of Belgium and France. During Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, he continued to command the 6th Army as part of Army Group South as it captured Ukraine and advanced deep into USSR. While in command of the 6th Army during Operation Barbarossa in 1941, he issued the notorious Severity Order which encouraged German soldiers to murder Jewish civilians on the Eastern Front. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walther von Reichenau has received more than 592,882 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Walther von Reichenau is the 186th most popular military personnel (down from 155th in 2019), the 441st most popular biography from Germany (down from 368th in 2019) and the 45th most popular German Military Personnel.
Walther von Reichenau was a German general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. He was a highly decorated officer in World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of Field Marshal. He was in command of the Sixth Army during Operation Barbarossa.
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Among military personnels, Walther von Reichenau ranks 186 out of 1,468. Before him are Johannes Blaskowitz, Djemal Pasha, Matilda of Tuscany, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Aleksei Brusilov, and Felix Steiner. After him are Syagrius, Draža Mihailović, Anton Denikin, Wilhelm List, Wilhelm Burgdorf, and Erhard Milch.
1883 - 1948
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 180
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 181
1046 - 1115
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 182
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 183
1853 - 1926
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 184
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 185
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 186
430 - 487
HPI: 66.69
Rank: 187
1893 - 1946
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 188
1872 - 1947
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 189
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 190
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 191
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 192
Among people born in 1884, Walther von Reichenau ranks 18. Before him are Max Brod, Franz Halder, Theodor Heuss, Theodor Svedberg, Gaston Bachelard, and Auguste Piccard. After him are Hermann Rorschach, Friedrich Bergius, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Lion Feuchtwanger, and Edward Sapir. Among people deceased in 1942, Walther von Reichenau ranks 14. Before him are José Raúl Capablanca, Robert Musil, Jean Baptiste Perrin, William Henry Bragg, Robert Bosch, and William G. Morgan. After him are Fritz Todt, Franz Boas, Richard Willstätter, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Irène Némirovsky, and François Darlan.
1884 - 1968
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 12
1884 - 1972
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 13
1884 - 1963
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 14
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 15
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
1884 - 1962
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 17
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 18
1884 - 1922
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 19
1884 - 1949
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 20
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 21
1884 - 1937
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 22
1884 - 1958
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 23
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 24
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 8
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 9
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 10
1862 - 1942
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 11
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 12
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 13
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 14
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 15
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 16
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 17
1891 - 1942
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 18
1903 - 1942
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 19
1881 - 1942
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 20
Among people born in Germany, Walther von Reichenau ranks 441 out of 6,142. Before him are Albrecht Kossel (1853), Adolf Butenandt (1903), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), Frederick Augustus I of Saxony (1750), Hans Fischer (1881), and Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463). After him are Bernhard von Bülow (1849), Felix Klein (1849), F. W. Murnau (1888), Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1662), Niklas Luhmann (1927), and Jochen Rindt (1942).
1853 - 1927
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 435
1903 - 1995
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 436
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 437
1750 - 1827
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 438
1881 - 1945
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 439
1463 - 1525
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 440
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 441
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 442
1849 - 1925
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 443
1888 - 1931
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 444
1662 - 1726
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 445
1927 - 1998
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 446
1942 - 1970
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 447
Among military personnels born in Germany, Walther von Reichenau ranks 45. Before him are Ernst Busch (1885), Joachim Peiper (1915), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Hans Krebs (1898), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), and Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848). After him are Wilhelm List (1880), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), and Kurt Student (1890).
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 39
1915 - 1976
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 40
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 41
1898 - 1945
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 42
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 43
1848 - 1916
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 44
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 45
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 46
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 47
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 48
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 49
1911 - 2001
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 50
1890 - 1978
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 51