1880 - 1939
Thomas Ludwig Werner Freiherr von Fritsch (4 August 1880 – 22 September 1939) was a member of the German High Command. He was Commander-in-Chief of the German Army from February 1934 until February 1938, when he was forced to resign after he was falsely accused of being homosexual. His ousting was a major step in Adolf Hitler's establishment of tighter control over the armed forces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner von Fritsch has received more than 648,813 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Werner von Fritsch is the 1,787th most popular politician (down from 1,577th in 2019), the 499th most popular biography from Germany (down from 446th in 2019) and the 137th most popular German Politician.
Werner von Fritsch was a German field marshal who served as the commander in chief of the army from 1933 to 1938. He is most famous for his role in the invasion of Poland.
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Among politicians, Werner von Fritsch ranks 1,787 out of 15,577. Before him are Pyotr Stolypin, Myeongjong of Joseon, Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe, Michael V Kalaphates, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, and Kurt Daluege. After him are Chiang Ching-kuo, Julia Drusilla, Catherine Cornaro, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Edgar the Peaceful, and Maria Josepha of Austria.
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 1,781
1534 - 1567
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 1,782
1749 - 1792
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 1,783
1015 - 1042
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,784
1751 - 1767
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,785
1897 - 1946
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 1,786
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 1,787
1910 - 1988
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 1,788
16 - 38
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 1,789
1454 - 1510
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1,790
1742 - 1797
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1,791
943 - 975
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 1,792
1699 - 1757
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 1,793
Among people born in 1880, Werner von Fritsch ranks 17. Before him are Ludwig Beck, Franz Marc, André Derain, Paul Hausser, Manuel Azaña, and Wilhelm List. After him are Premchand, Elton Mayo, Otto Weininger, Max Wertheimer, H. L. Mencken, and Ze'ev Jabotinsky. Among people deceased in 1939, Werner von Fritsch ranks 10. Before him are Howard Carter, James Naismith, Nadezhda Krupskaya, Joseph Roth, W. B. Yeats, and Eugen Bleuler. After him are Edward Sapir, Anton Makarenko, Philipp Scheidemann, Karl Radek, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and Matthias Sindelar.
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 11
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 13
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 14
1880 - 1940
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 15
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 16
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 17
1880 - 1936
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 18
1880 - 1949
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 19
1880 - 1903
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 20
1880 - 1943
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 21
1880 - 1956
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 22
1880 - 1940
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 23
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 4
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 5
1869 - 1939
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 6
1894 - 1939
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 7
1865 - 1939
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 8
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 9
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 10
1884 - 1939
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 11
1888 - 1939
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 12
1865 - 1939
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 13
1885 - 1939
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 14
1848 - 1939
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 15
1903 - 1939
HPI: 64.14
Rank: 16
Among people born in Germany, Werner von Fritsch ranks 499 out of 6,142. Before him are Caroline Herschel (1750), Fanny Mendelssohn (1805), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Pyotr Stolypin (1862), and Wilhelm Schickard (1592). After him are Julia Drusilla (16), Patrick Süskind (1949), Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884), August Weismann (1834), Friedrich List (1789), and Aby Warburg (1866).
1750 - 1848
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 493
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 494
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 495
1922 - 2017
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 496
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 497
1592 - 1635
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 498
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 499
16 - 38
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 500
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 501
1884 - 1951
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 502
1834 - 1914
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 503
1789 - 1846
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 504
1866 - 1929
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 505
Among politicians born in Germany, Werner von Fritsch ranks 137. Before him are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Otto Strasser (1897), Prince Maximilian of Baden (1867), Louis the Child (893), Princess Sibylla of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1908), and Pyotr Stolypin (1862). After him are Julia Drusilla (16), John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony (1503), Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg (1856), Robert Ritter von Greim (1892), Thomas Bach (1953), and Maria Sophie of Bavaria (1841).
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 131
1897 - 1974
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 132
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 133
893 - 911
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 134
1908 - 1972
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 135
1862 - 1911
HPI: 65.92
Rank: 136
1880 - 1939
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 137
16 - 38
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 138
1503 - 1554
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 139
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 140
1892 - 1945
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 141
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 142
1841 - 1925
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 143