MILITARY PERSONNEL

Wilhelm Falley

1897 - 1944

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Wilhelm Falley (25 September 1897 – 6 June 1944) was the first German general to be killed during the Normandy landings in France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Falley has received more than 258,728 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Falley is the 1,167th most popular military personnel, the 2,959th most popular biography from France and the 114th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Falley ranks 1,167 out of 2,058. Before him are Khiuaz Dospanova, Grigory Kotovsky, Carl Hilpert, Alexander of Lyncestis, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, and Juan Yagüe. After him are Juan Martín Díez, Otto Lasch, Eduard Wagner, Pavel Rybalko, Semyon Krivoshein, and William Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Wilhelm Falley ranks 140. Before him are Nima Yooshij, Edith Head, Georgios Grivas, Wilfred Bion, August Heissmeyer, and Horace McCoy. After him are Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Zhang Guotao, Paul Ben-Haim, Ram Prasad Bismil, and Dirk Stikker. Among people deceased in 1944, Wilhelm Falley ranks 160. Before him are Adolf Wagner, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Peter Struve, Dadasaheb Phalke, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Amy Beach. After him are Eduard Wagner, Itzhak Katzenelson, Alberts Kviesis, Motobu Chōki, Martin Kutta, and Ramón Castillo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wilhelm Falley ranks 2,959 out of 6,770. Before him are François Coty (1874), Joan, Countess of Toulouse (1220), Jean Guitton (1901), Marcel L'Herbier (1888), Pierre Barouh (1934), and Alexandre Deschapelles (1780). After him are Auguste Clésinger (1814), Marc Seguin (1786), Louis Le Chatelier (1815), Champfleury (1821), N'Golo Kanté (1991), and René Lesson (1794).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Wilhelm Falley ranks 114. Before him are Charles Mangin (1866), Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval (1715), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Drogo of Hauteville (1010), Abraham Duquesne (1610), and Roussel de Bailleul (1100). After him are Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), Claude François de Malet (1754), Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle (1684), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), Anne Hilarion de Tourville (1642), and Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine (1740).

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