1880 - 1971
Wilhelm List (14 May 1880 – 17 August 1971) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) during World War II who was convicted of war crimes by a US Army tribunal after the war. List commanded the 14th Army in the invasion of Poland and the 12th Army in the invasions of France, Yugoslavia and Greece. In 1941 he commanded the German forces in Southeast Europe responsible for the occupation of Greece and Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm List has received more than 439,374 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Wilhelm List is the 190th most popular military personnel (down from 176th in 2019), the 448th most popular biography from Germany (down from 406th in 2019) and the 46th most popular German Military Personnel.
Wilhelm List was a German field marshal during World War II. He was most famous for his invasions of Yugoslavia and Greece in 1941.
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Among military personnels, Wilhelm List ranks 190 out of 1,468. Before him are Aleksei Brusilov, Felix Steiner, Walther von Reichenau, Syagrius, Draža Mihailović, and Anton Denikin. After him are Wilhelm Burgdorf, Erhard Milch, Yue Fei, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Amr ibn al-As, and Mikhail Frunze.
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
1142 - 1142
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 193
1769 - 1851
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 194
580 - 664
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 195
1885 - 1925
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 196
Among people born in 1880, Wilhelm List ranks 16. Before him are George Marshall, Ludwig Beck, Franz Marc, André Derain, Paul Hausser, and Manuel Azaña. After him are Werner von Fritsch, Premchand, Elton Mayo, Otto Weininger, Max Wertheimer, and H. L. Mencken. Among people deceased in 1971, Wilhelm List ranks 16. Before him are Fernandel, Theodor Svedberg, Rudolf Abel, Paul Karrer, Lin Biao, and Mátyás Rákosi. After him are Gotthard Heinrici, Arne Tiselius, Giorgos Seferis, Igor Tamm, Arne Jacobsen, and Donald Winnicott.
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 10
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
1903 - 1971
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 10
1884 - 1971
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 11
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 12
1889 - 1971
HPI: 67.48
Rank: 13
1907 - 1971
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 14
1892 - 1971
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 15
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 16
1886 - 1971
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 17
1902 - 1971
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 18
1900 - 1971
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 19
1895 - 1971
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 20
1902 - 1971
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 21
1896 - 1971
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 22
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm List ranks 448 out of 6,142. Before 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). After him are Josef Kramer (1906), Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573), Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1817), and Maximilian von Weichs (1881).
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
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 448
1906 - 1945
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 449
1895 - 1945
HPI: 66.53
Rank: 450
1892 - 1972
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 451
1573 - 1651
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 452
1817 - 1898
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 453
1881 - 1954
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 454
Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm List ranks 46. Before him are Joachim Peiper (1915), Dietrich von Choltitz (1894), Hans Krebs (1898), Oskar Dirlewanger (1895), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), and Walther von Reichenau (1884). After him are Wilhelm Burgdorf (1895), Erhard Milch (1892), Maximilian von Weichs (1881), Wilhelm Mohnke (1911), Kurt Student (1890), and Otto Carius (1922).
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
1922 - 2015
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 52