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Andreas Hofer

1767 - 1810

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Andreas Hofer (22 November 1767 – 20 February 1810) was a Tyrolean innkeeper and drover who became the leader of the 1809 Tyrolean Rebellion during the War of the Fifth Coalition. He was subsequently captured and executed. Hofer is still today venerated as a folk hero, freedom fighter and Austrian patriot. His great-grandson, Andreas Hofer, was a member of the anti-Nazi resistance group centered around Heinrich Maier. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Hofer is the 508th most popular military personnel (down from 469th in 2019), the 1,368th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,272nd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Andreas Hofer is most famous for being a Tyrolean patriot and leading a rebellion against Napoleon's troops in 1809.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Andreas Hofer ranks 508 out of 2,058Before him are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff, Shoichi Yokoi, Alexander Yegorov, Harold Bride, Publius Ventidius Bassus, and Arthur MacArthur Jr.. After him are Dmitry Pozharsky, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Datis, Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Uqba ibn Nafi, and John of Austria the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Andreas Hofer ranks 17Before him are August Wilhelm Schlegel, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Nicolas Oudinot, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Manuel Godoy, and Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson. After him are Jacques-Charles Dupont de l'Eure, Henri Christophe, Rama II of Siam, Jean-Lambert Tallien, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, and Nicolas Théodore de Saussure. Among people deceased in 1810, Andreas Hofer ranks 12Before him are Johann Wilhelm Ritter, Chevalier d'Éon, Philipp Otto Runge, Nachman of Breslov, Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber, and Johan Zoffany. After him are Andrianampoinimerina, Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, Yekaterina Vorontsova-Dashkova, Alejandro Malaspina, and Mir Taqi Mir.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Andreas Hofer ranks 1,368 out of 5,161Before him are Alessandro Moreschi (1858), Mariano Rampolla (1843), Radagaisus (400), Gaius Musonius Rufus (25), Publius Ventidius Bassus (-150), and Carlo Gambino (1902). After him are Gerolamo Emiliani (1486), Gian Piero Gasperini (1958), Cornelius Gallus (-69), Gennaro Gattuso (1978), Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri (1667), and Rita Pavone (1945).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Andreas Hofer ranks 25Before him are Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Giovanni Messe (1883), Emilio De Bono (1866), Armando Diaz (1861), and Publius Ventidius Bassus (-150). After him are Giorgio Basta (1550), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Ettore Bastico (1876), Ugo Cavallero (1880), Roger of Lauria (1245), and Carmine Crocco (1830).