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Erich Bey

1898 - 1943

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Konteradmiral Erich Bey (23 March 1898 – 26 December 1943) was a German admiral during World War II. He served as commander of the Kriegsmarine destroyer forces and commanded the battleship Scharnhorst in the Battle of the North Cape on 26 December 1943, during which he went down with his ship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Bey is the 1,516th most popular military personnel (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 3,792nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,348th in 2019) and the 271st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Erich Bey ranks 1,516 out of 2,058. Before him are Johann Peter Beaulieu, Max Horton, Vang Pao, Farrukh Hormizd, Leosthenes, and Franz Rohr von Denta. After him are Hubert Lanz, Jean Reynier, Matsudaira Hirotada, Courtney Hodges, James Longstreet, and Władysław Raginis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Erich Bey ranks 163. Before him are Lev Knipper, Jimmy Douglas, Norman Vincent Peale, Mikhail Koshkin, Alfons Gorbach, and William Astbury. After him are Alfred Sauvy, Eugen Wüster, Louis Adamic, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Arnold Chikobava, and Alfred Schmidt. Among people deceased in 1943, Erich Bey ranks 136. Before him are Fats Waller, Ruth Belville, Aristarkh Lentulov, Curt Haase, W. S. Van Dyke, and Elise Richter. After him are Franceska Mann, René de Saussure, Ashraf Ali Thanwi, Kočo Racin, Leonhard Stejneger, and Ernst Trygger.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Bey ranks 3,794 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich Walpot von Bassenheim (1198), Corinna Harfouch (1954), Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1891), Anton Friedrich Büsching (1724), Carl Diem (1882), and Iwan Bloch (1872). After him are Max Jakob Friedländer (1867), Wolfgang Hofmann (1941), Benjamin List (1968), Johann Schweigger (1779), Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg (1766), and Johann Georg Halske (1814).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Erich Bey ranks 271. Before him are Maurice d'Elbée (1752), Friedrich von Ingenohl (1857), Pavle Jurišić Šturm (1848), Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller (1897), Curt Haase (1881), and Maximilian von Edelsheim (1897). After him are Traugott Herr (1890), Otto von Emmich (1848), Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg (1615), Richard Heidrich (1896), Joachim von Kortzfleisch (1890), and Gustav Fehn (1892).

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