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Ernst Barkmann

1919 - 2009

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Ernst Barkmann (25 August 1919 – 27 June 2009) was a German tank commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. He is known for the actions undertaken at “Barkmann’s Corner", in which his unit halted a U.S. Army armoured advance in Normandy on 27 July 1944, for which he received the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Barkmann is the 889th most popular military personnel (down from 821st in 2019), the 2,267th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,038th in 2019) and the 161st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ernst Barkmann ranks 889 out of 2,058. Before him are Marco Antonio Bragadin, Ian Hamilton, Winrich von Kniprode, Joseph E. Johnston, François Étienne de Kellermann, and Quintus Titurius Sabinus. After him are Henri Winkelman, Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, Hermann Ehrhardt, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Gunichi Mikawa, and Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Ernst Barkmann ranks 97. Before him are Ashraf Pahlavi, Ross Bagdasarian, P. F. Strawson, Artur Fischer, Janko Bobetko, and Mario Bunge. After him are Mad Mike Hoare, Raymond Smullyan, Tomáš Špidlík, Amrita Pritam, Rie Mastenbroek, and Edoardo Mangiarotti. Among people deceased in 2009, Ernst Barkmann ranks 102. Before him are Brittany Murphy, Yves Rocher, Oleg Yankovsky, Zbigniew Religa, Stephen Toulmin, and Lino Lacedelli. After him are Friaça, Al Martino, Yegor Gaidar, Inger Christensen, Tomislav Crnković, and Pierre Gamarra.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Barkmann ranks 2,268 out of 7,253. Before him are Wolfgang Borchert (1921), Fritz Pfeffer (1889), Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Waldemar Bonsels (1880), Christian Lorenz (1966), and Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378). After him are Karl Brugmann (1849), Ernst Neufert (1900), John VII, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1558), Horst Sindermann (1915), Marc-André ter Stegen (1992), and Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1663).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ernst Barkmann ranks 161. Before him are Hans Loritz (1895), Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer (1922), Julius Jacob von Haynau (1786), Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744), Adelbert Schulz (1903), and Winrich von Kniprode (1310). After him are Hermann Ehrhardt (1881), Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Karl Mauss (1898), Erich Rudorffer (1917), Prince Franz of Bavaria (1875), and Ludwig Crüwell (1892).

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