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Franz von Hipper

1863 - 1932

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Franz Ritter von Hipper (born Franz Hipper; 13 September 1863 – 25 May 1932) was an admiral in the German Imperial Navy, (Kaiserliche Marine) who played an important role in the naval warfare of World War I. Franz von Hipper joined the German Navy in 1881 as an officer cadet. He commanded several torpedo boat units and served as watch officer aboard several warships, as well as Kaiser Wilhelm II's yacht SMY Hohenzollern. Hipper commanded several cruisers in the reconnaissance forces before being appointed commander of the I Scouting Group in October 1913. He is most famous for commanding the German battlecruisers of the I Scouting Group during World War I, particularly at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May – 1 June 1916. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz von Hipper is the 558th most popular military personnel (down from 553rd in 2019), the 1,434th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,345th in 2019) and the 105th most popular German Military Personnel.

Franz von Hipper was a German naval officer. He is most famous for being the commander of the German battlecruiser squadron at the Battle of Jutland.

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Among military personnels, Franz von Hipper ranks 558 out of 2,058. Before him are William Bligh, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Erich Fellgiebel, Yevhen Konovalets, William Westmoreland, and Roza Shanina. After him are Johan Laidoner, Xu Chu, Serena, Xu Da, Ivan Yakubovsky, and Kirill Moskalenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1863, Franz von Hipper ranks 40. Before him are Leopold Berchtold, Annie Jump Cannon, Felix Weingartner, William Randolph Hearst, Hugo Münsterberg, and John Charles Fields. After him are Émile Friant, Archduke Eugen of Austria, Charles Spearman, Henry Royce, Albert Calmette, and Ludwig Borchardt. Among people deceased in 1932, Franz von Hipper ranks 32. Before him are André Maginot, Pierre De Geyter, Jules Chéret, Inukai Tsuyoshi, Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov, and John Charles Fields. After him are Émile Friant, Ottokar Czernin, Georg Kerschensteiner, Guillaume Bigourdan, Johannes Schober, and Ahmed Shawqi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz von Hipper ranks 1,434 out of 7,253. Before him are Fritz Honka (1935), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Toni Kroos (1990), Albrecht Penck (1858), and Rudolf Brandt (1909). After him are Brigitte Helm (1906), Karl Wilhelm Reinmuth (1892), Jakob Wassermann (1873), Wilhelm Beer (1797), Bernhard Rust (1883), and Hans Leo Hassler (1564).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Franz von Hipper ranks 105. Before him are Otto Kumm (1909), Viktor Lutze (1890), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Max Hoffmann (1869), Hans Baur (1897), and Günther Korten (1898). After him are Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Herta Bothe (1921), Alexander von Kluck (1846), and Anton Dostler (1891).

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