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Georg von Trapp

1880 - 1947

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Georg Ludwig Ritter von Trapp (4 April 1880 – 30 May 1947) was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers. Trapp was the most successful Austro-Hungarian submarine commander of World War I, sinking 11 Allied merchant ships totaling 47,653 GRT and two Allied warships displacing 12,641 tons. Trapp's accomplishments during World War I earned him numerous decorations, including the Military Order of Maria Theresa. His first wife Agathe Whitehead died of scarlet fever in 1922, leaving behind seven children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georg von Trapp is the 329th most popular military personnel (up from 1,220th in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 166th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Croatian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Georg von Trapp ranks 329 out of 2,058. Before him are Xiahou Dun, Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg, Timothy Laurence, Jiang Wei, Nearchus, and Hans-Jürgen von Arnim. After him are Hugo Sperrle, Nikolai Yudenich, William D. Leahy, Eduard Dietl, Kul Tigin, and Arthur Nebe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Georg von Trapp ranks 31. Before him are Vajiravudh, Michel Fokine, Mohammed Alim Khan, Bruno Taut, Elton Mayo, and H. L. Mencken. After him are Alexander Blok, Vojtech Tuka, Ernest Bloch, Kuniaki Koiso, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, and Elizabeth Christ Trump. Among people deceased in 1947, Georg von Trapp ranks 36. Before him are Stanley Baldwin, Victor Lustig, Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Alexander Löhr, Annie S. D. Maunder, and Qazi Muhammad. After him are Reginald Innes Pocock, Pierre Janet, Josephine Bakhita, Hans Fallada, Pyotr Krasnov, and Emma Orczy.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Georg von Trapp ranks 26 out of 700. Before him are Aloysius Stepinac (1898), Crispus (305), Svetozar Boroević (1856), Rade Šerbedžija (1946), Mario Andretti (1940), and Alida Valli (1921). After him are Davor Šuker (1968), Miroslav Krleža (1893), Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934), Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (1968), Sylva Koscina (1933), and Stjepan Radić (1871).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Croatia

Among military personnels born in Croatia, Georg von Trapp ranks 3. Before him are Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (-63), and Svetozar Boroević (1856). After him are Omar Pasha (1806), Ante Gotovina (1955), Viktor Pavičić (1898), Momčilo Đujić (1907), Janko Bobetko (1919), Archduke Karl Albrecht of Austria (1888), Mile Mrkšić (1947), Jure Francetić (1912), and Stjepan Sarkotić (1858).

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