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Gerhard von Scharnhorst

1755 - 1813

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Gerhard Johann David von Scharnhorst (12 November 1755 – 28 June 1813) was a Hanoverian-born general in Prussian service from 1801. As the first Chief of the Prussian General Staff, he was noted for his military theories, his reforms of the Prussian army, and his leadership during the Napoleonic Wars. Scharnhorst limited the use of corporal punishments, established promotion for merit, abolished the enrollment of foreigners, began the organization of a reserve army, and organized and simplified the military administration. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerhard von Scharnhorst is the 398th most popular military personnel (down from 373rd in 2019), the 960th most popular biography from Germany (down from 878th in 2019) and the 75th most popular German Military Personnel.

Gerhard von Scharnhorst was a Prussian general who helped to modernize the Prussian army. He is most famous for his military reforms that helped to defeat Napoleon's army in 1806.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Gerhard von Scharnhorst ranks 398 out of 2,058. Before him are Laskarina Bouboulina, Carl Spaatz, Charles Lee, Hermann Balck, Gustav Wagner, and Gerhard Barkhorn. After him are Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Bonifacius, Hans-Valentin Hube, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Jean II Le Maingre, and Francisco de Miranda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Gerhard von Scharnhorst ranks 15. Before him are James Parkinson, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Georges Couthon, Anthony of Saxony, Giovanni Battista Viotti, and François Joseph Lefebvre. After him are Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Bertrand Barère, and Natalia Alexeievna. Among people deceased in 1813, Gerhard von Scharnhorst ranks 13. Before him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Robert R. Livingston, Jean Victor Marie Moreau, Christoph Martin Wieland, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Sophia Magdalena of Denmark. After him are Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Tecumseh, Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, and Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gerhard von Scharnhorst ranks 960 out of 7,253. Before him are Carl Stamitz (1745), George, King of Saxony (1832), Johann Elert Bode (1747), August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818), Maria Sophia of Neuburg (1666), and Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857). After him are Karl Bühler (1879), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), Sigmund Jähn (1937), Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1792), Karl Abraham (1877), and Georg Elser (1903).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Gerhard von Scharnhorst ranks 75. Before him are Georg von Frundsberg (1473), Walther Wenck (1900), Hans-Joachim Marseille (1919), Götz von Berlichingen (1480), Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck (1870), and Erich Priebke (1913). After him are Hans-Valentin Hube (1890), Erich Kempka (1910), Günther Lütjens (1889), Günther Prien (1908), Reinhard Scheer (1863), and Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel (1886).

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