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Günther Korten

1898 - 1944

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Günther Korten (26 July 1898 – 22 July 1944) was a German Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff of the Luftwaffe in World War II. He died from injuries suffered in the assassination attempt on Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Günther Korten is the 546th most popular military personnel (down from 490th in 2019), the 1,390th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,221st in 2019) and the 104th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Günther Korten ranks 546 out of 2,058. Before him are Ante Gotovina, Hans Baur, William Tecumseh Sherman, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov. After him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Aegidius, Qi Jiguang, Artabazos II, Deng Ai, and William Bligh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Günther Korten ranks 61. Before him are Inejiro Asanuma, Felix Kersten, Carl Clauberg, Peggy Guggenheim, Latife Uşşaki, and Hastings Banda. After him are Leopold Infeld, Ernő Gerő, Giuseppe Saragat, Henry Hathaway, Julius Schaub, and Arletty. Among people deceased in 1944, Günther Korten ranks 84. Before him are Martin Kutta, Kazu Naoki, Infanta Maria Theresa of Portugal, August Landmesser, Asmahan, and Paul Otlet. After him are Erich Fellgiebel, Yvette Guilbert, Sergei Bulgakov, Arsen Kotsoyev, Viktor Ullmann, and Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Günther Korten ranks 1,390 out of 7,253. Before him are Bert Sakmann (1942), Hermann Graf (1912), Gottfried Feder (1883), Helmut Haller (1939), Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696), and Berthold, Duke of Merania (1153). After him are Johann Georg Gmelin (1709), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (1907), Leopold I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1676), Christa Ludwig (1928), Duchess Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1671), and Hildegard Knef (1925).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Günther Korten ranks 104. Before him are Theodor Busse (1897), Otto Kumm (1909), Viktor Lutze (1890), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Max Hoffmann (1869), and Hans Baur (1897). After him are Franz von Hipper (1863), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), Günther Blumentritt (1892), Herta Bothe (1921), and Alexander von Kluck (1846).

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