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Hans Baur

1897 - 1993

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Johannes 'Hans' Baur (19 June 1897 – 17 February 1993) was Adolf Hitler's pilot during the political campaigns of the early 1930s. He began his aviation career as a flying ace in World War I. He later became Hitler's personal pilot and leader of the Reichsregierung squadron. Apprehended by the Soviet Union at the end of World War II in Europe, he was imprisoned in the Soviet Union for ten years. He died in Herrsching, Bavaria, in February 1993. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Baur is the 541st most popular military personnel (up from 559th in 2019), the 1,372nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,356th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular German Military Personnel.

Hans Baur was a German aviator and SS officer. He was a flight instructor for the Luftwaffe, and served as Adolf Hitler's personal pilot. He was also a close friend of Hermann Göring.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans Baur ranks 541 out of 2,058Before him are Lautaro, Oghul Qaimish, Mamai, Köten, Max Hoffmann, and Ante Gotovina. After him are William Tecumseh Sherman, Galdan Boshugtu Khan, Nathan Bedford Forrest, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Günther Korten, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Hans Baur ranks 70Before him are Ngô Đình Thục, Yeghishe Charents, Dmitry Pavlov, Adolf Heusinger, Sepp Herberger, and Yuri Kondratyuk. After him are Marcel Petiot, Karl Löwith, Bernard Lyot, Sidney Bechet, Philippe Soupault, and Ana Aslan. Among people deceased in 1993, Hans Baur ranks 47Before him are Pat Nixon, Masahiko Kimura, Stewart Granger, Horia Sima, Muhammad Khan Junejo, and Kakuei Tanaka. After him are György Sárosi, Helen Hayes, River Phoenix, Bruno Pontecorvo, Dražen Petrović, and Don Ameche.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Baur ranks 1,372 out of 7,253Before him are Walter Christaller (1893), Michel Bréal (1832), Frederick II, Elector of Brandenburg (1413), Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887), Max Hoffmann (1869), and Gerda Christian (1913). After him are Bernt Notke (1435), Sophia of Bavaria (1376), Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg (1817), Samuel Scheidt (1587), Vasily Radlov (1837), and Erika Mann (1905).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Baur ranks 103Before him are Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1721), Theodor Busse (1897), Otto Kumm (1909), Viktor Lutze (1890), Adolf Heusinger (1897), and Max Hoffmann (1869). After him are Günther Korten (1898), Franz von Hipper (1863), Ernst Lindemann (1894), Walter Rauff (1906), Günther Blumentritt (1892), and Herta Bothe (1921).