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Hans Langsdorff

1894 - 1939

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Hans Wilhelm Langsdorff (20 March 1894 – 20 December 1939) was a German naval officer, most famous for his command of the German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee before and during the Battle of the River Plate off the coast of Uruguay in 1939. After the Panzerschiff (Deutschland-class cruiser) was unable to escape a pursuing squadron of Royal Navy ships, Langsdorff scuttled his ship. Three days later he died by suicide in his hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Langsdorff is the 725th most popular military personnel (down from 684th in 2019), the 1,835th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,681st in 2019) and the 130th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Hans Langsdorff ranks 725 out of 2,058. Before him are Lothar von Trotha, Eduard Roschmann, Domnica, Heinz Harmel, Taira no Masakado, and Arnold Jackson. After him are Stepa Stepanović, Gordon Gollob, Nobutake Kondō, Seiichi Itō, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, and Raoul Salan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Hans Langsdorff ranks 69. Before him are Frank Borzage, V. V. Giri, Francisco Craveiro Lopes, King Vidor, Wilhelm Schepmann, and André Kertész. After him are Friedrich Ebert Jr., Georges Gurvitch, Albert Leo Schlageter, José Carlos Mariátegui, Trygve Gulbranssen, and Mei Lanfang. Among people deceased in 1939, Hans Langsdorff ranks 42. Before him are Roman Dmowski, Gerardo Machado, Franz Schmidt, Stanislav Kosior, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, and Vladimir Shukhov. After him are Havelock Ellis, Hedwiga Rosenbaumová, Wu Peifu, Armand Călinescu, Norman Bethune, and Louis Trousselier.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Langsdorff ranks 1,835 out of 7,253. Before him are Christoph Graupner (1683), Simon Mayr (1763), Alfred Einstein (1880), Horst Seehofer (1949), Dieter Rams (1932), and Heinrich Marschner (1795). After him are Joos van Cleve (1485), Friedrich Ebert Jr. (1894), Paul Frederick, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1800), Caspar Friedrich Wolff (1735), Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (1962), and Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Hans Langsdorff ranks 130. Before him are Nicolaus von Below (1907), August Hirt (1898), Carl Gustav Rehnskiöld (1651), Wilhelm Schepmann (1894), Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg (1886), and Lothar von Trotha (1848). After him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg (1759), Karl-Adolf Hollidt (1891), Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891), Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1737), Albert Leo Schlageter (1894), and Herbert Kappler (1907).

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