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Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock

1911 - 1986

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Fregattenkapitän Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (11 December 1911 – 18 April 1986) was a submarine commander in the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. He commanded four U-boats, including U-96, a Type VIIC U-boat, which gained widespread recognition when one of its patrols was documented and publicized by an accompanying member of a propaganda company Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Lehmann-Willenbrock was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The story of the U-96 was eventually made into a mini-series and film called Das Boot, in which the captain was portrayed by Jürgen Prochnow. After the war, Lehmann-Willenbrock became a merchant ship captain, serving as the first captain of Germany's nuclear freighter Otto Hahn. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is the 644th most popular military personnel (up from 666th in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,647th in 2019) and the 114th most popular German Military Personnel.

Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock is most famous for being the first person to successfully cross the Arctic Ocean in a submarine.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 644 out of 2,058. Before him are Thersites, Archelaus, Maurice Sarrail, Yigael Yadin, Heinz Reinefarth, and Hisaichi Terauchi. After him are Ugo Cavallero, Viktor Pavičić, Richard Winters, Roger of Lauria, Hans Speidel, and Chris Kyle.

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Among people born in 1911, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 81. Before him are Eduardo Frei Montalva, Sergey Sokolov, Mahalia Jackson, Hubert Humphrey, Karl Silberbauer, and Carl Keenan Seyfert. After him are Lina Heydrich, Lucille Ball, Aly Khan, Józef Cyrankiewicz, Jussi Björling, and Alfredo Foni. Among people deceased in 1986, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 64. Before him are Gusztáv Sebes, Ferdinand Daučík, Marcel Dassault, Raymond Loewy, Lilli Palmer, and Elio de Angelis. After him are Maurice Duruflé, Gunnar Björnstrand, Alfredo Binda, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Altiero Spinelli, and Gia Carangi.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 1,639 out of 7,253. Before him are Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern (1636), Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1934), Reinhart Koselleck (1923), Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), Fancy (1946), and Diane Kruger (1976). After him are Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1738), Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen (1761), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), Adolf Bastian (1826), Hans Speidel (1897), and Wilhelm Zaisser (1893).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock ranks 114. Before him are Günther Blumentritt (1892), Herta Bothe (1921), Alexander von Kluck (1846), Anton Dostler (1891), Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888), and Kurt Franz (1914). After him are Hans Speidel (1897), Heinz Lammerding (1905), Kurt von Tippelskirch (1891), Fritz Bayerlein (1899), Franz Hössler (1906), and Georg Stumme (1886).

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