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Kurt Knispel

1921 - 1945

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Kurt Knispel (20 September 1921 – 28 April 1945) was a German tank commander during World War II. Knispel was severely wounded on 28 April 1945 by shrapnel to his head when his Tiger II was hit in battle by Soviet tanks. He died two hours later in a German field hospital. On 10 April 2013, Czech authorities said that Knispel's remains were found with 15 other German soldiers behind a church wall in Vrbovec, identified by his dog tags. On 12 November 2014, the German War Graves Commission reburied his remains at the Central Brno military cemetery in Brno. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Knispel is the 376th most popular military personnel (down from 319th in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 91st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Czech Military Personnel.

Kurt Knispel is most famous for being the top scorer in the history of the Bundesliga.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kurt Knispel ranks 376 out of 2,058. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Götz von Berlichingen, and George Maniakes. After him are Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, Albert Pike, Baiju, Okita Sōji, Maximilian von Spee, and Omar Pasha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Kurt Knispel ranks 64. Before him are Geoffrey Wilkinson, Harald Quandt, Nexhmije Hoxha, Dobrica Ćosić, Zizinho, and Giuseppe Di Stefano. After him are György Cziffra, Edgar Morin, Akio Morita, Mary Jackson, Karel Appel, and Alexandra of Yugoslavia. Among people deceased in 1945, Kurt Knispel ranks 75. Before him are Juana Bormann, Konrad Henlein, Maurice Halbwachs, Margot Frank, Boris Shaposhnikov, and Fumimaro Konoe. After him are Kiril, Prince of Preslav, Edith Frank, Hans-Georg von Friedeburg, Georg Elser, Josef Terboven, and Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Kurt Knispel ranks 117 out of 1,200. Before him are Konrad Henlein (1898), Jiří Menzel (1938), Zdeněk Miler (1921), Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856), and Emil Škoda (1839). After him are Ivan Lendl (1960), Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1840), Prokop the Great (1380), Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (915), Jan Neruda (1834), and Elizabeth of Görlitz (1390).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Czechia

Among military personnels born in Czechia, Kurt Knispel ranks 4. Before him are Jan Žižka (1360), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), and Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583). After him are Prokop the Great (1380), Jan Kubiš (1913), Julius von Payer (1841), Otto Kittel (1917), Erhard Raus (1889), Karl Fritzsch (1903), Alexander von Krobatin (1849), and Ferenc Wesselényi (1605).

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