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Ludwig von Reuter

1869 - 1943

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Hans Hermann Ludwig von Reuter (9 February 1869 – 18 December 1943) was a German admiral who commanded the High Seas Fleet when it was interned at Scapa Flow in the north of Scotland at the end of World War I. On 21 June 1919 he ordered the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow to prevent the UK from seizing the ships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ludwig von Reuter is the 1,122nd most popular military personnel (up from 1,300th in 2019), the 2,817th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,150th in 2019) and the 204th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ludwig von Reuter ranks 1,122 out of 2,058. Before him are Hermann Breith, Nureddin Pasha, Mahmud Shevket Pasha, Otto Weddigen, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, and Riad al-Asaad. After him are Nicholas, Count of Salm, Andrei Shkuro, Erwin Jaenecke, August Karl von Goeben, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, and Chelsea Manning.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Ludwig von Reuter ranks 80. Before him are Paul Émile Chabas, Arthur Rostron, Slobodan Jovanović, Philip de László, Ben Turpin, and Rihard Jakopič. After him are Léon Brunschvicg, Carlo Airoldi, Konstantin Somov, Tony Garnier, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Nicolae Paulescu. Among people deceased in 1943, Ludwig von Reuter ranks 97. Before him are Hans Woellke, Guido Fubini, Vladimir Kokovtsov, Richard Sears, Rihard Jakopič, and Ivo Lola Ribar. After him are Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Willi Graf, Otto Freundlich, Otto Rühle, Alexander Matrosov, and Alojs Andritzki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ludwig von Reuter ranks 2,818 out of 7,253. Before him are Gerd Faltings (1954), Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886), Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676), Maximilian Henry of Bavaria (1621), and Johann Kremer (1883). After him are Rudolf II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1307), Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1893), Judith of Thuringia (1135), Erwin Jaenecke (1890), August Karl von Goeben (1816), and Norbert Burgmüller (1810).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Ludwig von Reuter ranks 204. Before him are Otto Baum (1911), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Alfred Wünnenberg (1891), Hermann Breith (1892), and Otto Weddigen (1882). After him are Erwin Jaenecke (1890), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792), Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), Carl Hilpert (1888), and Wilhelm Brückner (1884).

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