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Otto Weddigen

1882 - 1915

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Otto Eduard Weddigen (15 September 1882 – 18 March 1915) was an Imperial German Navy U-boat commander during World War I. He was awarded the Pour le Mérite, Germany's highest honour, for sinking four British warships. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto Weddigen is the 1,119th most popular military personnel (down from 1,074th in 2019), the 2,808th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,624th in 2019) and the 203rd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otto Weddigen ranks 1,119 out of 2,058Before him are Zdravko Tolimir, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Yitzhak Sadeh, Hermann Breith, Nureddin Pasha, and Mahmud Shevket Pasha. After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Riad al-Asaad, Ludwig von Reuter, Nicholas, Count of Salm, Andrei Shkuro, and Erwin Jaenecke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Otto Weddigen ranks 125Before him are James F. Byrnes, Volin, Florian Znaniecki, Károly Huszár, Geraldine Farrar, and Harry Myers. After him are Ernst Weiss, Paul Anspach, Auguste Herbin, Walter Jakobsson, Maurice Germot, and Halil Kut. Among people deceased in 1915, Otto Weddigen ranks 52Before him are Danilo Ilić, Akaki Tsereteli, Theodor Boveri, Józef Brandt, Pierre-Émile Martin, and Walter Crane. After him are Vazha-Pshavela, Inoue Kaoru, Richard Lydekker, Eugène Jansson, Serafino Vannutelli, and Adolphe Pégoud.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Otto Weddigen ranks 2,809 out of 7,253Before him are Duke George of Oldenburg (1784), Tielman Susato (1500), Augustus the Elder, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1568), Paul Julius Möbius (1853), Flavia Julia Constantia (290), and Hans Riegel (1923). After him are Susan Blakely (1948), Amitai Etzioni (1929), Gerd Faltings (1954), Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1886), and Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1676).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Otto Weddigen ranks 203Before him are Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1632), Otto Baum (1911), Oskar von Hutier (1857), Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin (1684), Alfred Wünnenberg (1891), and Hermann Breith (1892). After him are Ludwig von Reuter (1869), Erwin Jaenecke (1890), August Karl von Goeben (1816), Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792), Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt (1669), and Carl Hilpert (1888).