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Reinhard Hardegen

1913 - 2018

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Korvettenkapitän Reinhard Hardegen (18 March 1913 – 9 June 2018) was a German U-boat commander during World War II. He was credited with the sinking of 25 ships (two were later refloated), at a total of 136,661 tons. After the war, he spent a year and a half as a British prisoner-of-war before starting a successful oil trading business and serving as a member of Bremen's city council (the Bürgerschaft) for over 32 years. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinhard Hardegen is the 1,736th most popular military personnel (down from 1,434th in 2019), the 4,462nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,441st in 2019) and the 295th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 1,736 out of 2,058. Before him are Gérard Leman, Ruben Lagus, Nazım Pasha, Tom Phillips, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, and Benjamin Briggs. After him are Suheil al-Hassan, Alfred Keller, Philotas, Joseph Hooker, Kiichiro Higuchi, and Sudirman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 245. Before him are Christiane Desroches Noblecourt, Yaşar Doğu, Herbert Runge, Ferenc Csik, Halima Nosirova, and Willy Vandersteen. After him are Audrey Brown, Richard Helms, Milivoj Ašner, Mira Lobe, Amado Azar, and Hans Schwartz. Among people deceased in 2018, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 309. Before him are Hans Günter Winkler, Chuck McCann, Sven-Olov Sjödelius, Domenico Losurdo, Frank Havens, and Ehsan Yarshater. After him are Unshō Ishizuka, Davide Astori, Beatriz Segall, Mohammed Hazzaz, Morgana King, and Valentina Rastvorova.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 4,465 out of 7,253. Before him are Louise Caroline of Hochberg (1768), Otto Jahn (1813), Christiane Hörbiger (1938), Princess Ida of Saxe-Meiningen (1794), Oskar Sala (1910), and Julius Benedict (1804). After him are Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1774), Bernd Storck (1963), Karl Ferdinand Sohn (1805), Wolfram Löwe (1945), Tankred Dorst (1925), and Alfred Keller (1882).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Reinhard Hardegen ranks 295. Before him are Erick-Oskar Hansen (1889), Rudolf von Bünau (1890), Karl Allmendinger (1891), Prince Frederick of Prussia (1794), Hans-Jürgen von Blumenthal (1907), and Walther Reinhardt (1872). After him are Alfred Keller (1882), Karl Freiherr von Müffling (1775), Theodor Hoffmann (1935), Wilhelm Heye (1869), Gustav von Alvensleben (1803), and Werner Teske (1942).

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