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Rudolf Schmidt

1886 - 1957

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Rudolf Schmidt (12 May 1886 – 7 April 1957) was a general in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II who commanded the 2nd Panzer Army on the Eastern Front. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. He was the older brother of Hans-Thilo Schmidt, who sold secrets about the Enigma machine to the French. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolf Schmidt is the 823rd most popular military personnel (up from 912th in 2019), the 2,068th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,234th in 2019) and the 145th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Rudolf Schmidt ranks 823 out of 2,058. Before him are Abu Bakr ibn Umar, Max von Gallwitz, Artabanes, Meliton Kantaria, Paul Revere, and Jawhar. After him are Theodor Wisch, Doc Holliday, Hydarnes II, Chen Youliang, Mikhail Miloradovich, and Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Rudolf Schmidt ranks 83. Before him are Nikolay Gumilyov, Hiroshi Ōshima, Tarsila do Amaral, Shūmei Ōkawa, Edwin Fischer, and Hugh Lofting. After him are Ğabdulla Tuqay, Frederic Bartlett, Henry H. Arnold, Paul Radmilovic, Amédée Ozenfant, and Henry King. Among people deceased in 1957, Rudolf Schmidt ranks 78. Before him are Eugenio Castellotti, Jack Butler Yeats, Soemu Toyoda, Josef Lada, Shūmei Ōkawa, and Álvaro Gestido. After him are Dorothy L. Sayers, Pedro Infante, Josef Hofmann, Washington Luís, Zhou Xuan, and Rezső Kasztner.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolf Schmidt ranks 2,069 out of 7,253. Before him are Judith of Schweinfurt (1003), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia (1860), Walther Hewel (1904), Karl Lachmann (1793), and Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773). After him are Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1771), Max Koegel (1895), Wilhelm Ohnesorge (1872), Theodor Wisch (1907), Günter Behnisch (1922), and Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1688).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Rudolf Schmidt ranks 145. Before him are Erich Brandenberger (1892), Heinz Hitler (1920), Wilhelm Rediess (1900), Oswald Boelcke (1891), Hermann Priess (1901), and Wilhelm Souchon (1864). After him are Theodor Wisch (1907), Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1730), Georg Lindemann (1884), Gerhard Schmidhuber (1894), and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891).

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