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Wilhelm Keitel

1882 - 1946

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His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2024). Wilhelm Keitel is the 33rd most popular military personnel (down from 28th in 2024), the 97th most popular biography from Germany (down from 91st in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Military Personnel.

Wilhelm Keitel was a German field marshal who served as the Chief of the German Armed Forces High Command, or Oberkommando der Wehrmacht, from 1938 to 1945. He was tried and found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Wilhelm Keitel ranks 33 out of 2,058Before him are Ptolemy I Soter, Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Cao Cao, Erich von Manstein, Cesare Borgia, and Jan Žižka. After him are Heinz Guderian, Friedrich Paulus, Miltiades, Vercingetorix, Ratko Mladić, and Arminius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Wilhelm Keitel ranks 6Before him are James Joyce, Igor Stravinsky, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Virginia Woolf, and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden. After him are Georges Braque, Sigrid Undset, Max Born, Georgi Dimitrov, Ion Antonescu, and Wilhelm, German Crown Prince. Among people deceased in 1946, Wilhelm Keitel ranks 4Before him are H. G. Wells, Hermann Göring, and John Maynard Keynes. After him are Joachim von Ribbentrop, Alfred Rosenberg, Alfred Jodl, Amon Göth, Ion Antonescu, Ernst Kaltenbrunner, Gerhart Hauptmann, and Hans Frank.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Keitel ranks 97 out of NaNBefore him are Clara Schumann (1819), Charles the Bald (823), Nicholas of Cusa (1401), Caspar David Friedrich (1774), Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling (1775), and Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers (1758). After him are Klemens von Metternich (1773), Karl Jaspers (1883), Rudolf Höss (1901), Peter III of Russia (1728), Charles Bukowski (1920), and Heinz Guderian (1888).

Among Military Personnels In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Wilhelm Keitel ranks 5Before him are Karl Dönitz (1891), Adolf Eichmann (1906), Erwin Rommel (1891), and Erich von Manstein (1887). After him are Heinz Guderian (1888), Friedrich Paulus (1890), Arminius (-17), Alfred Jodl (1890), Gerd von Rundstedt (1875), Baron Munchausen (1720), and Ernst Röhm (1887).

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