Most Famous German Military figures
Germany has produced 1,107 notable military figures throughout history, led by Erwin Rommel. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
ER
Erwin Rommel German Officer 1891 – 1944
#
528
AE
Adolf Eichmann German Officer 1906 – 1962
#
712
PV
Paul von Hindenburg German Generalfeldmarschall 1847 – 1934
#
719
KD
Karl Dönitz German Soldier 1891 – 1980
#
1,360
CV
Carl von Clausewitz German Officer 1780 – 1831
#
2,030
HG
Heinz Guderian German Militar 1888 – 1954
#
2,423
CV
Claus von Stauffenberg German Officer 1907 – 1944
#
2,633
WK
Wilhelm Keitel German Marshal 1882 – 1946
#
3,255
RH
Rudolf Höss German Officer 1900 – 1947
#
3,788
HV
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder German Marshal 1800 – 1891
#
3,795
WC
Wilhelm Canaris German Admiral 1887 – 1945
#
3,821
AK
Albert Kesselring German Militar 1885 – 1960
#
4,772
FP
Friedrich Paulus German Officer 1890 – 1957
#
5,180
ER
Erich Raeder German Navy 1876 – 1960
#
5,212
SD
Sepp Dietrich German Militar 1892 – 1966
#
6,328
GV
Gerd von Rundstedt German Officer 1875 – 1953
#
7,378
AV
Alfred von Tirpitz German Admiral 1849 – 1930
#
7,601
AV
August von Mackensen German Officer 1849 – 1945
#
9,534
HV
Hans von Seeckt German Militar 1866 – 1936
#
9,802
WV
Werner von Blomberg German Generalfeldmarschall 1878 – 1946
#
9,814