Trending Officers in Germany — the 7 days to 27 October 2026

1

Richard Brausewetter

German author

36,254
views

2

Adolf Hitler

Dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945 (1889–1945)

📚 94 citations 📰 1390 stories · 433 sources

23,505
views

3

Gadi Eisenkot

Israeli military officer

📚 5 citations 📰 2312 stories · 256 sources

19,192
views

4

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)

📚 66 citations

15,954
views

5

Hermann Göring

German Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal (1893–1946)

📚 51 citations

14,652
views

6

Muammar Gaddafi

Military officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya (1969-2011)

📚 33 citations 📰 17 stories · 4 sources

14,593
views

7

Winston Churchill

British statesman, soldier and writer (1874–1965)

📚 103 citations 📰 124 stories · 22 sources

11,314
views

8

Klaus Barbie

German SS officer, head of the Gestapo in Lyon and convicted war criminal (1913–1991)

📚 16 citations

10,600
views

9

Genghis Khan

founder and first khan of the Mongol Empire (1162–1227)

📚 22 citations 📰 75 stories · 8 sources

10,311
views

10

Elvis Presley

American singer and actor (1935–1977)

📚 49 citations 📰 105 stories · 34 sources

10,274
views

11

Alexander the Great

king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)

📚 30 citations

10,209
views

12

Otto von Bismarck

German statesman and Chancellor (1815-1898)

📚 40 citations

10,054
views

13

Julius Caesar

Roman general and dictator

📚 56 citations 📰 3 stories · 2 sources

10,002
views

14

Amon Göth

Austrian SS functionary, commandant of Plaszow concentration camp and convicted war criminal (1908-1946)

📚 6 citations

7,474
views

15

John F. Kennedy

president of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)

📚 82 citations

7,396
views

16

Paul von Hindenburg

Prussian-German field marshal of the German Empire, statesman and president of Weimar Germany and Nazi Germany (1847–1934)

📚 28 citations

7,134
views

17

Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria

Austrian archduke (1858-1889)

📚 27 citations

7,088
views

18

Robert F. Kennedy

American politician and lawyer (1925–1968)

📚 33 citations

7,074
views

19

Adolf Eichmann

German-Austrian SS officer and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust (1906–1962)

📚 31 citations

6,696
views

20

George VI

King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952

📚 29 citations

6,689
views

21

Mel Brooks

American comedian, filmmaker, and actor (born 1926)

📚 34 citations 📰 5 stories · 2 sources

6,512
views

22

Erich Mielke

German politician (1907-2000)

📚 10 citations 📰 16 stories · 7 sources

6,032
views

23

Christopher Lee

English actor and singer (1922–2015)

📚 43 citations 📰 3 stories · 2 sources

5,984
views

24

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021 (1921-2021)

📚 47 citations

5,859
views

25

J. R. R. Tolkien

English writer and philologist (1892–1973)

📚 80 citations

5,643
views

26

Erwin Rommel

German field marshal (1891–1944)

📚 31 citations

5,634
views

27

Karl Dönitz

German admiral and former president of Nazi Germany in 1945 (born 1891-1980)

📚 44 citations

5,497
views

28

Ernst Röhm

German Nazi politician, military officer and leader of the Sturmabteilung (1887-1934)

📚 22 citations

5,245
views

29

Rudolf Höss

German war criminal, commandant of Auschwitz (1901–1947)

📚 22 citations

5,151
views

30

Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg

German aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter (1907–1944)

📚 26 citations

4,827
views

31

George W. Bush

43rd President of the United States (2001–2009)

📚 46 citations

4,589
views

32

Abraham Lincoln

president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)

📚 56 citations 📰 159 stories · 56 sources

4,561
views

33

Charles I of Austria

Last monarch of Austria-Hungary (r. 1916–1918)

📚 23 citations

4,532
views

34

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

📚 24 citations

4,492
views

35

Kurt von Schleicher

German chancellor (1882-1934)

📚 17 citations

4,415
views

36

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

founding father of the Republic of Turkey (c. 1881–1938)

📚 32 citations

4,402
views

37

Dwight D. Eisenhower

president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 (1890–1969)

📚 50 citations

4,387
views

38

Nicolae Ceaușescu

dictator of Romania from 1965 to 1989

📚 45 citations

4,253
views

39

Petr Pavel

Czech general and statesman, 4th president of the Czech Republic (born 1961)

📚 32 citations 📰 23 stories · 6 sources

4,149
views

40

Erich von Manstein

German field marshal (1887-1973)

📚 26 citations

4,073
views

41

Ronald Reagan

president of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor (1911–2004)

📚 74 citations 📰 331 stories · 74 sources

3,972
views

42

Wilhelm Keitel

German field marshal (1882–1946)

📚 23 citations

3,919
views

43

Pete Hegseth

United States Secretary of Defense

📚 17 citations 📰 1210 stories · 119 sources

3,839
views

44

Heinz Guderian

German general (1888–1954)

📚 26 citations

3,797
views

45

Erich Ludendorff

German general and politician (1865–1937)

📚 24 citations

3,781
views

46

Christian Freuding

German military officer

📚 2 citations

3,752
views

47

Wernher von Braun

German and later American aerospace engineer and space architect (1912–1977)

📚 46 citations

3,741
views

48

Paula Hitler

younger sister of Adolf Hitler (1896–1960)

📚 8 citations

3,635
views

49

Leonor, Princess of Asturias

38th princess of Asturias and heiress to the Spanish throne

📚 9 citations

3,631
views

50

Lindsey Graham

American politician and attorney (1955–2026)

📚 22 citations 📰 207 stories · 34 sources

3,588
views

51

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

📚 49 citations

3,574
views

52

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex

younger son of Charles III of the United Kingdom and Diana, Princess of Wales

📚 34 citations

3,571
views

53

James Stewart

American actor and military officer (1908–1997)

📚 34 citations

3,513
views

54

Wilhelm, German Crown Prince

Prussian Crown Prince (1882-1951)

📚 20 citations

3,501
views

55

Felipe VI of Spain

King of Spain since 2014

📚 46 citations

3,495
views

56

Charles de Gaulle

French general and statesman (1890–1970)

📚 52 citations 📰 20 stories · 15 sources

3,481
views

57

Ernst Jünger

German writer (1895–1998)

📚 38 citations

3,470
views

58

Alexander Hamilton

American Founding Father and statesman (1755/1757–1804)

📚 42 citations 📰 11 stories · 4 sources

3,400
views

59

Neil Armstrong

American astronaut and lunar explorer (1930–2012)

📚 55 citations 📰 20 stories · 8 sources

3,380
views

60

Kirk Douglas

American actor (1916–2020)

📚 42 citations 📰 8 stories · 5 sources

3,296
views

61

Hanns Martin Schleyer

German manager and president of industry association, former SS officer and Nazi party member; kidnapped by terrorist group RAF in 1977 to force release of imprisoned terrorists, subsequently murdered

📚 13 citations

3,243
views

62

Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

British statesman and naval officer (1900-1979)

📚 38 citations

3,214
views

63

Charles Martel

Frankish military and political leader (c. 688–741)

📚 15 citations

3,163
views

64

George H. W. Bush

41st President of the United States (1989–1993)

📚 43 citations

3,136
views

65

Rama X of Thailand

King of Thailand since 2016

📚 9 citations

3,070
views

66

Muhammad

Arabian political leader and the founder of Islam (c. 570–632)

📚 23 citations

3,062
views

67

George Washington

Founding Father and first U.S. president (1732–1799)

📰 123 stories · 39 sources

3,051
views

68

Dean Martin

American singer, actor, comedian and film producer (1917–1995)

📚 25 citations

3,043
views

69

Carl von Clausewitz

German-Prussian general and military theorist (1780–1831)

📚 23 citations

3,030
views

70

Gene Hackman

American actor and novelist (1930–2025)

📚 32 citations

2,922
views

71

Hannibal

Carthaginian general (247–183/181 BC)

📚 17 citations

2,910
views

72

Horatio Nelson

British admiral (1758–1805)

📚 26 citations

2,873
views

73

Wilhelm Canaris

German admiral, head of military intelligence service (1887–1945)

📚 21 citations

2,864
views

74

Richard Nixon

president of the United States from 1969 to 1974 (1913–1994)

📚 39 citations 📰 244 stories · 63 sources

2,820
views

75

Oliver Cromwell

English military and political leader (1599–1658)

📚 24 citations 📰 19 stories · 7 sources

2,816
views

76

Hans-Ulrich Rudel

German World War II Stuka pilot and neo-Nazi activist (1916–1982)

📚 12 citations

2,812
views

77

Yitzhak Rabin

Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)

📚 25 citations 📰 71 stories · 15 sources

2,750
views

78

Pol Pot

former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)

📚 28 citations

2,688
views

79

Leslie Nielsen

Canadian-American actor and comedian (1926–2010)

📚 18 citations

2,686
views

80

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Austrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)

📚 17 citations

2,661
views

81

Otto Skorzeny

Austrian Waffen-SS officer (1908–1975)

📚 22 citations

2,644
views

82

Yevgeny Prigozhin

Russian mercenary leader, oligarch, restaurateur, former owner of Wagner PVC (1961–2023)

📚 47 citations

2,567
views

83

Albrecht von Wallenstein

Bohemian military leader and statesman who fought on the Catholic side during the Thirty Years' War (1583-1634)

📚 29 citations

2,554
views

84

Walter Model

German field marshal (1891-1945)

📚 11 citations

2,542
views

85

Friedrich Paulus

German general (1890–1957)

📚 19 citations

2,535
views

86

Eugene of Savoy

prince of the house of Savoy, then commander in chief of the armies of the Holy Roman Empire (1663-1736)

📚 26 citations

2,532
views

87

Tony Curtis

American actor (1925–2010)

📚 36 citations 📰 6 stories · 3 sources

2,532
views

88

Jimmy Carter

president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924–2024)

📚 59 citations 📰 197 stories · 64 sources

2,501
views

89

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

📚 16 citations

2,483
views

90

Ernest Borgnine

American actor (1917–2012)

📚 28 citations

2,481
views

91

Paul Newman

American actor (1925–2008)

📚 39 citations

2,428
views

92

Gerd von Rundstedt

German Field Marshal during World War II (1875-1953)

📚 13 citations

2,427
views

93

Lee Van Cleef

American actor (1925–1989)

📚 13 citations

2,412
views

94

Humphrey Bogart

American actor (1899–1957)

📚 29 citations 📰 4 stories · 2 sources

2,379
views

95

Saladin

Sultan of Egypt and founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (1137–1193)

📚 27 citations

2,371
views

96

Henry Fonda

American actor (1905–1982)

📚 27 citations

2,365
views

97

Georgy Zhukov

Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)

📚 28 citations

2,359
views

98

Idi Amin

President of Uganda (1971-1979)

📚 29 citations 📰 7 stories · 3 sources

2,340
views

99

Ratko Mladić

Convicted war criminal and general of the Bosnian Serb military (1942–2026)

📚 9 citations

2,292
views

100

Walter Stennes

German nazi, right wing politician (1895-1989)

📚 2 citations

2,286
views