Wilhelm Voigt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Voigt

German impostor

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1849

Place of Birth: Sovetsk, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russia

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1922

Profession: criminal

Nationality: Luxembourg

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Friedrich Wilhelm Voigt (13 February 1849 – 3 January 1922) was a German impostor who, in 1906, masqueraded as a Prussian military officer, rounded up a number of soldiers under his "command", and "confiscated" more than 4,000 marks from a municipal treasury.
Although he served two years in prison, he became a folk hero as The Captain of Köpenick (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick ) and was pardoned by Kaiser Wilhelm II.