Military Personnel

Marcel Bigeard

French soldier

1916 - 2010

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His biography is available in 14 different languages on Wikipedia. Marcel Bigeard is the 1,580th most popular military personnel, the 3,809th most popular biography from France and the 136th most popular French Military Personnel.

Marcel Bigeard was most famous for his daring leadership as a French paratrooper officer in the Indochina and Algerian wars. A surprising fact is that this self-taught soldier rose from private to general without attending a military academy. His legacy endures through influential writings on counterinsurgency tactics that shaped modern French military doctrine.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Marcel Bigeard ranks 1,580 out of 2,058. Before him are Attaces, Alexander Rodimtsev, George Lawrence Price, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, Nikola Ivanov, and Ryszard Kukliński. After him are Nathanael Greene, Kiyonao Ichiki, Nelson A. Miles, Johann von Werth, Werner Voss, and Xue Yue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Marcel Bigeard ranks 163. Before him are Anthony Dawson, M. S. Subbulakshmi, Pruden, Carlo Rustichelli, Chiang Fang-liang, and Chinmayananda Saraswati. After him are Torsten Hägerstrand, Budd Boetticher, Betty Taylor, Antonio Buero Vallejo, Tinus Osendarp, and Keenan Wynn. Among people deceased in 2010, Marcel Bigeard ranks 218. Before him are Giuseppe Taddei, Marcel Domingo, Pavel Lednyov, Sinan Hasani, José Ramos Delgado, and Valentina Tolkunova. After him are Marina Semyonova, Ed Roberts, Kenneth Noland, Robin Milner, Vitaly Sevastyanov, and Alex Higgins.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marcel Bigeard ranks 3,809 out of NaN. Before him are Gaston Gallimard (1881), Michèle Alliot-Marie (1946), Joseph Daul (1947), Julie Vlasto (1903), Marie-Dominique Chenu (1895), and Frédéric Beigbeder (1965). After him are Pierre Granier-Deferre (1927), Albert Taillandier (1879), Edmonde Charles-Roux (1920), Maïwenn (1976), Jean-Christophe Grangé (1961), and Ermengarde of Anjou, Duchess of Burgundy (1018).

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Among Military Personnels In France

Among military personnels born in France, Marcel Bigeard ranks 136. Before him are Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883), Guillaume Philibert Duhesme (1766), Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor (1770), Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816), Adolphe Niel (1802), and Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889). After him are Jean Decoux (1884), François Perrier (1833), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Georges Mouton (1770), Pierre Bosquet (1810), and Erich Buschenhagen (1895).

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