MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alan Cunningham

1887 - 1983

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General Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983), was a senior officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War. He then commanded Eighth Army in the desert campaign, but was relieved of command during the Crusader battle against Erwin Rommel. Later he served as the seventh and last High Commissioner of Palestine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alan Cunningham has received more than 250,985 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Alan Cunningham is the 1,437th most popular military personnel (down from 1,402nd in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Ireland (up from 160th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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  • 20

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  • 4.09

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  • 2.67

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alan Cunningham ranks 1,437 out of 2,058. Before him are Anthony McAuliffe, Sergei Shtemenko, Reinhard Hardegen, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, William Calley, and Ecaterina Teodoroiu. After him are Alfons Rebane, James Longstreet, Maurice d'Elbée, Leo Phokas the Elder, Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu, and Walter Short.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Alan Cunningham ranks 157. Before him are Pavel Postyshev, Chico Marx, Norman L. Bowen, Peter Arshinov, Marc Mitscher, and Hector Hodler. After him are Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena, Aldo Leopold, Ernst Toch, Armen Ohanian, Josef Frings, and Maria Jeritza. Among people deceased in 1983, Alan Cunningham ranks 118. Before him are Earl Hines, Ada Blackjack, József Takács, Gunta Stölzl, Werner Egk, and Fritz Machlup. After him are Paolo Pedretti, John Williams, Michel Micombero, Corrie ten Boom, Romain Maes, and Gabrielle Roy.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Alan Cunningham ranks 132 out of 549. Before him are Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Aidan Gillen (1968), Barry Fitzgerald (1888), and Charles Stewart Parnell (1846). After him are Pat Cox (1952), Sally Oldfield (1947), Kathleen Lonsdale (1903), Yvonne Farrell (1951), Peter Brown (1935), and Aphex Twin (1971).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, Alan Cunningham ranks 5. Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), William Brown (1777), and Richard Montgomery (1738). After him are John de Robeck (1862), George Browne (1698), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).

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