MILITARY PERSONNEL

Alexander Haig

1924 - 2010

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Alexander Meigs Haig Jr. (; 2 December 1924 – 20 February 2010) was United States Secretary of State under president Ronald Reagan and White House chief of staff under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. Prior to and in between these cabinet-level positions, he was a general in the U.S. Army, serving first as the vice chief of staff of the Army and then as Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Haig has received more than 2,437,324 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Alexander Haig is the 822nd most popular military personnel (up from 889th in 2019), the 2,409th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,727th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alexander Haig ranks 822 out of 2,058Before him are Julius Jacob von Haynau, Karl Frenzel, Henri Winkelman, Osman Batur, Ernst Barkmann, and Mario Terán. After him are Ludwig Crüwell, Artabazos I of Phrygia, David Farragut, Walter Weiß, Eduard Roschmann, and Henri Gouraud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Alexander Haig ranks 115Before him are Rudolf Vrba, Rikidōzan, Dinah Washington, Pat Hingle, Khamtai Siphandon, and Zbigniew Herbert. After him are Bud Powell, Raymond Barre, Geraldine Page, Maria Riva, Tatiana Nikolayeva, and Gene Deitch. Among people deceased in 2010, Alexander Haig ranks 85Before him are Peter Graves, Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Pierre Hadot, Irvin Kershner, Maurice Wilkes, and Nicolas Hayek. After him are Luis Molowny, André Kolingba, Dimitrios Ioannidis, Vladislav Ardzinba, Ziba Ganiyeva, and Bella Akhmadulina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Haig ranks 2,409 out of 20,380Before him are Scott McKenzie (1939), Ed Sullivan (1901), Larry Fink (1952), Asa Akira (1986), Bill Duke (1943), and Voltairine de Cleyre (1866). After him are John Frusciante (1970), Clancy Brown (1959), Platt Adams (1885), DeForest Kelley (1920), Will Ferrell (1967), and Clark Ashton Smith (1893).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Alexander Haig ranks 36Before him are Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George B. McClellan (1826), Doc Holliday (1851), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), and Henry H. Arnold (1886). After him are David Farragut (1801), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Matthew Ridgway (1895), John C. Woods (1911), and Monte Melkonian (1957).