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Anthony McAuliffe

1898 - 1975

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General Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (2 July 1898 – 10 August 1975) was a senior United States Army officer who earned fame as the acting commander of the 101st Airborne Division defending Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is celebrated for his one-word reply to a German surrender ultimatum: "Nuts!" After the battle, McAuliffe was promoted and given command of the 103rd Infantry Division, which he led from January 1945 to July 1945. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony McAuliffe has received more than 1,387,284 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Anthony McAuliffe is the 1,432nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,393rd in 2019), the 4,214th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,196th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 1,432 out of 2,058. Before him are Momčilo Perišić, Kurt von der Chevallerie, Sam Manekshaw, Alexander Kutepov, Nicholas, Count of Salm, and Karl von Einem. After him are Sergei Shtemenko, Reinhard Hardegen, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, William Calley, Ecaterina Teodoroiu, and Alan Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 135. Before him are Walther von Hünersdorff, Leopold Okulicki, Pavel Urysohn, Helen B. Taussig, Erich Bey, and Dámaso Alonso. After him are Luís Carlos Prestes, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Mikhail Koshkin, Hisamuddin of Selangor, Mikhail Koltsov, and Josep Sunyol. Among people deceased in 1975, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 120. Before him are T-Bone Walker, Joseph Guillemot, Hans Jordan, Hugo Österman, José María Guido, and Aníbal Troilo. After him are Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Georges Carpentier, Andrés Mazali, S. D. Burman, Barbara Hepworth, and Doria Shafik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 4,214 out of 20,380. Before him are John Astin (1930), Richard Linklater (1960), Evelyn Berezin (1925), Jack Nance (1943), Muggsy Bogues (1965), and Jennifer Morrison (1979). After him are Dakota Johnson (1989), Patrick Wayne (1939), John Kitzmiller (1913), Samuel Jones (1880), Paul Wesley (1982), and Ellen Axson Wilson (1860).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 66. Before him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Tommy Franks (1945), Kit Carson (1809), Marc Mitscher (1887), and Frank Serpico (1936). After him are William Calley (1943), James Longstreet (1821), Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), and James M. Gavin (1907).

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