New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

MILITARY PERSONNEL

Anthony McAuliffe

1898 - 1975

Photo of Anthony McAuliffe

Icon of person Anthony McAuliffe

Anthony Clement "Nuts" McAuliffe (July 2, 1898 – August 10, 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 1,267,176 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Anthony McAuliffe is the 1,394th most popular military personnel (down from 1,129th in 2019), the 5,208th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,950th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.01

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Anthony McAuliffes by language


Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 1,394 out of 1,468. Before him are Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Cleitus the White, Maria Quitéria, Leonhard Kaupisch, Mikhail Yegorov, and Henri Saint Cyr. After him are George Pickett, Leo of Tripoli, Nikolai Ruzsky, Yevgeniya Rudneva, Antonio Luna, and Riad al-Asaad.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 156. Before him are Edward Lawry Norton, Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz, Dorothy Gish, Masuji Ibuse, Jan Brzechwa, and Boughera El Ouafi. After him are Simon Vestdijk, Hugh O'Flaherty, Arend Heyting, Louis Adamic, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, and Emmanuel Bove. Among people deceased in 1975, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 145. Before him are Charles Journet, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, Kyusaku Ogino, Plínio Salgado, William D. Coolidge, and Mikhail Yegorov. After him are Tajuddin Ahmad, Edmundo Piaggio, Willy Böckl, Gaston Gallimard, Heinz Müller, and Nils Eriksen.

Others Born in 1898

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1975

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 5,208 out of 18,182. Before him are M. C. Gainey (1948), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), Frederic Remington (1861), Gordon Douglas (1907), Barrington Moore Jr. (1913), and William Merritt Chase (1849). After him are Adriana Caselotti (1916), Seka (1954), Samantha Smith (1972), Melina Kanakaredes (1967), Paul Adelstein (1969), and Roscoe Tanner (1951).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Anthony McAuliffe ranks 89. Before him are J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Benjamin Briggs (1835), Tommy Franks (1945), William D. Leahy (1875), Richard Marcinko (1940), and Walter Bedell Smith (1895). After him are George Pickett (1825), Irvin McDowell (1818), Nathanael Greene (1742), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Moe Berg (1902), and Lewis Powell (1844).

American born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL