MILITARY PERSONNEL

Armando Diaz

1861 - 1928

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Armando Diaz, 1st Duke della Vittoria, (5 December 1861 – 28 February 1928) was an Italian general and a Marshal of Italy. He is mostly known for his role as Chief of Staff of the Regio Esercito during World War I from November 1917. He managed to stop the Austro-Hungarian advance along the Piave River in the First Battle of Monte Grappa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Armando Diaz has received more than 284,905 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Armando Diaz is the 446th most popular military personnel (up from 470th in 2019), the 1,202nd most popular biography from Italy (up from 1,230th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Armando Diaz is most famous for being the first person to conquer the peak of Mount Everest.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Armando Diaz ranks 446 out of 2,058Before him are Viktor Kulikov, Yoshiko Kawashima, Erich Kempka, Muqali, Vjekoslav Luburić, and Jan Pieterszoon Coen. After him are Guillaume Brune, Xiahou Yuan, Charles Sweeney, Karl Mack von Leiberich, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, and Viktor Lutze.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Armando Diaz ranks 30Before him are Italo Svevo, Maximilian von Spee, Ranavalona III, Nettie Stevens, István Tisza, and Solomon R. Guggenheim. After him are Luigi Facta, William Bateson, Anton Arensky, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Henry Gantt, and Walter Simons. Among people deceased in 1928, Armando Diaz ranks 29Before him are Reinhard Scheer, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Álvaro Obregón, Loie Fuller, and Li Yuanhong. After him are Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Alexander Bogdanov, Lala Lajpat Rai, Jan Toorop, Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, and Narayana Guru.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Armando Diaz ranks 1,202 out of 5,161Before him are Enzo Bearzot (1927), Titus Pomponius Atticus (-110), Giorgia Meloni (1977), Andrea Gritti (1455), Maurice Garin (1871), and Orcagna (1315). After him are Alessandro Valignano (1539), Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (-265), Antonio Segni (1891), Antipope John XVI (1000), Girolamo Fracastoro (1476), and Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Armando Diaz ranks 24Before him are Giovanni Messe (1883), Luigi Cadorna (1850), Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Erasmo of Narni (1370), and Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200). After him are Andreas Hofer (1767), Roger of Lauria (1245), Giorgio Basta (1550), Ugo Cavallero (1880), Hermocrates (-500), and Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781).