1887 - 1976
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty" and "The Spartan General", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and the Second World War. Montgomery first saw action in the First World War as a junior officer of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. At Méteren, near the Belgian border at Bailleul, he was shot through the right lung by a sniper, during the First Battle of Ypres. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Bernard Montgomery has received more than 2,774,243 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 65 in 2019). Bernard Montgomery is the 55th most popular military personnel (up from 60th in 2019), the 144th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 5th most popular British Military Personnel.
Bernard Montgomery was a British field marshal who is most famous for commanding the Allied forces in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
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Among military personnels, Bernard Montgomery ranks 55 out of 1,466. Before him are Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, Miltiades, Erich Ludendorff, Lü Bu, Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Otto Skorzeny. After him are Fedor von Bock, Walter Model, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Erich Raeder, Hamilcar Barca, and Mikhail Kutuzov.
1857 - 1941
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 49
540 BC - 488 BC
HPI: 79.55
Rank: 50
1865 - 1937
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 51
161 - 199
HPI: 79.26
Rank: 52
1763 - 1844
HPI: 79.18
Rank: 53
1908 - 1975
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 54
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 55
1880 - 1945
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 56
1891 - 1945
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 57
1583 - 1634
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 58
1876 - 1960
HPI: 78.81
Rank: 59
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 78.65
Rank: 60
1745 - 1813
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 61
Among people born in 1887, Bernard Montgomery ranks 11. Before him are Marcel Duchamp, Charles I of Austria, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Erich von Manstein, Ernst Röhm, and Padre Pio. After him are Vidkun Quisling, Wilhelm Canaris, Arthur Rubinstein, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Jozef Tiso, and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk. Among people deceased in 1976, Bernard Montgomery ranks 10. Before him are Howard Hughes, Werner Heisenberg, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Max Ernst, and Zhou Enlai. After him are Fritz Lang, Trofim Lysenko, Jean Gabin, Man Ray, André Malraux, and J. Paul Getty.
1887 - 1968
HPI: 83.03
Rank: 5
1887 - 1922
HPI: 82.58
Rank: 6
1887 - 1920
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 7
1887 - 1973
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 8
1887 - 1934
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 9
1887 - 1968
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 10
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 11
1887 - 1945
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 12
1887 - 1945
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 13
1887 - 1982
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 14
1887 - 1975
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 15
1887 - 1947
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 16
1887 - 1977
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 17
1905 - 1976
HPI: 85.21
Rank: 4
1901 - 1976
HPI: 84.24
Rank: 5
1898 - 1976
HPI: 81.44
Rank: 6
1906 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 7
1891 - 1976
HPI: 79.48
Rank: 8
1898 - 1976
HPI: 79.16
Rank: 9
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 11
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 12
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.93
Rank: 13
1890 - 1976
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 14
1901 - 1976
HPI: 76.51
Rank: 15
1892 - 1976
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Montgomery ranks 144 out of 6,924. Before him are George III of the United Kingdom (1738), Judi Dench (1934), Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857), Brian May (1947), Henry IV of England (1367), and John Wycliffe (1324). After him are Paul Dirac (1902), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), Edward the Elder (871), Anthony Eden (1897), Roald Dahl (1916), and Duns Scotus (1265).
1738 - 1820
HPI: 79.20
Rank: 138
1934 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 139
1857 - 1944
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 140
1947 - Present
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 141
1367 - 1413
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 142
1324 - 1384
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 143
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 144
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 145
1840 - 1901
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 146
871 - 924
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 147
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 148
1916 - 1990
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 149
1265 - 1308
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 150
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bernard Montgomery ranks 5. Before him are William Wallace (1270), T. E. Lawrence (1888), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), and Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857). After him are Edward Smith (1850), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), John Franklin (1786), Harold Lowe (1882), and James Paul Moody (1887).
1270 - 1305
HPI: 84.66
Rank: 1
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 2
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 3
1857 - 1941
HPI: 79.60
Rank: 4
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 5
1850 - 1912
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 6
1868 - 1926
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 7
1650 - 1722
HPI: 74.73
Rank: 8
1903 - 1971
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 9
1786 - 1847
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 10
1882 - 1944
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 11
1887 - 1912
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 12