1887 - 1976
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", 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 3,929,723 page views. His biography is available in 68 different languages on Wikipedia. Bernard Montgomery is the 66th most popular military personnel (down from 55th in 2019), the 171st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 143rd in 2019) 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 66 out of 1,468. Before him are Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan, Erich Raeder, Mikhail Kutuzov, Hamilcar Barca, Erich Hartmann, and Joseph Radetzky von Radetz. After him are Charles X Gustav of Sweden, Ferdinand Foch, Seleucus I Nicator, Edward Smith, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and Helmuth von Moltke the Elder.
1611 - 1673
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 60
1876 - 1960
HPI: 72.16
Rank: 61
1745 - 1813
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 62
275 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 63
1922 - 1993
HPI: 71.92
Rank: 64
1766 - 1858
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 65
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 66
1622 - 1660
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 67
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 68
358 BC - 281 BC
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 69
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 70
1916 - 1974
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 71
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 72
Among people born in 1887, Bernard Montgomery ranks 12. Before him are Chiang Kai-shek, Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, Padre Pio, and Arthur Rubinstein. After him are Wilhelm Canaris, Jozef Tiso, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Georgia O'Keeffe, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and Juan Gris. Among people deceased in 1976, Bernard Montgomery ranks 10. Before him are Howard Hughes, Werner Heisenberg, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, and Max Ernst. After him are Fritz Lang, Jean Gabin, André Malraux, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, and Benjamin Britten.
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.83
Rank: 6
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 7
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 8
1887 - 1934
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 9
1887 - 1968
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 10
1887 - 1982
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 11
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 12
1887 - 1945
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 13
1887 - 1947
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 14
1887 - 1977
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 15
1887 - 1986
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 16
1887 - 1975
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 17
1887 - 1927
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 18
1905 - 1976
HPI: 80.44
Rank: 4
1901 - 1976
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 5
1898 - 1976
HPI: 77.09
Rank: 6
1906 - 1976
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 7
1898 - 1976
HPI: 73.14
Rank: 8
1891 - 1976
HPI: 71.86
Rank: 9
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 10
1890 - 1976
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 11
1904 - 1976
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 12
1901 - 1976
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 13
1898 - 1976
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 14
1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 15
1913 - 1976
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Montgomery ranks 171 out of 7,765. Before him are Terry Pratchett (1948), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Jason Statham (1967), Howard Carter (1874), John Milton (1608), and Brian Johnson (1947). After him are Edward the Elder (871), Keith Richards (1943), Francis Crick (1916), Arthur, Prince of Wales (1486), Bon Scott (1946), and Helen Mirren (1945).
1948 - 2015
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 165
1946 - Present
HPI: 71.91
Rank: 166
1967 - Present
HPI: 71.83
Rank: 167
1874 - 1939
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 168
1608 - 1674
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 169
1947 - Present
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 170
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 171
871 - 924
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 172
1943 - Present
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 173
1916 - 2004
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 174
1486 - 1502
HPI: 71.65
Rank: 175
1946 - 1980
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 176
1945 - Present
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 177
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bernard Montgomery ranks 5. Before him are William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), and T. E. Lawrence (1888). After him are Edward Smith (1850), Rudolf Abel (1903), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), John Franklin (1786), and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861).
1270 - 1305
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 1
1857 - 1941
HPI: 77.50
Rank: 2
1758 - 1805
HPI: 74.60
Rank: 3
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 4
1887 - 1976
HPI: 71.76
Rank: 5
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 6
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 7
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 8
1650 - 1722
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 9
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 10
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 11
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 12