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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Billy Bishop

1894 - 1956

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Air Marshal William Avery Bishop, (8 February 1894 – 11 September 1956) was a Canadian flying ace of the First World War. He was officially credited with 72 victories, making him the top Canadian and British Empire ace of the war, and also received a Victoria Cross. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Bishop has received more than 772,204 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Billy Bishop is the 1,488th most popular military personnel (down from 1,271st in 2019), the 333rd most popular biography from Canada (down from 254th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Billy Bishop ranks 1,488 out of 1,468. Before him are Walter Krueger, Guy Simonds, Gaston Billotte, John Bell Hood, Dragan Vasiljković, and Gérard Leman. After him are Richard Bong, Billy Mitchell, Frederick Browning, Hyman G. Rickover, Richmond K. Turner, and Leo Phokas the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Billy Bishop ranks 187. Before him are John Lennard-Jones, Jack Benny, Hans Henny Jahnn, Vitaly Bianki, Estelle Taylor, and Nicolas Slonimsky. After him are Gunnar Sköld, Mahmud Taymur, Paul Peter Meouchi, Heikki Liimatainen, Tay Garnett, and Bevil Rudd. Among people deceased in 1956, Billy Bishop ranks 145. Before him are Willem Hendrik Keesom, Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos, Elmer Drew Merrill, George Bancroft, E. A. Dupont, and Louis Bromfield. After him are Johnny Claes, Flora Sandes, Violet Gibson, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Robert Julius Trumpler, and Marie Juchacz.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Billy Bishop ranks 333 out of 1,350. Before him are Shawn Levy (1968), Duncan McNaughton (1910), Xavier Dolan (1989), Myrtle Cook (1902), Matt Craven (1956), and Stu Hart (1915). After him are R. B. Bennett (1870), Robert Borden (1854), Nia Vardalos (1962), David Reimer (1965), Stephen Amell (1981), and Robert Joy (1951).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Canada

Among military personnels born in Canada, Billy Bishop ranks 3. Before him are Henry Clinton (1730) and Harry Crerar (1888).

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