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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Billy Mitchell

1879 - 1936

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William Lendrum Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army officer who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force.Mitchell served in France during World War I and, by the conflict's end, commanded all American air combat units in that country. After the war, he was appointed deputy director of the Air Service and began advocating for increased investment in air power, believing that this would prove vital in future wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Billy Mitchell has received more than 2,238,049 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Billy Mitchell is the 1,490th most popular military personnel (down from 1,355th in 2019), the 4,007th most popular biography from France (down from 3,798th in 2019) and the 134th most popular French Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Billy Mitchell ranks 1,490 out of 1,468Before him are Gaston Billotte, John Bell Hood, Dragan Vasiljković, Gérard Leman, Billy Bishop, and Richard Bong. After him are Frederick Browning, Hyman G. Rickover, Richmond K. Turner, Leo Phokas the Younger, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, and Abu Ali al-Anbari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Billy Mitchell ranks 155Before him are Grzegorz Fitelberg, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Sydney Greenstreet, Laura Hope Crews, Urban Gad, and Aeneas Mackintosh. After him are Bagha Jatin, Lucile Watson, E. H. Shepard, Othmar Ammann, Lois Weber, and Kārlis Skalbe. Among people deceased in 1936, Billy Mitchell ranks 137Before him are Panagis Tsaldaris, Dragutin Gorjanović-Kramberger, Alexander Karpinsky, A. E. Housman, Jaafar Al-Askari, and Fulgence Bienvenüe. After him are Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Charles Ruijs de Beerenbrouck, Domenico Mezzadri, Jacques Sautereau, M. R. James, and Alexandros Papanastasiou.

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In France

Among people born in France, Billy Mitchell ranks 4,007 out of 6,011Before him are Virginie Demont-Breton (1859), Jean-Joseph Mouret (1682), Jean, Count of Paris (1965), Jules Vandooren (1908), Philippe Claudel (1962), and Jean Louis Armand de Quatrefages de Bréau (1810). After him are Emmanuel Célestin Suhard (1874), Ernest Lavisse (1842), Michel Blanc (1952), Colette Marchand (1925), Valérie Kaprisky (1962), and Yann LeCun (1960).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Billy Mitchell ranks 134Before him are Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires (1753), Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (1889), François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie (1671), Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863), François Fournier-Sarlovèze (1773), and Gaston Billotte (1875). After him are Fernand de Langle de Cary (1849), Charles Leclerc (1772), and Arnaud Beltrame (1973).