1879 - 1936
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, Billy Mitchell ranks 1,490 out of 1,468. Before 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.
1875 - 1940
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 1,484
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 1,485
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 1,486
1851 - 1920
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 1,487
1894 - 1956
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 1,488
1920 - 1945
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,489
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 1,490
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,491
1900 - 1986
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 1,492
1885 - 1961
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 1,493
915 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,494
1827 - 1905
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1,495
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,496
Among people born in 1879, Billy Mitchell ranks 155. Before 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 137. Before 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.
1879 - 1953
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 149
1879 - 1951
HPI: 47.54
Rank: 150
1879 - 1954
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 151
1879 - 1942
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 152
1879 - 1947
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 153
1879 - 1916
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 154
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 155
1879 - 1915
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 156
1879 - 1962
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 157
1879 - 1976
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 158
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 159
1879 - 1939
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 160
1879 - 1945
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 161
1868 - 1936
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 131
1856 - 1936
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 132
1846 - 1936
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 133
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 134
1885 - 1936
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 135
1852 - 1936
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 136
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 137
1851 - 1936
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 138
1873 - 1936
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 139
1867 - 1936
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 140
1860 - 1936
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 141
1862 - 1936
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 142
1876 - 1936
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 143
Among people born in France, Billy Mitchell ranks 4,007 out of 6,011. Before 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).
1859 - 1935
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 4,001
1682 - 1738
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 4,002
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 4,003
1908 - 1985
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 4,004
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 4,005
1810 - 1892
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 4,006
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4,007
1874 - 1949
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 4,008
1842 - 1922
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 4,009
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,010
1925 - 2015
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,011
1962 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 4,012
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 4,013
Among military personnels born in France, Billy Mitchell ranks 134. Before 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).
1753 - 1810
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 128
1889 - 1964
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 129
1671 - 1745
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 130
1863 - 1934
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 131
1773 - 1827
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 132
1875 - 1940
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 133
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 134
1849 - 1927
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 135
1772 - 1802
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 136
1973 - 2018
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 137