MILITARY PERSONNEL

Captain Tom

1920 - 2021

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Captain Sir Thomas Moore (30 April 1920 – 2 February 2021), more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made international headlines in April 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic. He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Captain Tom has received more than 1,797,596 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. Captain Tom is the 1,818th most popular military personnel (down from 1,034th in 2019), the 3,734th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,939th in 2019) and the 98th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Captain Tom ranks 1,818 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Yefremov, Martin Dempsey, Marie Ljalková, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, Stefan Toshev, and Stephen Decatur. After him are Rahim Ademi, Jacob L. Devers, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Oliver Hazard Perry, Berenguer de Palou II, and George Milne, 1st Baron Milne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Captain Tom ranks 325. Before him are Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Claude Cheysson, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Marie Ljalková, An Wang, and Liam Cosgrave. After him are Julian Jaynes, Thomas Sebeok, Robert Lamoureux, Tatyana Makarova, Nida Senff, and Gino Cappello. Among people deceased in 2021, Captain Tom ranks 410. Before him are Rush Limbaugh, Christa Stubnick, Uta Ranke-Heinemann, Ryszard Szurkowski, Fayez Tarawneh, and Alex Cord. After him are Igor Kirillov, Sabine Weiss, Peter Del Monte, Elmira Minita Gordon, Monte Hellman, and Harry Reid.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Captain Tom ranks 3,734 out of 8,785. Before him are Barbara Windsor (1937), Winifred McNair (1877), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Joseph Thomson (1858), William Thomas Blanford (1832), and Eliza Acton (1799). After him are George Finlay (1799), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), Angela Mortimer (1932), Jeremy Wade (1956), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), and Matthew Parker (1504).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Captain Tom ranks 98. Before him are Eddie Chapman (1914), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), John Moore (1761), Dudley Pound (1877), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591). After him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), George Milne, 1st Baron Milne (1866), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), Reginald Wingate (1861), Thomas Picton (1758), and John André (1750).

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