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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 1,793,403 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Captain Tom is the 1,034th most popular military personnel (up from 1,468th in 2019), the 1,944th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,772nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.56

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Captain Tom ranks 1,034 out of 1,468. Before him are Ramón de Cardona, François Séverin Marceau, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, and Grigory Shtern. After him are Adolphe Pégoud, Richard Ruoff, Holland Smith, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Chram, and Agustina de Aragón.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Captain Tom ranks 156. Before him are Ben Ferencz, Eduardo Mondlane, Lazar Mojsov, Lê Đức Anh, Emilio Colombo, and John Chadwick. After him are Zao Wou-Ki, Jean Carmet, Osvaldo Cavandoli, Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, Philippa Foot, and Pran. Among people deceased in 2021, Captain Tom ranks 242. Before him are Roberto Calasso, Henri Schwery, Jovenel Moïse, Milkha Singh, Norberto Boggio, and Tahir Salahov. After him are Ioannis Palaiokrassas, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Lawrence Weiner, Leonid Bartenyev, Willie Garson, and Jacques Tits.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Captain Tom ranks 1,944 out of 7,765. Before him are James Ferguson (1797), Bobby Sands (1954), Sylvester McCoy (1943), John Loudon McAdam (1756), K. K. Downing (1951), and Bob Peck (1945). After him are Benedict Wong (1971), Michelle Fairley (1964), Kay Parker (1944), John Christopher (1922), Jack Charlton (1935), and John Hume (1937).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Captain Tom ranks 46. Before him are Arthur Percival (1887), Henry Tandey (1891), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), John Paul Jones (1747), Gregor MacGregor (1786), and John Alcock (1892). After him are Henry Allingham (1896), James Wolfe (1727), Claude Auchinleck (1884), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Hugh Dowding (1882), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890).

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