MILITARY PERSONNEL

Carl Brashear

1931 - 2006

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Carl Maxie Brashear (January 19, 1931 – July 25, 2006) was a United States Navy sailor. He was a Master Diver, rising to the position in 1970, despite having his lower left leg amputated in 1966. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Brashear has received more than 2,748,661 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Brashear is the 1,007th most popular military personnel, the 2,898th most popular biography from United States and the 48th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Brashear ranks 1,007 out of 2,058. Before him are Quintus Titurius Sabinus, Semyon Bogdanov, Tomoji Tanabe, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Helmut Lent, and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov. After him are George Rooke, Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Theodor Wisch, Ramón de Cardona, and Fritz Klingenberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Carl Brashear ranks 165. Before him are Peter Collins, Mukaghali Makatayev, Cristina Deutekom, Adriana Asti, Heisuke Hironaka, and Umberto Lenzi. After him are Christian Metz, Aleksei Gubarev, Neil Postman, Dominic Chianese, Robert Morris, and Moshé Mizrahi. Among people deceased in 2006, Carl Brashear ranks 117. Before him are Bismillah Khan, Silva Kaputikyan, Ali Farka Touré, Gérard Oury, Tāufaʻāhau Tupou IV, and Joe Rosenthal. After him are Elias Hrawi, William Auld, Prince George William of Hanover, Vera Aceva, George Koval, and Esther Lederberg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Brashear ranks 2,898 out of 20,380. Before him are Kevin Peter Hall (1955), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Robert Walker (1918), Tito Puente (1923), Laurie Holden (1969), and August Derleth (1909). After him are Henry Hill (1943), Leon Russom (1941), Marty Friedman (1962), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), Philip Morrison (1915), and J. Walter Christie (1865).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Carl Brashear ranks 48. Before him are Monte Melkonian (1957), John Basilone (1916), Philip Sheridan (1831), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Chris Kyle (1974), and Charles Robert Jenkins (1940). After him are George Dewey (1837), Walton Walker (1889), Ernest King (1878), Wesley Clark (1944), David Petraeus (1952), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837).

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