MILITARY PERSONNEL

Carl Spaatz

1891 - 1974

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Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; 28 June 1891 – 14 July 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Spaatz has received more than 405,515 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Carl Spaatz is the 1,596th most popular military personnel (down from 1,337th in 2019), the 5,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,751st in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Spaatz ranks 1,596 out of 2,058. Before him are Edward Braddock, Mark Milley, Cort Adeler, Georgi Todorov, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, and John de Robeck. After him are Johann von Tiefen, George Browne, Smedley Butler, Hermann Boehm, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, and Richmond K. Turner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Carl Spaatz ranks 168. Before him are William F. Albright, Camille Mandrillon, David Sarnoff, Harold Jeffreys, Ferdinand Bruckner, and Miguel Pro. After him are Edmund Goulding, Karl Allmendinger, Harry Cohn, Joe E. Brown, George Marshall, and Charles Journet. Among people deceased in 1974, Carl Spaatz ranks 141. Before him are Margit Slachta, Peter Revson, Georgette Heyer, Egon Wellesz, Axel Cadier, and Hertta Kuusinen. After him are Karl Sesta, José Miró Cardona, Cora Sandel, Wolfgang Windgassen, Alexander P. de Seversky, and Elisabeth Abegg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Spaatz ranks 5,054 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Sarsgaard (1971), Jeanne Crain (1925), Ethel Merman (1908), Ethel Catherwood (1908), Don Bragg (1935), and William J. Donovan (1883). After him are Bob King (1906), Barry Commoner (1917), Arthur Blake (1872), Randy Crawford (1952), Rockwell Kent (1882), and Josiah Royce (1855).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Carl Spaatz ranks 86. Before him are Benjamin Briggs (1835), Melvin Purvis (1903), Joseph Hooker (1814), William D. Leahy (1875), Eugene Sledge (1923), and Mark Milley (1958). After him are Smedley Butler (1881), Richmond K. Turner (1885), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Charlie Wilson (1933), and Eddie Slovik (1920).

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