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Charles Lightoller

1874 - 1952

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Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller, (30 March 1874 – 8 December 1952) was a British mariner and naval officer who was the second officer on board the RMS Titanic. During the ship's sinking, and as the officer in charge of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side, Lightoller strictly enforced the women and children only protocol, not allowing any male passengers to board the lifeboats unless they were needed as auxiliary seamen. He was the most senior officer to survive the disaster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Lightoller has received more than 2,497,094 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Charles Lightoller is the 328th most popular companion (up from 363rd in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,030th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Companion.

Charles Lightoller was the second officer on the Titanic and was one of the few people to survive the sinking. He helped rescue many passengers and crew members.

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Among companions, Charles Lightoller ranks 328 out of 784. Before him are Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Rogneda of Polotsk, Suzanne Mubarak, Isabel of Coimbra, and Catharina of Württemberg. After him are Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Maria of Antioch, Richardis, Barbara Blomberg, Catherine Dolgorukov, and Margaret of Denmark, Queen of Scotland.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Charles Lightoller ranks 40. Before him are Vsevolod Meyerhold, Josef Suk, Abbas II of Egypt, Joseph Erlanger, Henri Guisan, and Auguste Perret. After him are Ellery Harding Clark, Reynaldo Hahn, Princess Elisabeth Marie of Bavaria, Charles Ives, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, and John D. Rockefeller Jr.. Among people deceased in 1952, Charles Lightoller ranks 32. Before him are Charles Maurras, George Santayana, Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, Heinrich von Vietinghoff, Charles Scott Sherrington, and Rudolf Slánský. After him are John Langenus, Bedřich Hrozný, Clark L. Hull, René Grousset, Kurt Schumacher, and Hans Kramers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Lightoller ranks 892 out of 8,785. Before him are Derek Barton (1918), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Rodney Robert Porter (1917), Mick Taylor (1949), Samuel Butler (1612), and Rob Halford (1951). After him are Eugen d'Albert (1864), Elizabeth Gaskell (1810), Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Mike Newell (1942), Herbert C. Brown (1912), and Petula Clark (1932).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Charles Lightoller ranks 31. Before him are Louise of Great Britain (1724), Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley (1508), Judith of Flanders (844), Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (1848), Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood (1897), and Charlotte, Princess Royal (1766). After him are Eadgyth (910), Anne Hyde (1637), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), Matilda of Scotland (1080), and Cynthia Lennon (1939).

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