1885 - 1966
Chester William Nimitz (; February 24, 1885 – February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propulsion from gasoline to diesel, and then later was key in acquiring approval to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered submarines in the US. He also, beginning in 1917, was the Navy's leading developer of underway replenishment techniques, the tool which during the Pacific war would allow the US fleet to operate away from port almost indefinitely. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chester W. Nimitz has received more than 4,333,132 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Chester W. Nimitz is the 145th most popular military personnel (down from 125th in 2019), the 383rd most popular biography from United States (down from 355th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Military Personnel.
Chester W. Nimitz was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He was the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet from 1942 until 1945.
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Among military personnels, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 145 out of 1,468. Before him are Pancho Villa, Hasdrubal Barca, Aleksandr Vasilevsky, Louis, Grand Condé, Dong Zhuo, and Miloš Obilić. After him are Jean Lannes, Saigō Takamori, Franz Halder, Friedrich Olbricht, Dragut, and Paul Hausser.
1878 - 1923
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 139
300 BC - 221 BC
HPI: 68.40
Rank: 140
1895 - 1977
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 141
1621 - 1686
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 142
139 - 192
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 143
1350 - 1389
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 144
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 145
1769 - 1809
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 146
1828 - 1877
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 147
1884 - 1972
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 148
1888 - 1944
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 149
1485 - 1565
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 150
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 151
Among people born in 1885, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 15. Before him are Ezra Pound, Faisal I of Iraq, George S. Patton, Robert Delaunay, Karen Horney, and Princess Alice of Battenberg. After him are André Maurois, Ernst Busch, Umberto Nobile, D. H. Lawrence, Vladimir Tatlin, and Mikhail Frunze. Among people deceased in 1966, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 14. Before him are Sergei Korolev, Peter Debye, Jean Arp, Sepp Dietrich, Sayyid Qutb, and Giuseppe Farina. After him are Montgomery Clift, Dietrich von Choltitz, Felix Steiner, Cemal Gürsel, George de Hevesy, and Frits Zernike.
1885 - 1972
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 9
1885 - 1933
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 10
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 11
1885 - 1941
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 12
1885 - 1952
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 13
1885 - 1969
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 14
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 15
1885 - 1967
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 16
1885 - 1945
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 17
1885 - 1978
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 18
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 19
1885 - 1953
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 20
1885 - 1925
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 8
1884 - 1966
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 9
1886 - 1966
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 10
1892 - 1966
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 11
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 12
1906 - 1966
HPI: 68.42
Rank: 13
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 14
1920 - 1966
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 15
1894 - 1966
HPI: 67.13
Rank: 16
1896 - 1966
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 17
1895 - 1966
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 18
1885 - 1966
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 19
1888 - 1966
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 20
Among people born in United States, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 383 out of 18,182. Before him are Zachary Taylor (1784), Kurt Cobain (1967), Dian Fossey (1932), David Carradine (1936), Kathy Bates (1948), and Chet Baker (1929). After him are Kurt Russell (1951), Nicole Kidman (1967), Kevin Costner (1955), Jeff Bridges (1949), Charles Goodyear (1800), and Sarah Vaughan (1924).
1784 - 1850
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 377
1967 - 1994
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 378
1932 - 1985
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 379
1936 - 2009
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 380
1948 - Present
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 381
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 382
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 383
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 384
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 385
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 386
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 387
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 388
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 389
Among military personnels born in United States, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 6. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Robert E. Lee (1807), Desmond Doss (1919), Robert Peary (1856), and George S. Patton (1885). After him are George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Omar Bradley (1893), John J. Pershing (1860), and Albert Pike (1809).
1880 - 1964
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 1
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 2
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 3
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 4
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 5
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 6
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1809 - 1891
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 12