MILITARY PERSONNEL

Chesty Puller

1898 - 1971

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Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller (June 26, 1898 – October 11, 1971) was a United States Marine Corps officer. Beginning his career fighting guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua as part of the Banana Wars, he later served with distinction in World War II and the Korean War as a senior officer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chesty Puller has received more than 4,143,477 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chesty Puller is the 1,890th most popular military personnel (down from 1,579th in 2019), the 8,686th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,532nd in 2019) and the 144th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Chesty Puller ranks 1,890 out of 2,058. Before her are Rufina Gasheva, Edmund Kirby Smith, Olha Ilkiv, Billy Mitchell, Augustin Bizimungu, and Henning von Holtzendorff. After her are Lloyd Fredendall, Brice Oligui Nguema, Leo Tornikios, John Dill, Andrei Sukhovetsky, and Bakht Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Chesty Puller ranks 259. Before her are Norma Varden, Eugène Dabit, Valentín Paz-Andrade, Cesare Merzagora, H. A. Rey, and Édouard Candeveau. After her are Vincent Youmans, Nils Engdahl, Yun Chi-young, Lee Garmes, Miguel Murillo, and Jadwiga Smosarska. Among people deceased in 1971, Chesty Puller ranks 205. Before her are Rodolfo Terlizzi, Armand Massard, Martha Vickers, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Amado Azar, and Nikolay Rubtsov. After her are Kim Iryeop, Kono Yasui, Jadwiga Smosarska, King Curtis, Ángel Médici, and Luigi Piotti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chesty Puller ranks 8,686 out of 20,380. Before her are David Cross (1964), John Layfield (1966), C. R. Hagen (1937), Anne Dudek (1975), Donald Richie (1924), and Owen Roizman (1936). After her are DeLisle Stewart (1870), Stephen F. Cohen (1938), John Holt (1923), Penny Pritzker (1959), Proof (1973), and Zach Grenier (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Chesty Puller ranks 144. Before her are Alexander Patch (1889), William T. Anderson (1839), Eugene Bullard (1895), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), and Edmund Kirby Smith (1824). After her are Lloyd Fredendall (1883), Moe Berg (1902), Frank Buckles (1901), Anthony Wayne (1745), Lewis Armistead (1817), and John Abizaid (1951).

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