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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 3,807,628 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Chesty Puller is the 1,582nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,391st in 2019), the 8,550th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,652nd in 2019) and the 140th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 3.8M

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  • 43.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Chesty Puller ranks 1,582 out of 1,468. Before her are William Rosecrans, Mohammad Ali Jafari, Leonid Khabarov, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Mikhail Tolstykh, and John André. After her are Stephen Decatur, Sam Manekshaw, Keith Park, Mahamat Déby, Arnold Jackson, and Frank Buckles.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Chesty Puller ranks 240. Before her are Gregor Wentzel, Irving Rapper, Robert Keith, Konstantinos Dovas, Mario Mattoli, and Cesare Merzagora. After her are Gertrude Lawrence, Eleanor Boardman, Hal Brown, Vincent Youmans, Harry Watson, and Wiley Post. Among people deceased in 1971, Chesty Puller ranks 187. Before her are Koichi Kudo, Jadwiga Smosarska, Ciro Verratti, Hugo Black, Stuart Holmes, and Earl Thomson. After her are Walter Byron, Georgy Babakin, Kono Yasui, Leo Burnett, Ricardo J. Alfaro, and Jimmy Gallagher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chesty Puller ranks 8,550 out of 18,182. Before her are Red Mitchell (1927), Peter Matthiessen (1927), Dack Rambo (1941), Charlotte Mineau (1886), Hilarie Burton (1982), and Billy West (1952). After her are Klay Thompson (1990), Patty Jenkins (1971), Karen Silkwood (1946), Matthew Settle (1969), William C. Gorgas (1854), and Bonnie J. Dunbar (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Chesty Puller ranks 140. Before her are William Alexander Morgan (1928), John Sedgwick (1813), John Abizaid (1951), John C. Pemberton (1814), Christy Mathewson (1880), and William Rosecrans (1819). After her are Stephen Decatur (1779), Frank Buckles (1901), Anthony Wayne (1745), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Joseph Dunford (1955), and Thomas C. Hart (1877).

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