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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Chris Kyle

1974 - 2013

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Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper. He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat. He had 160 confirmed kills and was awarded a Silver Star, three Bronze Star Medals with "V" devices for valor, 2x Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal with "V" device, as well as numerous other unit and personal awards.Kyle was honorably discharged from the U.S. Navy in 2009, and published his bestselling autobiography, American Sniper, in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Kyle has received more than 28,880,532 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Chris Kyle is the 659th most popular military personnel (down from 564th in 2019), the 1,960th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,710th in 2019) and the 27th most popular American Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 29M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Chris Kyle ranks 659 out of 1,468Before him are Otozō Yamada, François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg, Sergey Biryuzov, Sadao Araki, Henri Gatien Bertrand, and Matthew Ridgway. After him are Mark W. Clark, Meliton Kantaria, Eduard Roschmann, Maximilian von Prittwitz, Johan Laidoner, and Charles Huntziger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1974, Chris Kyle ranks 15Before him are Robbie Williams, Hilary Swank, Eva Mendes, Masashi Kishimoto, Alex Jones, and Alexis Tsipras. After him are Bear Grylls, Victoria Beckham, Sébastien Loeb, Camilla Läckberg, Jenna Jameson, and Laura Pausini. Among people deceased in 2013, Chris Kyle ranks 85Before him are Jack Vance, László Csatáry, Ed Lauter, Antoni Ramallets, Otfried Preußler, and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse. After him are Ken Norton, Pedro Rocha, Muhammad Said Ramadan al-Bouti, Sergiu Nicolaescu, José Froilán González, and Colin Wilson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris Kyle ranks 1,960 out of 18,182Before him are Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), Chris Evert (1954), Ted Turner (1938), Carol Gilligan (1936), Alfred Vail (1807), and Matthew Ridgway (1895). After him are Robert Lefkowitz (1943), Bill Paxton (1955), Ken Norton (1943), Mark W. Clark (1896), Mandy Patinkin (1952), and Christopher A. Sims (1942).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Chris Kyle ranks 27Before him are Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Benedict Arnold (1741), Creighton Abrams (1914), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), and Matthew Ridgway (1895). After him are Mark W. Clark (1896), Charles Sweeney (1919), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Abner Doubleday (1819), and Frank Jack Fletcher (1885).