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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Christian de Castries

1902 - 1991

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Christian Marie Ferdinand de la Croix de Castries (11 August 1902 – 29 July 1991) was the French commander at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christian de Castries has received more than 229,322 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Christian de Castries is the 719th most popular military personnel (down from 679th in 2019), the 1,893rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,887th in 2019) and the 77th most popular French Military Personnel.

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  • 56.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Christian de Castries ranks 719 out of 1,468. Before him are Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg, Stanisław Sosabowski, Melita Norwood, Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, and Hikmat Mirzayev. After him are Walter Weiß, Erich Rudorffer, James Bowie, Surena, Roustam Raza, and Erich Brandenberger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Christian de Castries ranks 80. Before him are Markian Popov, Jan Tschichold, Norma Shearer, Ralph Richardson, Maurice Duruflé, and Alfredo Binda. After him are Gianpiero Combi, Langston Hughes, Richard Rodgers, Albert Bormann, Lyubov Orlova, and Bruno Streckenbach. Among people deceased in 1991, Christian de Castries ranks 67. Before him are Boris Pugo, Vilém Flusser, William Heinesen, Shapour Bakhtiar, Willi Boskovsky, and Jean Arthur. After him are Joachim Kroll, Brad Davis, Robert Maxwell, María Zambrano, Pedro Arrupe, and Berenice Abbott.

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In France

Among people born in France, Christian de Castries ranks 1,893 out of 6,011. Before him are Maurice Duruflé (1902), Roland Petit (1924), Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (1688), François Ozon (1967), Paul Durand-Ruel (1831), and Charlotte Perriand (1903). After him are Marius Jacob (1879), Antoine Baumé (1728), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), Geoffrey II, Count of Anjou (1006), Peire Vidal (1140), and Jérôme Lejeune (1926).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In France

Among military personnels born in France, Christian de Castries ranks 77. Before him are Hubert Lyautey (1854), François-Henri de Montmorency, duc de Luxembourg (1628), Henri Gatien Bertrand (1773), Charles Huntziger (1880), Jules Brunet (1838), and Georges Guynemer (1894). After him are Aimable Pélissier (1794), Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (1675), Louis-Joseph de Montcalm (1712), Jean II Le Maingre (1366), Jean Maximilien Lamarque (1770), and William Iron Arm (1010).

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