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Claude Auchinleck

1884 - 1981

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Field Marshal Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck, ( OKH-in-LEK), (21 June 1884 – 23 March 1981), was a British Indian Army commander who saw active service during the world wars. A career soldier who spent much of his military career in India, he rose to become commander-in-chief of the Indian Army by early 1941 during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Auchinleck has received more than 839,486 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Claude Auchinleck is the 1,066th most popular military personnel (down from 1,019th in 2019), the 2,009th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,020th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Claude Auchinleck ranks 1,066 out of 1,468Before him are Leontius, Quintus Labienus, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, and Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Hannibal Gisco, Hugh Dowding, Petar Bojović, and Maximilian Fretter-Pico.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Claude Auchinleck ranks 86Before him are Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter, Philipp Frank, Tanzan Ishibashi, Marcel Granet, Boris Asafyev, and Gustave Garrigou. After him are Helene Deutsch, Johannes Popitz, Jules Supervielle, Jaan Anvelt, Evelyn Nesbit, and Daniel Varoujan. Among people deceased in 1981, Claude Auchinleck ranks 89Before him are Nargis, Glauber Rocha, Edith Head, Bobby Sands, Ricardo Wolf, and Alexander Kotov. After him are Jerzy Neyman, Edvard Kocbek, Lanza del Vasto, Mohammad Beheshti, Prince Andrei Alexandrovich of Russia, and Mohammad-Javad Bahonar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Claude Auchinleck ranks 2,009 out of 7,765Before him are Samuel Baker (1821), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Chiwetel Ejiofor (1977), Joseph Delaney (1945), Robert Hichens (1882), and Albert F. Mummery (1855). After him are Chris Bristow (1937), Tony Brooks (1932), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Jane Morris (1839), Ken Robinson (1950), and Edward Colston (1636).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Claude Auchinleck ranks 49Before him are John Paul Jones (1747), Gregor MacGregor (1786), John Alcock (1892), Captain Tom (1920), Henry Allingham (1896), and James Wolfe (1727). After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Hugh Dowding (1882), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Sidney Smith (1764), and Eddie Chapman (1914).