1871 - 1936
Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, (17 January 1871 – 12 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the caution of his commander Admiral Sir John Jellicoe. He is remembered for his comment at Jutland that "There seems to be something wrong with our bloody ships today", after two of his ships exploded. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty has received more than 611,571 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty is the 1,067th most popular military personnel (down from 974th in 2019), the 2,012th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,899th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty ranks 1,067 out of 1,468. Before him are Quintus Labienus, Fawzi al-Qawuqji, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Claude Auchinleck. After him are Marcus Fulvius Nobilior, Hannibal Gisco, Hugh Dowding, Petar Bojović, Maximilian Fretter-Pico, and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder.
100 BC - 38 BC
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 1,061
1890 - 1977
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 1,062
850 - 890
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 1,063
1798 - 1854
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 1,064
1792 - 1862
HPI: 52.81
Rank: 1,065
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 1,066
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 1,067
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 1,068
300 BC - 260 BC
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 1,069
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,070
1858 - 1945
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 1,071
1892 - 1984
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 1,072
1890 - 1967
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 1,073
Among people born in 1871, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty ranks 73. Before him are Wilhelm von Mirbach, Fritz Hofmann, Abanindranath Tagore, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Hermann Abert, and Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg. After him are Alexander Spendiaryan, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Camille Huysmans, Kōtoku Shūsui, Luigi Sturzo, and Lottie Dod. Among people deceased in 1936, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty ranks 90. Before him are Hu Hanmin, Jean Patou, Nahum Sokolow, Gustave Kahn, John Gilbert, and Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri. After him are Louis Camille Maillard, Georgios Kondylis, Alexander Guchkov, Adolf II, Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, Sophie, Princess of Albania, and Svetozar Pribićević.
1871 - 1918
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 67
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 68
1871 - 1951
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 69
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 70
1871 - 1927
HPI: 53.19
Rank: 71
1871 - 1955
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 72
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 73
1871 - 1928
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 74
1871 - 1946
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 75
1871 - 1968
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 76
1871 - 1911
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 77
1871 - 1959
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 78
1871 - 1960
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 79
1879 - 1936
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 84
1887 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 85
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 86
1859 - 1936
HPI: 53.04
Rank: 87
1895 - 1936
HPI: 52.94
Rank: 88
1855 - 1936
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 89
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 90
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 91
1878 - 1936
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 92
1862 - 1936
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 93
1883 - 1936
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 94
1885 - 1936
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 95
1875 - 1936
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 96
Among people born in United Kingdom, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty ranks 2,012 out of 7,765. Before him are Joseph Delaney (1945), Robert Hichens (1882), Albert F. Mummery (1855), Claude Auchinleck (1884), Chris Bristow (1937), and Tony Brooks (1932). After him are Jane Morris (1839), Ken Robinson (1950), Edward Colston (1636), Elihu Thomson (1853), Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland (1640), and Donald Crisp (1882).
1945 - 2022
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 2,006
1882 - 1940
HPI: 52.82
Rank: 2,007
1855 - 1895
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,008
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,009
1937 - 1960
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,010
1932 - 2022
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 2,011
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 2,012
1839 - 1914
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 2,013
1950 - 2020
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 2,014
1636 - 1721
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 2,015
1853 - 1937
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 2,016
1640 - 1709
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 2,017
1882 - 1974
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 2,018
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty ranks 50. Before him are Gregor MacGregor (1786), John Alcock (1892), Captain Tom (1920), Henry Allingham (1896), James Wolfe (1727), and Claude Auchinleck (1884). After him are Hugh Dowding (1882), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), Sidney Smith (1764), Eddie Chapman (1914), and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889).
1786 - 1845
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 44
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 45
1920 - 2021
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 46
1896 - 2009
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 47
1727 - 1759
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 48
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 49
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 50
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 51
1890 - 1967
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 52
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 53
1764 - 1840
HPI: 51.79
Rank: 54
1914 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 55
1889 - 1963
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 56