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David Stirling

1915 - 1990

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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling, (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS). Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids behind the Axis lines of the North African campaign. He saw active service during the Second World War until he was captured in January 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Stirling has received more than 3,788,330 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). David Stirling is the 1,367th most popular military personnel (up from 1,449th in 2019), the 2,303rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,074th in 2019) and the 59th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 25

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  • 2.47

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  • 3.79

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, David Stirling ranks 1,367 out of 2,058. Before him are Leopold Okulicki, Constantine Angelos, Gregor MacGregor, Erigyius, Walther Wever, and Pavel Batov. After him are Euphemius, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Stefan Rowecki, Aviv Kochavi, Publius Canidius Crassus, and Friedrich Christiansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, David Stirling ranks 120. Before him are Takeshi Kamo, Maxime Rodinson, Nam Il, Sergio Bertoni, Robert Motherwell, and Henry Kuttner. After him are Hoàng Văn Thái, Nikos Beloyannis, Torcuato Fernández-Miranda, Eddie Bracken, Albert O. Hirschman, and Vítězslava Kaprálová. Among people deceased in 1990, David Stirling ranks 128. Before him are Zhang Qun, Aldo Fabrizi, Paul Ariste, Otto Ambros, Kelly Johnson, and Pierre Musy. After him are José Napoleón Duarte, Dámaso Alonso, Jorge Bolet, Julijans Vaivods, Luís Carlos Prestes, and Štefan Čambal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Stirling ranks 2,303 out of 8,785. Before him are Edward Daniel Clarke (1769), Jimmy Somerville (1961), Joseph Raphson (1648), Alan Gardiner (1879), John Madden (1949), and Al Stewart (1945). After him are Paul Greengrass (1955), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Lullus (710), Jackie Oliver (1942), Claude Rains (1889), and Teddy Sheringham (1966).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, David Stirling ranks 59. Before him are Ronald Speirs (1920), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Paul Jones (1747), and Gregor MacGregor (1786). After him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Sidney Smith (1764), John Alcock (1892), Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), and Patrick Gordon (1635).

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