1919 - 2006
Desmond Thomas Doss (February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006) was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic with an infantry company in World War II. Due to his religious beliefs, he refused to carry a weapon. He was twice awarded the Bronze Star Medal for actions on Guam and in the Philippines. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desmond Doss has received more than 16,838,978 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Desmond Doss is the 95th most popular military personnel (down from 91st in 2019), the 245th most popular biography from United States (up from 265th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Military Personnel.
Desmond Doss is most famous for being the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor.
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Among military personnels, Desmond Doss ranks 95 out of 1,468. Before him are Jan Žižka, Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, Subutai, Robert E. Lee, Albert Kesselring, and John of Austria. After him are Konstantin Rokossovsky, Hephaestion, Hermann Hoth, Heinrich Müller, Vasily Chuikov, and Võ Nguyên Giáp.
1360 - 1424
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 89
1876 - 1956
HPI: 70.73
Rank: 90
1175 - 1248
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 91
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 92
1885 - 1960
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 93
1547 - 1578
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 94
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 95
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 96
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 97
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 98
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 99
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 100
1911 - 2013
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 101
Among people born in 1919, Desmond Doss ranks 7. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Eva Perón, J. D. Salinger, Edmund Hillary, and Doris Lessing. After him are Primo Levi, Zhao Ziyang, Giulio Andreotti, Margot Fonteyn, Lino Ventura, and Georgios Papadopoulos. Among people deceased in 2006, Desmond Doss ranks 11. Before him are Milton Friedman, Gerald Ford, Naguib Mahfouz, Stanisław Lem, Saparmurat Niyazov, and James Brown. After him are Heinrich Harrer, Alfredo Stroessner, Philippe Noiret, Oriana Fallaci, Syd Barrett, and György Ligeti.
1919 - 1980
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 1
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 2
1919 - 1952
HPI: 74.99
Rank: 3
1919 - 2010
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 4
1919 - 2008
HPI: 73.20
Rank: 5
1919 - 2013
HPI: 71.31
Rank: 6
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 7
1919 - 1987
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 8
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 9
1919 - 2013
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 10
1919 - 1991
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 11
1919 - 1987
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 12
1919 - 1999
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 13
1912 - 2006
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 5
1913 - 2006
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 6
1911 - 2006
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 7
1921 - 2006
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 8
1940 - 2006
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 9
1933 - 2006
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 10
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 11
1912 - 2006
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 12
1912 - 2006
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 13
1930 - 2006
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 14
1929 - 2006
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 15
1946 - 2006
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 16
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, Desmond Doss ranks 245 out of 18,182. Before him are Brigham Young (1801), Ted Kaczynski (1942), John Ford (1894), Ronnie James Dio (1942), Burt Lancaster (1913), and Tony Curtis (1925). After him are Robert Duvall (1931), Steve Wozniak (1950), Lee Van Cleef (1925), William Howard Taft (1857), Joe Dassin (1938), and Calvin Coolidge (1872).
1801 - 1877
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 239
1942 - 2023
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 240
1894 - 1973
HPI: 70.46
Rank: 241
1942 - 2010
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 242
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 243
1925 - 2010
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 244
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 245
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 246
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 247
1925 - 1989
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 248
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 249
1938 - 1980
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 250
1872 - 1933
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 251
Among military personnels born in United States, Desmond Doss ranks 3. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880) and Robert E. Lee (1807). After him are Robert Peary (1856), George S. Patton (1885), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Omar Bradley (1893), John J. Pershing (1860), and Albert Pike (1809).
1880 - 1964
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 1
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 2
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 3
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 4
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 5
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 6
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1809 - 1891
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 12