MILITARY PERSONNEL

Doris Miller

1919 - 1943

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Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second class in the United States Navy, Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Doris Miller has received more than 2,675,682 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Doris Miller is the 1,135th most popular military personnel (down from 1,112th in 2019), the 3,327th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,582nd in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 54.07

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.13

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Doris Miller ranks 1,135 out of 2,058. Before him are Nadezhda Durova, Pierre André de Suffren, Arthur Rostron, Edward Vernon, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, and Robert Gould Shaw. After him are Grigory Shtern, Drogo of Hauteville, Huijong of Goryeo, Bardas Phokas the Younger, Anton Haus, and Oreste Baratieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Doris Miller ranks 116. Before him are Morteza Motahhari, Beate Uhse-Rotermund, Artur Fischer, Bernhard Wicki, Anatoly Dobrynin, and Vikram Sarabhai. After him are Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Paavo Aaltonen, Wasfi Tal, Hyman Minsky, Red Buttons, and Lisa Della Casa. Among people deceased in 1943, Doris Miller ranks 97. Before him are Guido Fubini, Alexander Matrosov, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Anathon Aall, Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony, and Nordahl Grieg. After him are Franceska Mann, Otto Freundlich, Daisy, Princess of Pless, Azim Azimzade, Mihailo Petrović, and Akira Matsunaga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Doris Miller ranks 3,327 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Bosley (1927), Earl Warren (1891), Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), William Conrad (1920), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837). After him are Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), Linda Nochlin (1931), and David Butler (1894).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Doris Miller ranks 55. Before him are George Dewey (1837), Walton Walker (1889), Ernest King (1878), Wesley Clark (1944), David Petraeus (1952), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837). After him are Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Arleigh Burke (1901), Holland Smith (1882), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), and Albert Sidney Johnston (1803).

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