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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Doris Miller

1919 - 1943

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Doris "Dorie" Miller (October 12, 1919 – November 24, 1943) was an American Naval cook 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 2,520,485 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Doris Miller is the 1,112th most popular military personnel (up from 1,169th in 2019), the 3,592nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,205th in 2019) and the 55th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 52.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Doris Miller ranks 1,112 out of 1,468. Before him are Prince Frederick of Württemberg, Quintus Fufius Calenus, Ignacio Allende, Ziba Ganiyeva, Henri Mathias Berthelot, and Vitalian. After him are Ryszard Kukliński, Polina Gelman, François de Créquy, George Dewey, Charles Robert Jenkins, and Abdul Fatah Younis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Doris Miller ranks 125. Before him are Artur Fischer, Mad Mike Hoare, Abdirashid Shermarke, Madalyn Murray O'Hair, G. E. M. Anscombe, and Robert Stack. After him are Polina Gelman, Hermann Bondi, Kathleen Freeman, Paul Vanden Boeynants, Anne Buydens, and Joan Brossa. Among people deceased in 1943, Doris Miller ranks 98. Before him are Otto Freundlich, Yury Tynyanov, Prince Christoph of Hesse, Willi Graf, Agustín Pedro Justo, and Kostis Palamas. After him are Mihailo Petrović, Ricardo Viñes, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, Ruth Belville, and Dmitry Ilyich Ulyanov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Doris Miller ranks 3,592 out of 18,182. Before him are Marshall Bell (1942), Sylvia Miles (1924), Lydia Clarke (1923), Michael K. Williams (1966), Robert Stack (1919), and Barry Bostwick (1945). After him are Franz Kline (1910), Timothy Hutton (1960), Maso di Banco (1250), Philip Kaufman (1936), Vernor Vinge (1944), and Mariska Hargitay (1964).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Doris Miller ranks 55. Before him are David Petraeus (1952), Holland Smith (1882), Monte Melkonian (1957), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), and Kit Carson (1809). After him are George Dewey (1837), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), Marc Mitscher (1887), James M. Gavin (1907), and John C. Woods (1911).

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