MILITARY PERSONNEL

Douglas MacArthur

1880 - 1964

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Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American military leader who served as General of the Army for the United States, as well as a field marshal to the Philippine Army. He served with distinction in World War I, was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and was Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in the Pacific theater during World War II. MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times, and received it for his service in the Philippines campaign. This made him along with his father, Arthur MacArthur Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Douglas MacArthur has received more than 13,771,404 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Douglas MacArthur is the 40th most popular military personnel (down from 33rd in 2019), the 127th most popular biography from United States (down from 110th in 2019) and the most popular American Military Personnel.

Douglas MacArthur was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He is most famous for his service in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and is one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Douglas MacArthur ranks 40 out of 2,058. Before him are Belisarius, Alfred Dreyfus, Simo Häyhä, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and T. E. Lawrence. After him are Lü Bu, Ratko Mladić, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Tariq ibn Ziyad, Tughril, and Romulus Augustulus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Douglas MacArthur ranks 4. Before him are Helen Keller, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Alfred Wegener. After him are Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Fedor von Bock, Oswald Spengler, Robert Musil, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, George Marshall, Franz Marc, and André Derain. Among people deceased in 1964, Douglas MacArthur ranks 2. Before him is Jawaharlal Nehru. After him are Herbert Hoover, Paul of Greece, Alma Mahler, Victor Francis Hess, Norbert Wiener, Leo Szilard, Ian Fleming, Rachel Carson, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, and James Franck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Douglas MacArthur ranks 127 out of 20,380. Before him are Barack Obama (1961), Chuck Norris (1940), Katharine Hepburn (1907), Dustin Hoffman (1937), Dr. Seuss (1904), and Meryl Streep (1949). After him are Richard Feynman (1918), Michael Douglas (1944), William Faulkner (1897), Milton Friedman (1912), Patti Smith (1946), and Will Smith (1968).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Douglas MacArthur ranks 1. After him are George S. Patton (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), Robert Peary (1856), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Paul Tibbets (1915), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Albert Pike (1809), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Omar Bradley (1893), John J. Pershing (1860), and Benedict Arnold (1741).

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