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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Eddie Rickenbacker

1890 - 1973

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Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (born Edward Rickenbacher, October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eddie Rickenbacker has received more than 1,787,687 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Eddie Rickenbacker is the 1,557th most popular military personnel (down from 1,363rd in 2019), the 7,802nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,835th in 2019) and the 131st most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 21

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  • 3.84

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Eddie Rickenbacker ranks 1,557 out of 1,468. Before him are Michael Mullen, George W. Casey Jr., Issam Zahreddine, Reginald Dyer, Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, and Miles Dempsey. After him are Alexandros Othonaios, A. P. Hill, Aviv Kochavi, Zhanna Yorkina, Don Carlos Buell, and Isaac Brock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Eddie Rickenbacker ranks 185. Before him are Gopinath Bordoloi, Lauritz Melchior, Klabund, Robert Ripley, Åge Lundström, and Benno Moiseiwitsch. After him are Per Nilsson, John Rupert Firth, Edward Arnold, Edgar Kennedy, Béla Las-Torres, and Ichiya Kumagae. Among people deceased in 1973, Eddie Rickenbacker ranks 207. Before him are Åke Borg, Gösta Dunker, Betty Field, Estanislau de Figueiredo Pamplona, Michael Dunn, and Vladimír Syrovátka. After him are Alberto Denegri, Mikhail Somov, Robert Buron, Sidney Blackmer, Romeo Bertini, and Albert Paris Gütersloh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eddie Rickenbacker ranks 7,802 out of 18,182. Before him are Marshmello (1992), Rachael Leigh Cook (1979), Kenny Barron (1943), Grant Imahara (1970), John Esposito (1940), and Alley Mills (1951). After him are Patti Hansen (1956), Bill Maher (1956), Mike Lee (1971), Katherine Dunham (1909), Joseph Polchinski (1954), and Karl Struss (1886).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Eddie Rickenbacker ranks 131. Before him are George Crook (1828), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), James Stockdale (1923), Jacob L. Devers (1887), John F. Reynolds (1820), and Michael Mullen (1946). After him are A. P. Hill (1825), Don Carlos Buell (1818), William Alexander Morgan (1928), John Sedgwick (1813), John Abizaid (1951), and John C. Pemberton (1814).

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