MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ernest King

1878 - 1956

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Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed King to command global American strategy during World War II and he held supreme naval command in his unprecedented double capacity as COMINCH and CNO. He was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernest King has received more than 1,047,958 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest King is the 1,071st most popular military personnel (down from 911th in 2019), the 3,122nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,810th in 2019) and the 51st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ernest King ranks 1,071 out of 2,058. Before him are Walter Krüger, Alexey Maresyev, Harukichi Hyakutake, Tettius Julianus, Callicratidas, and Olivier V de Clisson. After him are Lucius Flavius Silva, Blas de Lezo, Otto Weddigen, William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe, Manshuk Mametova, and Gildo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Ernest King ranks 92. Before him are Aino Kallas, Ulrich Graf, Duchess Marie Gabrielle in Bavaria, Frank Jarvis, Paul Hazard, and Léon Werth. After him are Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany, Charles Joughin, Herbert Chapman, Georgios Kondylis, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin, and Stamen Grigorov. Among people deceased in 1956, Ernest King ranks 85. Before him are George Sarton, Felix Bernstein, Aino Kallas, Auguste Chevalier, Alexander Gretchaninov, and Meghnad Saha. After him are Charles Joughin, Eduardo Lonardi, Évariste Lévi-Provençal, André Marty, Clifford Brown, and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest King ranks 3,122 out of 20,380. Before him are Eric Stoltz (1961), Carla Gugino (1971), Grandma Moses (1860), Leon Czolgosz (1873), Maila Nurmi (1922), and Curtis Hanson (1945). After him are Sandra Dee (1942), Mary-Louise Parker (1964), Karch Kiraly (1960), Maggie Gyllenhaal (1977), Richard Thorpe (1896), and Philip Baker Hall (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Ernest King ranks 51. Before him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Chris Kyle (1974), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Carl Brashear (1931), George Dewey (1837), and Walton Walker (1889). After him are Wesley Clark (1944), David Petraeus (1952), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Doris Miller (1919), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), and Lucius D. Clay (1898).

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