1885 - 1973
Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29, 1885 – April 25, 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Fletcher commanded five different task forces through the war; he was the operational task force commander at the pivotal battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, which collectively resulted in the sinking of five Japanese aircraft carriers. In 1914, then Lieutenant Fletcher was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the battle at Veracruz. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Jack Fletcher has received more than 740,299 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frank Jack Fletcher is the 698th most popular military personnel (down from 639th in 2019), the 2,115th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,987th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 698 out of 1,468. Before him are Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Abner Doubleday, Roger of Lauria, Max Immelmann, and Won Gyun. After him are Georges Guynemer, Hiroyoshi Nishizawa, Pavel Sudoplatov, Paul Revere, Yasuji Okamura, and Yigael Yadin.
1759 - 1830
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 692
1891 - 1957
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 693
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 694
1245 - 1305
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 695
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 696
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 697
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 698
1894 - 1917
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 699
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 700
1907 - 1996
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 701
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 702
1884 - 1966
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 703
1917 - 1984
HPI: 56.79
Rank: 704
Among people born in 1885, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 68. Before him are Dorando Pietri, Viktor Schauberger, Sisavang Vong, Agustín Barrios, Harlow Shapley, and Khải Định. After him are Soemu Toyoda, Egon Kisch, Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein, Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Jules Romains, and Nikolai Krylenko. Among people deceased in 1973, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 74. Before him are Károly Kerényi, Milunka Savić, Alexander Orlov, Robert Ryan, Roger Williamson, and Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. After him are Robert Smithson, Hans Globke, Merian C. Cooper, Bruno Maderna, Clas Thunberg, and Sessue Hayakawa.
1885 - 1942
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 62
1885 - 1958
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 63
1885 - 1959
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 64
1885 - 1944
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 65
1885 - 1972
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 66
1885 - 1925
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 67
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 68
1885 - 1957
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 69
1885 - 1948
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 70
1885 - 1970
HPI: 56.55
Rank: 71
1885 - 1939
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 72
1885 - 1972
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 73
1885 - 1938
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 74
1897 - 1973
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 68
1890 - 1973
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 69
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 70
1909 - 1973
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 71
1948 - 1973
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 72
1879 - 1973
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 73
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 74
1938 - 1973
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 75
1898 - 1973
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 76
1893 - 1973
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 77
1920 - 1973
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 78
1893 - 1973
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 79
1886 - 1973
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 80
Among people born in United States, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 2,115 out of 18,182. Before him are Merce Cunningham (1919), Steve Morse (1954), Charles M. Rice (1952), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), Leonard Kleinrock (1934), and Karl Guthe Jansky (1905). After him are Henrietta Lacks (1920), Saul Bass (1920), Jane Jacobs (1916), Kevin Mitnick (1963), Michael Emerson (1954), and Paul Revere (1735).
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 2,109
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 2,110
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 2,111
1868 - 1924
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 2,112
1934 - Present
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 2,113
1905 - 1950
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 2,114
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 2,115
1920 - 1951
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 2,116
1920 - 1996
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 2,117
1916 - 2006
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 2,118
1963 - 2023
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 2,119
1954 - Present
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 2,120
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 2,121
Among military personnels born in United States, Frank Jack Fletcher ranks 33. Before him are Chris Kyle (1974), Mark W. Clark (1896), Charles Sweeney (1919), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), William Halsey Jr. (1882), and Abner Doubleday (1819). After him are Paul Revere (1735), Doc Holliday (1851), James Bowie (1796), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), and Philip Sheridan (1831).
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 27
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 28
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 30
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 31
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 32
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 34
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 35
1796 - 1836
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 36
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 37
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 38
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 39