1896 - 1965
Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Arthur Montague "Boy" Browning, (20 December 1896 – 14 March 1965) was a senior officer of the British Army who has been called the "father of the British airborne forces". He was also an Olympic bobsleigh competitor, and the husband of author Daphne du Maurier. Educated at Eton College and then at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Browning was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Grenadier Guards in 1915. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Browning has received more than 721,198 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Frederick Browning is the 1,491st most popular military personnel (down from 1,337th in 2019), the 3,352nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,266th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Frederick Browning ranks 1,491 out of 1,468. Before him are John Bell Hood, Dragan Vasiljković, Gérard Leman, Billy Bishop, Richard Bong, and Billy Mitchell. After him are Hyman G. Rickover, Richmond K. Turner, Leo Phokas the Younger, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Abu Ali al-Anbari, and Harry Patch.
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 1,485
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 1,486
1851 - 1920
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 1,487
1894 - 1956
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 1,488
1920 - 1945
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,489
1879 - 1936
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 1,490
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 1,491
1900 - 1986
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 1,492
1885 - 1961
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 1,493
915 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,494
1827 - 1905
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 1,495
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,496
1898 - 2009
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 1,497
Among people born in 1896, Frederick Browning ranks 183. Before him are Anton Walbrook, Louis Bromfield, Mordecai Ardon, Sofya Yanovskaya, Nikolai Tikhonov, and Kostas Karyotakis. After him are Esteban Canal, Walter Lang, J. Lawton Collins, Constantin Rădulescu, Horacio Muñoz, and Agustín Sancho. Among people deceased in 1965, Frederick Browning ranks 137. Before him are Kōsaku Yamada, Tommy Hampson, Nancy Carroll, Ingrid Jonker, Louise Dresser, and Jeanette MacDonald. After him are David Smith, Hamo Beknazarian, Eleanor Farjeon, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Myra Hess, and Jacques Audiberti.
1896 - 1967
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 177
1896 - 1956
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 178
1896 - 1992
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 179
1896 - 1966
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 180
1896 - 1979
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 181
1896 - 1928
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 182
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 183
1896 - 1981
HPI: 46.69
Rank: 184
1896 - 1972
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 185
1896 - 1987
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 186
1896 - 1981
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 187
1896 - 1976
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 188
1896 - 1960
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 189
1886 - 1965
HPI: 47.52
Rank: 131
1907 - 1965
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 132
1903 - 1965
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 133
1933 - 1965
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 134
1878 - 1965
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 135
1903 - 1965
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 136
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 137
1906 - 1965
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 138
1891 - 1965
HPI: 46.74
Rank: 139
1881 - 1965
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 140
1904 - 1965
HPI: 46.57
Rank: 141
1890 - 1965
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 142
1899 - 1965
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 143
Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Browning ranks 3,352 out of 7,765. Before him are Gary Lewis (1957), Tony Kaye (1952), Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1835), Brian Redman (1937), John Walter Gregory (1864), and Graeme Souness (1953). After him are John Farey Sr. (1766), Grace Aguilar (1816), Jane Marcet (1769), Donald Rayfield (1942), Michael Hurst (1957), and Rupert Friend (1981).
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 3,346
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 3,347
1835 - 1915
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 3,348
1937 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 3,349
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 3,350
1953 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 3,351
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 3,352
1766 - 1826
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 3,353
1816 - 1847
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 3,354
1769 - 1858
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,355
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,356
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,357
1981 - Present
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 3,358
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Frederick Browning ranks 89. Before him are Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), David Stirling (1915), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Charles Lee (1731), Timothy Laurence (1955), and Guy Simonds (1903). After him are Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Harry Patch (1898), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Flora Sandes (1876), John Byng (1704), and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891).
1724 - 1816
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 83
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 84
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 85
1731 - 1782
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 86
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 87
1903 - 1974
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 88
1896 - 1965
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 89
1827 - 1905
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 90
1898 - 2009
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 91
1880 - 1957
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 92
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 93
1704 - 1757
HPI: 46.29
Rank: 94
1891 - 1970
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 95