MILITARY PERSONNEL

Frederick Browning

1896 - 1965

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Sir Frederick Arthur Montague 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 871,432 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Frederick Browning is the 1,719th most popular military personnel (down from 1,489th in 2019), the 3,206th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,344th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 20

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  • 3.33

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Frederick Browning ranks 1,719 out of 2,058. Before him are Kiichiro Higuchi, Sefer Halilović, Juan Aldama, Guo Boxiong, Mikhail Mizintsev, and William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford. After him are Estácio de Sá, Bartolina Sisa, Friedrich von Scholtz, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Philippicus, and Neil Ritchie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Frederick Browning ranks 184. Before him are Edvin Wide, Walter Lang, Sofya Yanovskaya, Gerardo Diego, Kathleen McKane Godfree, and Jaromír Weinberger. After him are Marguerite Laugier, Frank Loomis, Mordecai Ardon, Kostas Karyotakis, Miles Dempsey, and Roger Sessions. Among people deceased in 1965, Frederick Browning ranks 143. Before him are Louise Dresser, Frol Kozlov, Ethel Thomson Larcombe, Ingrid Jonker, Hamo Beknazarian, and Princess Xenia Georgievna of Russia. After him are Lars Hanson, E. E. Smith, Sonny Boy Williamson II, John Cregan, Johnny Hayes, and Sonja Graf.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick Browning ranks 3,206 out of 8,785. Before him are Martin Parr (1952), Mick Jones (1955), Walter Savage Landor (1775), Prince George of Cambridge (2013), George W. Campbell (1769), and Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724). After him are Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany (1340), Sam Claflin (1986), David Allan (1744), Saint Mungo (518), and Benjamin Jones (1882).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Frederick Browning ranks 83. Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Timothy Laurence (1955), Roy Urquhart (1901), Tom Phillips (1888), Lawrence Oates (1880), and Charles Lee (1731). After him are John Benbow (1653), Harry Patch (1898), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Flora Sandes (1876), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), and Miles Dempsey (1896).

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