1880 - 1959
George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the US Army under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, then served as Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense under Truman. Winston Churchill lauded Marshall as the "organizer of victory" for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Marshall has received more than 2,484,807 page views. His biography is available in 74 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 68 in 2019). George Marshall is the 667th most popular politician (up from 862nd in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from United States (up from 252nd in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Politician.
George Marshall is most famous for his leadership of the Allied Forces in World War II, and for being the architect of the post-war European recovery.
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Among politicians, George Marshall ranks 667 out of 15,710. Before him are Gwangjong of Goryeo, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury, Gaius Cassius Longinus, Farah Pahlavi, Sweyn Forkbeard, and Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Henry I of France, Sennacherib, Abd al-Rahman III, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, Gordian I, and Frederick William II of Prussia.
925 - 975
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 661
1830 - 1903
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 662
87 BC - 42 BC
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 663
1938 - Present
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 664
960 - 1014
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 665
1165 - 1197
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 666
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 667
1008 - 1060
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 668
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 669
889 - 961
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 670
1805 - 1872
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 671
159 - 238
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 672
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 673
Among people born in 1880, George Marshall ranks 10. Before him are Alfred Wegener, Fedor von Bock, Oswald Spengler, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Robert Musil, and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. After him are Franz Marc, Ludwig Beck, André Derain, Paul Hausser, Wilhelm List, and Manuel Azaña. Among people deceased in 1959, George Marshall ranks 3. Before him are Frank Lloyd Wright and Ante Pavelić. After him are Charles Thomson Rees Wilson, Stepan Bandera, Raymond Chandler, Owen Willans Richardson, Gérard Philipe, Errol Flynn, Boris Vian, Camilo Cienfuegos, and Heitor Villa-Lobos.
1880 - 1930
HPI: 80.64
Rank: 4
1880 - 1945
HPI: 78.85
Rank: 5
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 6
1880 - 1962
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 7
1880 - 1942
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 8
1880 - 1938
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 10
1880 - 1916
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 11
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 13
1880 - 1972
HPI: 75.01
Rank: 14
1880 - 1971
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 15
1880 - 1940
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 16
1867 - 1959
HPI: 81.35
Rank: 1
1889 - 1959
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 2
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 3
1869 - 1959
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 4
1909 - 1959
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 5
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 6
1879 - 1959
HPI: 76.11
Rank: 7
1922 - 1959
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 8
1909 - 1959
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 9
1920 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 10
1932 - 1959
HPI: 74.39
Rank: 11
1887 - 1959
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, George Marshall ranks 208 out of 15,968. Before him are Emily Dickinson (1830), B. F. Skinner (1904), Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866), John Adams (1735), Louis Sullivan (1856), and Frank Zappa (1940). After him are Ronnie James Dio (1942), Samuel P. Huntington (1927), Philip K. Dick (1928), Richard Gere (1949), Gary Cooper (1901), and Rocky Marciano (1923).
1830 - 1886
HPI: 78.29
Rank: 202
1904 - 1990
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 203
1866 - 1945
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 204
1735 - 1826
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 205
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 206
1940 - 1993
HPI: 78.14
Rank: 207
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 208
1942 - 2010
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 209
1927 - 2008
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 210
1928 - 1982
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 211
1949 - Present
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 212
1901 - 1961
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 213
1923 - 1969
HPI: 77.96
Rank: 214
Among politicians born in United States, George Marshall ranks 33. Before him are Barack Obama (1961), Woodrow Wilson (1856), John Tyler (1790), Bernie Sanders (1941), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and John Adams (1735). After him are Herbert Hoover (1874), James Monroe (1758), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Andrew Jackson (1767), Dick Cheney (1941), and Jerry Brown (1938).
1961 - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 27
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 28
1790 - 1862
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 29
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 30
1925 - 1968
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 31
1735 - 1826
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 32
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 33
1874 - 1964
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 34
1758 - 1831
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 35
1833 - 1901
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 36
1767 - 1845
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 37
1941 - Present
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 38
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 39