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 U.S. 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 2,545,221 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). George Marshall is the 960th most popular politician (down from 666th in 2019), the 278th most popular biography from United States (down from 208th in 2019) and the 40th 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 960 out of 15,577. Before him are Margaret of Parma, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Philip III of Macedon, Andrew Johnson, Sauli Niinistö, and Emperor Yao. After him are Astyages, Harold Wilson, Kayqubad I, Gediminas, Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, and James I of Aragon.
1522 - 1586
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 954
1920 - 2020
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 955
359 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 956
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 957
1948 - Present
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 958
2324 BC - 2206 BC
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 959
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 960
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 961
1916 - 1995
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 962
1188 - 1237
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 963
1275 - 1341
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 964
1492 - 1519
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 965
1208 - 1276
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 966
Among people born in 1880, George Marshall ranks 10. Before him are Guillaume Apollinaire, Fedor von Bock, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Oswald Spengler, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Robert Musil. After him are Ludwig Beck, Franz Marc, André Derain, Paul Hausser, Manuel Azaña, and Wilhelm List. Among people deceased in 1959, George Marshall ranks 5. Before him are Stepan Bandera, Frank Lloyd Wright, Ante Pavelić, and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson. After him are Raymond Chandler, Billie Holiday, Owen Willans Richardson, Gérard Philipe, Boris Vian, Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Camilo Cienfuegos.
1880 - 1918
HPI: 74.31
Rank: 4
1880 - 1945
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 5
1880 - 1962
HPI: 72.28
Rank: 6
1880 - 1936
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 7
1880 - 1938
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 8
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 9
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 10
1880 - 1944
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 11
1880 - 1916
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 12
1880 - 1954
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 13
1880 - 1972
HPI: 67.88
Rank: 14
1880 - 1940
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 15
1880 - 1971
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 16
1909 - 1959
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 1
1867 - 1959
HPI: 74.51
Rank: 2
1889 - 1959
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 3
1869 - 1959
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 4
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 5
1888 - 1959
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 6
1915 - 1959
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 7
1879 - 1959
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 8
1922 - 1959
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 9
1920 - 1959
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 10
1887 - 1959
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 11
1932 - 1959
HPI: 66.18
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, George Marshall ranks 278 out of 18,182. Before him are Robert Fulton (1765), Jesse James (1847), Irvin D. Yalom (1931), P. T. Barnum (1810), Joe Pesci (1943), and Andrew Johnson (1808). After him are Leonardo DiCaprio (1974), Diane Keaton (1946), Gene Hackman (1930), Angelina Jolie (1975), Brian Wilson (1942), and Bette Davis (1908).
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 272
1847 - 1882
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 273
1931 - Present
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 274
1810 - 1891
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 275
1943 - Present
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 276
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 277
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 278
1974 - Present
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 279
1946 - Present
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 280
1930 - Present
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 281
1975 - Present
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 282
1942 - Present
HPI: 69.58
Rank: 283
1908 - 1989
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 284
Among politicians born in United States, George Marshall ranks 40. Before him are Robert F. Kennedy (1925), William Howard Taft (1857), Calvin Coolidge (1872), John Quincy Adams (1767), Benjamin Harrison (1833), and Andrew Johnson (1808). After him are Grover Cleveland (1837), Warren G. Harding (1865), William Henry Harrison (1773), Jerry Brown (1938), James Buchanan (1791), and Dick Cheney (1941).
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 34
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 35
1872 - 1933
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 36
1767 - 1848
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 37
1833 - 1901
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 38
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 39
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 40
1837 - 1908
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 41
1865 - 1923
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 42
1773 - 1841
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 43
1938 - Present
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 44
1791 - 1868
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 45
1941 - Present
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 46