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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Georgios Grivas

1897 - 1974

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Georgios Grivas (Greek: Γεώργιος Γρίβας; 6 June 1897 – 27 January 1974), also known by his nickname Digenis (Greek: Διγενής), was the Cypriot founder and leader of the Greek and Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisations Organization X (1942–1949), EOKA (1955–1959) and EOKA B (1971–1974).A specialist of guerilla and asymmetric warfare, he was one of the main actors in the Cypriot War of Independence, securing the independence of Cyprus against the British Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georgios Grivas has received more than 273,411 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Georgios Grivas is the 769th most popular military personnel (up from 1,038th in 2019), the 19th most popular biography from Cyprus and the most popular Cypriot Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Georgios Grivas ranks 769 out of 1,468Before him are William Iron Arm, François Étienne de Kellermann, Ottavio Piccolomini, Prince Franz of Bavaria, Ilmari Juutilainen, and Shibata Katsuie. After him are Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Heinrich Bär, Georg Lindemann, Boris Gromov, Ardaric, and Mario Roatta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Georgios Grivas ranks 97Before him are Arthur Greiser, Chen Cheng, Josep Pla, Eddie Eagan, Alexandre Tansman, and Bernard Lyot. After him are Manuel Ávila Camacho, George Szell, Fredric March, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Tarjei Vesaas, and Joseph Darnand. Among people deceased in 1974, Georgios Grivas ranks 64Before him are Otto Braun, Konstantin Melnikov, Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr., Pietro Germi, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, and Junio Valerio Borghese. After him are Wolf Messing, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Anne Sexton, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Aman Andom, and Jean Daniélou.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Georgios Grivas ranks 19 out of 73Before him are Isaac Komnenos of Cyprus (1155), Anne of Cyprus (1418), Christopher A. Pissarides (1948), Spyros Kyprianou (1932), Henry II of Jerusalem (1271), and Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus (1442). After him are Peter I of Cyprus (1328), John II of Cyprus (1418), Henry I of Cyprus (1217), James II of Cyprus (1438), James I of Cyprus (1334), and Mustafa Akıncı (1947).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Cyprus

Among military personnels born in Cyprus, Georgios Grivas ranks 1