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Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis

1891 - 1969

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Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (10 December 1891 – 16 June 1969), was a senior and highly decorated British Army officer who served in both of the world wars. In addition, following the end of his military career, he served as Governor General of Canada and became the first Lord Lieutenant of Greater London in 1965. Alexander was born in London and was educated at Harrow before moving on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, for training as an army officer of the Irish Guards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis has received more than 1,151,527 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis is the 461st most popular military personnel (up from 562nd in 2019), the 832nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,045th in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Military Personnel.

Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis was a British Army officer who commanded the Allied forces in North Africa during the Second World War. He was also the 18th Governor-General of Canada from 1952 to 1958.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 461 out of 2,058. Before him are Ante Gotovina, José Sanjurjo, Jan Kubiš, Arthur III, Duke of Brittany, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, and Elisabeth Volkenrath. After him are Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Max Hoffmann, Lian Po, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Johannes Frießner, and Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 35. Before him are Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Grant Wood, Frank Costello, Michael Chekhov, Antonio Segni, and Ole Kirk Christiansen. After him are Alexander Wienerberger, Hans Reichenbach, Yevhen Konovalets, Arthur Drewry, Max Amann, and Moïse Kisling. Among people deceased in 1969, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 39. Before him are B. Traven, Sonja Henie, Enrique Ballestrero, Wacław Sierpiński, Allen Dulles, and Vjekoslav Luburić. After him are Robert Taylor, Li Zongren, Boris Karloff, Itzhak Stern, Erika Mann, and Zakir Husain.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 832 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Cushing (1913), H. L. A. Hart (1907), Derek Jacobi (1938), Mairead Maguire (1944), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), and Cliff Williams (1949). After him are David Coverdale (1951), Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850), Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), William Bateson (1861), John William Polidori (1795), and Alan Parsons (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 15. Before him are Gertrude Bell (1868), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), Rudolf Abel (1903), James Paul Moody (1887), John Franklin (1786), and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738). After him are Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John Hawkins (1532), Woodes Rogers (1679), John Hanning Speke (1827), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), and William Stuart-Houston (1911).

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