1891 - 1969
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 1,078,765 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis is the 562nd most popular military personnel (down from 454th in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 913th in 2019) and the 21st 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, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 562 out of 1,468. Before him are Qi Jiguang, August Hirt, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, Jack Phillips, Thomas-Alexandre Dumas, and Werner Ostendorff. After him are Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach, Saitō Hajime, Aegidius, Heraclius the Elder, Maarten Tromp, and Joseph Gallieni.
1527 - 1588
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 556
1898 - 1945
HPI: 58.81
Rank: 557
1775 - 1809
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 558
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 559
1762 - 1806
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 560
1903 - 1945
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 561
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 562
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 563
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 564
450 - 465
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 565
600 - 610
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 566
1598 - 1653
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 567
1849 - 1916
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 568
Among people born in 1891, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 44. Before him are Otto Rasch, Bronislava Nijinska, Anton Dostler, Grant Wood, Michael Polanyi, and Antonio Segni. After him are Moïse Kisling, Arthur Drewry, Otto Schmidt, Jacques Lipchitz, Takijirō Ōnishi, and Yevhen Konovalets. Among people deceased in 1969, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 48. Before him are Allen Dulles, Zakir Husain, Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark, Vito Genovese, Li Zongren, and Prince Konrad of Bavaria. After him are Enrique Ballestrero, René Barrientos, Erika Mann, Joseph Kosma, Leo McCarey, and Ernest Ansermet.
1891 - 1948
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 38
1891 - 1972
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 39
1891 - 1945
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 40
1891 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 41
1891 - 1976
HPI: 58.90
Rank: 42
1891 - 1972
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 43
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 44
1891 - 1953
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 45
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 46
1891 - 1956
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 47
1891 - 1973
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 48
1891 - 1945
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 49
1891 - 1938
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 50
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 42
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.56
Rank: 43
1906 - 1969
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 44
1897 - 1969
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 45
1890 - 1969
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 46
1883 - 1969
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 47
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 48
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 49
1919 - 1969
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 50
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 51
1905 - 1969
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 52
1898 - 1969
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 53
1883 - 1969
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 54
Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 1,048 out of 7,765. Before him are Jack Phillips (1887), Geraldine McEwan (1932), John Horton Conway (1937), Charles Spearman (1863), Charles Webster Leadbeater (1854), and George Biddell Airy (1801). After him are Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831), Alan Parsons (1948), David Hamilton (1933), Michael Houghton (1949), Kim Wilde (1960), and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900).
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 1,042
1932 - 2015
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,043
1937 - 2020
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,044
1863 - 1945
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,045
1854 - 1934
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1,046
1801 - 1892
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,047
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,048
831 - 860
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,049
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,050
1933 - 2016
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,051
1949 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,052
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,053
1900 - 1974
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 1,054
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ranks 21. Before him are John Hawkins (1532), James Paul Moody (1887), William Bligh (1754), Harold Lowe (1882), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Jack Phillips (1887). After him are Woodes Rogers (1679), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Melita Norwood (1912), and Joseph Boxhall (1884).
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 15
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 16
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 17
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 18
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 19
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 20
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 21
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 22
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 23
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 24
1911 - 1987
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 25
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 26
1884 - 1967
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 27