1879 - 1949
Henri Honoré Giraud (18 January 1879 – 11 March 1949) was a French military officer who was a leader of the Free French Forces during the Second World War until he was forced to retire in 1944.Born to an Alsatian family in Paris, Giraud graduated from the Saint-Cyr military academy and served in French North Africa. He was wounded and captured by the Germans during the First World War, but managed to escape from his prisoner-of-war camp. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Giraud has received more than 531,587 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Henri Giraud is the 370th most popular military personnel (down from 357th in 2019), the 1,029th most popular biography from France (up from 1,038th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular French Military Personnel.
Henri Giraud was a French general who was captured by the Germans in 1940. He was released in 1942 and became the commander of the French forces in North Africa. In 1943, he became the commander of the French forces in North Africa. He was captured by the Germans in 1944 and spent the rest of the war in a German prison.
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Among military personnels, Henri Giraud ranks 370 out of 1,468. Before him are Kul Tigin, Georg von Frundsberg, Vasily Arkhipov, Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, and Datis. After him are Choe Yeong, Luigi Cadorna, Viktor Lutze, Thomas the Slav, Bronislav Kaminski, and Alexander Samsonov.
685 - 731
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 364
1473 - 1528
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 365
1926 - 1998
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 366
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 367
1905 - 1944
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 368
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 369
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 370
1316 - 1388
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 371
1850 - 1928
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 372
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 373
800 - 823
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 374
1899 - 1944
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 375
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 376
Among people born in 1879, Henri Giraud ranks 30. Before him are Italo Gariboldi, An Jung-geun, Franz Reichelt, Victor Sjöström, Joseph Wirth, and Fritz Haarmann. After him are Frederick Griffith, Hans Lammers, E. M. Forster, Chen Duxiu, Pál Teleki, and Aleksandar Stamboliyski. Among people deceased in 1949, Henri Giraud ranks 26. Before him are Klaus Mann, Nathuram Godse, Fyodor Tolbukhin, Marcel Cerdan, Angela Hitler, and Gustav Radbruch. After him are Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, Aleksandra Ekster, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, László Rajk, Aino Aalto, and Solomon R. Guggenheim.
1879 - 1970
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 24
1879 - 1910
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 25
1879 - 1912
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 26
1879 - 1960
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 27
1879 - 1956
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 28
1879 - 1925
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 29
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 30
1879 - 1941
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 31
1879 - 1962
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 32
1879 - 1970
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 33
1879 - 1942
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 34
1879 - 1941
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 35
1879 - 1923
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 36
1906 - 1949
HPI: 63.49
Rank: 20
1910 - 1949
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 21
1894 - 1949
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 22
1916 - 1949
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 23
1883 - 1949
HPI: 62.95
Rank: 24
1878 - 1949
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 25
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 26
1877 - 1949
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 27
1882 - 1949
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 28
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 29
1909 - 1949
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 30
1894 - 1949
HPI: 60.29
Rank: 31
1861 - 1949
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 32
Among people born in France, Henri Giraud ranks 1,029 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean de Joinville (1224), Claudine Auger (1941), Jules de Polignac (1780), Hans-Georg von Friedeburg (1895), Louis Auguste, Duke of Maine (1670), and Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850). After him are Jean-Louis Barrault (1910), Anne de Montmorency (1493), Lili Boulanger (1893), Madame de Brinvilliers (1630), Émile Gallé (1846), and Robert de Sorbon (1201).
1224 - 1317
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 1,023
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 1,024
1780 - 1847
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 1,025
1895 - 1945
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,026
1670 - 1736
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,027
1850 - 1936
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 1,028
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 1,029
1910 - 1994
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 1,030
1493 - 1567
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 1,031
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 1,032
1630 - 1676
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 1,033
1846 - 1904
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 1,034
1201 - 1274
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 1,035
Among military personnels born in France, Henri Giraud ranks 43. Before him are Gnaeus Julius Agricola (40), Jean-Andoche Junot (1771), Pierre Augereau (1757), Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy (1847), Jean-Baptiste Bessières (1768), and Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762). After him are Pierre-Charles Villeneuve (1763), La Hire (1390), Georges Picquart (1854), Nicolas Chauvin (1790), Louis-Gabriel Suchet (1770), and François Achille Bazaine (1811).
40 - 93
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 37
1771 - 1813
HPI: 62.35
Rank: 38
1757 - 1816
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 39
1847 - 1923
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 40
1768 - 1813
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 41
1762 - 1833
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 43
1763 - 1806
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 44
1390 - 1443
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 45
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 46
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 47
1770 - 1826
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 48
1811 - 1888
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 49