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Henry Allingham

1896 - 2009

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Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was an English supercentenarian. He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Allingham has received more than 477,403 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Henry Allingham is the 1,046th most popular military personnel (down from 989th in 2019), the 1,964th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,928th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Allingham ranks 1,046 out of 1,468Before him are Agustina de Aragón, Mikhail Katukov, Demetrios Ypsilantis, Georg von der Marwitz, Otto Schniewind, and Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa. After him are Tatikios, Ieronim Uborevich, Monte Melkonian, Rash Behari Bose, James Wolfe, and Archelaus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Henry Allingham ranks 113Before him are Léonide Massine, John of Shanghai and San Francisco, Fritz Heider, Carl Zuckmayer, Charlie Rivel, and Anandamayi Ma. After him are Ieronim Uborevich, He Long, André Hunebelle, Heimito von Doderer, Máté Zalka, and Jessie Royce Landis. Among people deceased in 2009, Henry Allingham ranks 121Before him are Francisco Ayala, Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Walter Cronkite, Johannes Mario Simmel, Budd Schulberg, and Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh. After him are Zbigniew Religa, Béla Király, Guillermo Endara, Joan Martí i Alanis, Tayeb Salih, and Konstantin Feoktistov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Allingham ranks 1,964 out of 7,765Before him are Willehad (735), Hugh Bonneville (1963), David Tennant (1971), John Byron (1723), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), and Bill Bruford (1949). After him are Philippa Foot (1920), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Charles Forbes René de Montalembert (1810), Erling Braut Håland (2000), Charles Kay Ogden (1889), and Louisa Adams (1775).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Henry Allingham ranks 47Before him are Henry Tandey (1891), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), John Paul Jones (1747), Gregor MacGregor (1786), John Alcock (1892), and Captain Tom (1920). After him are James Wolfe (1727), Claude Auchinleck (1884), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Hugh Dowding (1882), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886).