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J. Lawton Collins

1896 - 1987

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General Joseph Lawton Collins (1 May 1896 – 12 September 1987) was a senior United States Army officer. During World War II, he served in both the Pacific and European Theaters of Operations, one of a few senior American commanders to do so. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Lawton Collins has received more than 472,395 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). J. Lawton Collins is the 1,669th most popular military personnel (down from 1,506th in 2019), the 5,569th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,562nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, J. Lawton Collins ranks 1,669 out of 2,058. Before him are Frederick Townsend Ward, Timothy Laurence, Nozu Michitsura, Ian Hamilton, Maha Bandula, and J. D. Tippit. After him are Mikhail Devyataev, Wisimar, Fidel Dávila Arrondo, Gaston Billotte, Fritz Julius Kuhn, and Theodor Tolsdorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, J. Lawton Collins ranks 172. Before him are Edward Arthur Milne, William Gopallawa, Robert Gerhard, Franz Blücher, Peter Cheyney, and Lado Gudiashvili. After him are Steponas Darius, Adhemar Pimenta, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Jessie Royce Landis, Yu Dafu, and Edvin Wide. Among people deceased in 1987, J. Lawton Collins ranks 149. Before him are James Coco, Ethel Catherwood, Conny Plank, Vicente Calderón, Ajita Wilson, and Ray Bolger. After him are Antonio Sastre, Paul Butterfield, Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Princess Pilar of Bavaria, Madeleine Carroll, and Tuvia Bielski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Lawton Collins ranks 5,569 out of 20,380. Before him are Travis Barker (1975), Alfred Blalock (1899), Darlene Cates (1947), Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954), Maclyn McCarty (1911), and Bruce Kulick (1953). After him are Adriana Caselotti (1916), Pearl White (1889), George Bancroft (1882), Jude Ciccolella (1947), Thomas H. Ince (1880), and Arthur Laffer (1940).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, J. Lawton Collins ranks 98. Before him are Eddie Slovik (1920), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Henry Gunther (1895), Henry Halleck (1815), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), and J. D. Tippit (1924). After him are Hal Moore (1922), Mickey Marcus (1901), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), George Pickett (1825), and James Joseph Dresnok (1941).

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