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MILITARY PERSONNEL

James M. Gavin

1907 - 1990

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James Maurice Gavin (March 22, 1907 – February 23, 1990), sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as "The Jumping General" because of his practice of taking part in combat jumps with the paratroopers under his command; he was the only American general officer to make four combat jumps in the war. Gavin was the youngest major general to command an American division in World War II, being only 37 upon promotion, and the youngest lieutenant general after the war, in March 1955. He was awarded two Distinguished Service Crosses and several other decorations for his service in the war. During combat, he was known for his habit of carrying an M1 rifle, typically carried by enlisted U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James M. Gavin has received more than 942,718 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. James M. Gavin is the 1,135th most popular military personnel (down from 1,132nd in 2019), the 3,709th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,957th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.33

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James M. Gavin ranks 1,135 out of 1,468. Before him are Tadeusz Kutrzeba, Marc Mitscher, Oskar Kummetz, Publius Ventidius Bassus, Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr, and Gaius Cassius Longinus. After him are Emilio Eduardo Massera, Nikolai Linevich, Juan Yagüe, Remus von Woyrsch, Joachim Lemelsen, and Franz Rohr von Denta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, James M. Gavin ranks 151. Before him are Ita Rina, Géza von Radványi, Roberto Cherro, Béla Barényi, Miguel Torga, and James A. Michener. After him are Philip Arthur Fisher, Jean Carzou, Roman Rudenko, Rosalind Russell, Daigoro Kondo, and Marcel Bezençon. Among people deceased in 1990, James M. Gavin ranks 116. Before him are Hayedeh, Venedikt Yerofeyev, Matvey Blanter, Andrei Kirilenko, Hans Freudenthal, and Kelly Johnson. After him are Grethe Ingmann, David White, Lothar Collatz, Jorge Bolet, Paul Ariste, and Armand Hammer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James M. Gavin ranks 3,709 out of 18,182. Before him are Vince Neil (1961), James A. Michener (1907), Grover Washington Jr. (1943), Ansel Adams (1902), Paula Abdul (1962), and Lois Smith (1930). After him are Russ Tamblyn (1934), Eric Dolphy (1928), Scott Carpenter (1925), Richard Thomas (1951), John Astin (1930), and James Gunn (1966).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James M. Gavin ranks 60. Before him are Kit Carson (1809), Doris Miller (1919), George Dewey (1837), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), and Marc Mitscher (1887). After him are John C. Woods (1911), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Wesley Clark (1944), William Calley (1943), Alvin York (1887), and James Jesus Angleton (1917).

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