1892 - 1919
Captain Sir John William Alcock (5 November 1892 – 19 December 1919) was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Alcock has received more than 9,545 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Alcock is the 1,026th most popular military personnel (down from 781st in 2019), the 1,917th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,537th in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, John Alcock ranks 1,026 out of 1,468. Before him are John Paul Jones, Pierre André de Suffren, Max von Gallwitz, Gregor MacGregor, Bardas Phokas the Younger, and Magnia Urbica. After him are Nadezhda Durova, Ramón de Cardona, François Séverin Marceau, Charles-Denis Bourbaki, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, and François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers.
1747 - 1792
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 1,020
1729 - 1788
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 1,021
1852 - 1937
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 1,022
1786 - 1845
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 1,023
940 - 989
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 1,024
250 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1,025
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,026
1783 - 1866
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,027
1467 - 1522
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,028
1769 - 1796
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 1,029
1816 - 1897
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 1,030
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 1,031
1753 - 1798
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 1,032
Among people born in 1892, John Alcock ranks 128. Before him are Adolf Ziegler, Walter Krüger, Juan Belmonte, James Forrestal, Liu Bocheng, and Branislaw Tarashkyevich. After him are Yi Kwang-su, Charles Nungesser, Robert Watson-Watt, Sayed Darwish, Alberto Bayo, and Joseph Szigeti. Among people deceased in 1919, John Alcock ranks 75. Before him are Karl Brugmann, Itagaki Taisuke, Max Heindel, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Michel Théato, and Luigi Illica. After him are Elin Danielson-Gambogi, Szymon Winawer, László Mednyánszky, Adolf Schmal, Vera Kholodnaya, and Alexander Izvolsky.
1892 - 1959
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 122
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 123
1892 - 1962
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 124
1892 - 1949
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 125
1892 - 1986
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 126
1892 - 1938
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 127
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 128
1892 - 1950
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 129
1892 - 1927
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 130
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 131
1892 - 1923
HPI: 52.89
Rank: 132
1892 - 1967
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 133
1892 - 1973
HPI: 52.85
Rank: 134
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 69
1837 - 1919
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 70
1865 - 1919
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 71
1881 - 1919
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 72
1878 - 1919
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 73
1857 - 1919
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 74
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 75
1861 - 1919
HPI: 53.03
Rank: 76
1838 - 1919
HPI: 52.93
Rank: 77
1852 - 1919
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 78
1872 - 1919
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 79
1893 - 1919
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 80
1856 - 1919
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 81
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Alcock ranks 1,917 out of 7,765. Before him are John Dollond (1706), John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859), Robert Smith (1959), Edith Pargeter (1913), Neil Tennant (1954), and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984). After him are Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Willibald (700), Alfred Fowler (1868), Damon Albarn (1968), William Congreve (1670), and Cuthbert (635).
1706 - 1761
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 1,911
1859 - 1935
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 1,912
1959 - Present
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 1,913
1913 - 1995
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 1,914
1954 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1,915
1984 - Present
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 1,916
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,917
1847 - 1929
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,918
700 - 787
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,919
1868 - 1940
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 1,920
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,921
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,922
635 - 687
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 1,923
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Alcock ranks 45. Before him are John Fastolf (1380), Arthur Percival (1887), Henry Tandey (1891), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), John Paul Jones (1747), and Gregor MacGregor (1786). After him are Captain Tom (1920), Henry Allingham (1896), James Wolfe (1727), Claude Auchinleck (1884), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), and Hugh Dowding (1882).
1380 - 1459
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 39
1887 - 1966
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 40
1891 - 1977
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 41
1729 - 1814
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 42
1747 - 1792
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 43
1786 - 1845
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 44
1892 - 1919
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 45
1920 - 2021
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 46
1896 - 2009
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 47
1727 - 1759
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 48
1884 - 1981
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 49
1871 - 1936
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 50
1882 - 1970
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 51