MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Frost

1912 - 1993

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Major General John Dutton Frost, (31 December 1912 – 21 May 1993) was an airborne officer of the British Army, best known for being the leader of the small group of British airborne troops that actually arrived at Arnhem bridge during the Battle of Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, in the Second World War. He was one of the first to join the newly formed Parachute Regiment and served with distinction in many wartime airborne operations, such as in North Africa and Sicily and Italy, until his injury and subsequent capture at Arnhem. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Frost has received more than 20,922 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Frost is the 1,562nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,466th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from India (up from 495th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Frost ranks 1,562 out of 2,058. Before him are Melvin Purvis, Infante João, Duke of Beja, Xue Yue, Mikhail Yegorov, Oleg Salyukov, and Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller. After him are Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Natalya Kovshova, Maximilian von Edelsheim, Charles Warren, Jinichi Kusaka, and Filipp Oktyabrsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, John Frost ranks 201. Before him are Winthrop Rockefeller, Khalid Bakdash, Luiz Gonzaga, Nihat Erim, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg, and Bayard Rustin. After him are Northrop Frye, Barbara Hutton, Kulyash Baiseitova, Vlastimil Kopecký, Carvalho Leite, and Akram al-Hawrani. Among people deceased in 1993, John Frost ranks 150. Before him are Evelyne Hall, Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury, Hédi Amara Nouira, Oliver Tambo, Guido del Mestri, and Alexandre Trauner. After him are Sam Wanamaker, Roy Raymond, Paul Mebus, Eleanor Hibbert, Reuben Fine, and Gordon Douglas.

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In India

Among people born in India, John Frost ranks 466 out of 1,861. Before him are Anupam Kher (1955), Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Shammi Kapoor (1931), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), and Janaki Ammal (1897). After him are Amrit Kaur (1889), Kamala Nehru (1899), Brian Horrocks (1895), Harihara I (1336), Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888), and Faizi (1547).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, John Frost ranks 9. Before him are Tatya Tope (1814), Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Sam Manekshaw (1914), and Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832). After him are Somnath Sharma (1923), William Birdwood (1865), Bakht Khan (1797), Bipin Rawat (1958), John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910), and Kenneth Anderson (1891).

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