1896 - 1989
Field Marshal Allan Francis Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, (10 February 1896 – 20 January 1989), known as John Harding, was a senior British Army officer who fought in both the First World War and the Second World War, served in the Malayan Emergency, and later advised the British government on the response to the Mau Mau Uprising. He also served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS), the professional head of the British Army, and was Governor of Cyprus from 1955 to 1957 during the Cyprus Emergency. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton has received more than 186,228 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton is the 1,567th most popular military personnel, the 4,133rd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 103rd most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 1,567 out of 1,468. Before him are Zhanna Yorkina, Don Carlos Buell, Isaac Brock, Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten, Oliver Leese, and Gustaf Dyrssen. After him are Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, William Alexander Morgan, John Sedgwick, John Abizaid, John Dill, and Gilad Shalit.
1939 - 2015
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 1,561
1818 - 1898
HPI: 44.40
Rank: 1,562
1769 - 1812
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 1,563
1861 - 1921
HPI: 44.36
Rank: 1,564
1894 - 1978
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 1,565
1891 - 1981
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 1,566
1896 - 1989
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 1,567
1779 - 1869
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 1,568
1928 - 1961
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 1,569
1813 - 1864
HPI: 44.04
Rank: 1,570
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 1,571
1881 - 1944
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 1,572
1986 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 1,573
Among people born in 1896, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 210. Before him are Luiz Vinhaes, Miles Dempsey, George Parker, Kim Iryeop, Enrique Hertzog, and Rogers Hornsby. After him are Rafael Garza Gutiérrez, Walter Breuning, José Naya, Lawrence Tibbett, Virgil Thomson, and Arthur Tell Schwab. Among people deceased in 1989, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 225. Before him are Cláudio Santoro, Egon Orowan, Robert Körner, Gilda Radner, Edgar Sanabria, and Ugo Pignotti. After him are László Papp, Asbjørn Ruud, Ansa Ikonen, Marshall Harvey Stone, C. L. R. James, and Willibald Kreß.
1896 - 1960
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 204
1896 - 1969
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 205
1896 - 1976
HPI: 44.64
Rank: 206
1896 - 1971
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 207
1896 - 1980
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 208
1896 - 1963
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 209
1896 - 1989
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 210
1896 - 1974
HPI: 44.14
Rank: 211
1896 - 2011
HPI: 43.98
Rank: 212
1896 - 1977
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 213
1896 - 1960
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 214
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 215
1896 - 1945
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 216
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 219
1902 - 1989
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 220
1924 - 1989
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 221
1946 - 1989
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 222
1911 - 1989
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 223
1908 - 1989
HPI: 44.21
Rank: 224
1896 - 1989
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 225
1905 - 1989
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 226
1919 - 1989
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 227
1913 - 1989
HPI: 43.97
Rank: 228
1903 - 1989
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 229
1901 - 1989
HPI: 43.91
Rank: 230
1906 - 1989
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 231
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 4,133 out of 7,765. Before him are John M. Allegro (1923), Bob Evans (1947), Caroline Cossey (1954), Robin Cook (1946), John Abbot (1751), and Roger Allam (1953). After him are Matthew Lewis (1989), Douglas Slocombe (1913), Joseph Wedderburn (1882), Jacqueline Wilson (1945), Vincent Nichols (1945), and Richard Gunn (1871).
1923 - 1988
HPI: 44.24
Rank: 4,127
1947 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 4,128
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 4,129
1946 - 2005
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 4,130
1751 - 1840
HPI: 44.22
Rank: 4,131
1953 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,132
1896 - 1989
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,133
1989 - Present
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,134
1913 - 2016
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 4,135
1882 - 1948
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,136
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,137
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.19
Rank: 4,138
1871 - 1961
HPI: 44.18
Rank: 4,139
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton ranks 103. Before him are Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Reginald Wingate (1861), Dudley Pound (1877), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Miles Dempsey (1896), and Oliver Leese (1894). After him are John Dill (1881), John André (1750), Arnold Jackson (1891), Thomas Picton (1758), Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862), and Albert Ball (1896).
1591 - 1646
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 97
1861 - 1953
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 98
1877 - 1943
HPI: 45.82
Rank: 99
1857 - 1932
HPI: 44.70
Rank: 100
1896 - 1969
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 101
1894 - 1978
HPI: 44.30
Rank: 102
1896 - 1989
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 103
1881 - 1944
HPI: 43.71
Rank: 104
1750 - 1780
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 105
1891 - 1972
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 106
1758 - 1815
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 107
1862 - 1935
HPI: 43.06
Rank: 108
1896 - 1917
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 109