MILITARY PERSONNEL

John J. Pershing

1860 - 1948

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General of the Armies John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948) was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front in World War I, 1917–18. In addition to leading the A.E.F. to victory in World War I, Pershing notably served as a mentor to many in the generation of generals who led the United States Army during World War II, including George Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John J. Pershing has received more than 3,518,415 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). John J. Pershing is the 308th most popular military personnel (up from 325th in 2019), the 879th most popular biography from United States (up from 891st in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John J. Pershing ranks 308 out of 1,466. Before him are Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli, Raimondo Montecuccoli, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, Alexander Löhr, and Pedro de Valdivia. After him are Gan Ning, Otto Kretschmer, Nikolai Yudenich, Yamagata Aritomo, Erasmo of Narni, and Friedrich Dollmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1860, John J. Pershing ranks 23. Before him are Hugo Wolf, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, René Lalique, and Jane Addams. After him are Ernest Thompson Seton, Otto Jespersen, Hjalmar Branting, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Niels Ryberg Finsen, and William Kemmler. Among people deceased in 1948, John J. Pershing ranks 29. Before him are Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Arthur Liebehenschel, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Theodor Morell, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Georges Bernanos. After him are D. W. Griffith, Iwane Matsui, Hugo Boss, Umberto Giordano, Emil Ludwig, and Yoshiko Kawashima.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John J. Pershing ranks 879 out of 15,968. Before him are Jim Lovell (1928), Angela Davis (1944), Ron Perlman (1950), Charles H. Townes (1915), Sheldon Lee Glashow (1932), and Jon Bon Jovi (1962). After him are Woody Harrelson (1961), Michelle Obama (1964), Keith Haring (1958), Roger Wolcott Sperry (1913), Martin Seligman (1942), and Robert Rauschenberg (1925).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John J. Pershing ranks 11. Before him are Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), and Omar Bradley (1893). After him are Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Richard Winters (1918), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), Albert Pike (1809), William Westmoreland (1914), and William Tecumseh Sherman (1820).

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