1860 - 1948
General of the Armies John Joseph Pershing (September 13, 1860 – July 15, 1948), nicknamed "Black Jack", was a senior United States Army officer. He served most famously as the commander of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) on the Western Front during World War I, from 1917 to 1918. In addition to leading the AEF 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 C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Lesley J. McNair, George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur.During his command in World War I, Pershing rejected British and French demands that American forces be integrated with their armies, essentially as replacement units, and insisted that the AEF would operate as a single unit under his command, although some American divisions fought under British command, notably in the Battle of Hamel and the breaching of the Hindenburg Line at St Quentin Canal, precipitating the final German collapse. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John J. Pershing has received more than 4,715,707 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia. John J. Pershing is the 296th most popular military personnel (up from 308th in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from United States (up from 878th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Military Personnel.
John J. Pershing is most famous for his leadership in World War I, where he led the American Expeditionary Forces to victory over Germany.
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Among military personnels, John J. Pershing ranks 296 out of 1,468. Before him are Qasem Soleimani, François Christophe de Kellermann, Hans-Joachim Marseille, Götz von Berlichingen, Toyotomi Hideyori, and Alexander Yegorov. After him are Emilio De Bono, Juan Pujol García, Alexander Löhr, Dmitry Yazov, Arthur Nebe, and Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf.
1957 - 2020
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 290
1735 - 1820
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 291
1919 - 1942
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 292
1480 - 1562
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 293
1593 - 1615
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 294
1883 - 1939
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 295
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 296
1866 - 1944
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 297
1912 - 1988
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 298
1885 - 1947
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 299
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 300
1894 - 1945
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 301
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 302
Among people born in 1860, John J. Pershing ranks 24. Before him are Anders Zorn, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, René Lalique, Hugo Wolf, and Princess Charlotte of Prussia. After him are William Kemmler, Grand Duke Paul Alexandrovich of Russia, Louis Wain, Ernest Thompson Seton, Otto Jespersen, and Grand Duchess Anastasia Mikhailovna of Russia. Among people deceased in 1948, John J. Pershing ranks 27. Before him are Maria Mandl, Arthur Liebehenschel, Jan Masaryk, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, Kurt Schwitters, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah. After him are Umberto Giordano, Hugo Boss, Iwane Matsui, D. W. Griffith, Tamam Shud case, and Georges Bernanos.
1860 - 1920
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 18
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 19
1860 - 1941
HPI: 64.52
Rank: 20
1860 - 1945
HPI: 64.26
Rank: 21
1860 - 1903
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 22
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 23
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 24
1860 - 1890
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 25
1860 - 1919
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 26
1860 - 1939
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 27
1860 - 1946
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 28
1860 - 1943
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 29
1860 - 1922
HPI: 61.73
Rank: 30
1912 - 1948
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 21
1901 - 1948
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 22
1886 - 1948
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 23
1900 - 1948
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 24
1887 - 1948
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 25
1876 - 1948
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 26
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 27
1867 - 1948
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 28
1885 - 1948
HPI: 62.94
Rank: 29
1878 - 1948
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 30
1875 - 1948
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 31
1903 - 1948
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 32
1888 - 1948
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 33
Among people born in United States, John J. Pershing ranks 857 out of 18,182. Before him are James Hetfield (1963), John Lee Hooker (1917), Paul Allen (1953), Samuel Barber (1910), Alan Arkin (1934), and Bill Bixby (1934). After him are Lynn Margulis (1938), Jason Robards (1922), Kris Kristofferson (1936), John Lithgow (1945), John Archibald Wheeler (1911), and Robert Venturi (1925).
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 851
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 852
1953 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 853
1910 - 1981
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 854
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 855
1934 - 1993
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 856
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 857
1938 - 2011
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 858
1922 - 2000
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 859
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 860
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 861
1911 - 2008
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 862
1925 - 2018
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 863
Among military personnels born in United States, John J. Pershing ranks 11. Before him are George S. Patton (1885), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), and Omar Bradley (1893). After him are Albert Pike (1809), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Stonewall Jackson (1824), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), and Raymond A. Spruance (1886).
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 5
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 6
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1809 - 1891
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 12
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 13
1821 - 1877
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 14
1824 - 1863
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 15
1946 - 1976
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 16
1886 - 1969
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 17