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 4,181,112 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.
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 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.
1856 - 1941
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 302
1609 - 1680
HPI: 71.47
Rank: 303
1886 - 1944
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 304
1889 - 1962
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 305
1885 - 1947
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 306
1497 - 1553
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 307
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 308
175 - 222
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 309
1912 - 1998
HPI: 71.35
Rank: 310
1862 - 1933
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 311
1838 - 1922
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 312
1370 - 1443
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 313
1882 - 1944
HPI: 71.25
Rank: 314
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.
1860 - 1903
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 17
1860 - 1952
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 18
1860 - 1940
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 19
1860 - 1919
HPI: 71.93
Rank: 20
1860 - 1945
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 21
1860 - 1935
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 22
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 23
1860 - 1946
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 24
1860 - 1943
HPI: 70.92
Rank: 25
1860 - 1925
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 26
1860 - 1919
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 27
1860 - 1904
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 28
1860 - 1890
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 29
1876 - 1948
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 23
1901 - 1948
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 24
1900 - 1948
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 25
1886 - 1948
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 26
1900 - 1948
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 27
1888 - 1948
HPI: 71.67
Rank: 28
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 29
1875 - 1948
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 30
1878 - 1948
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 31
1885 - 1948
HPI: 70.69
Rank: 32
1867 - 1948
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 33
1881 - 1948
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 34
1907 - 1948
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 35
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).
1928 - Present
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 873
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 874
1950 - Present
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 875
1915 - 2015
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 876
1932 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 877
1962 - Present
HPI: 71.42
Rank: 878
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 879
1961 - Present
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 880
1964 - Present
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 881
1958 - 1990
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 882
1913 - 1994
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 883
1942 - Present
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 884
1925 - 2008
HPI: 71.37
Rank: 885
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).
1885 - 1966
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 5
1807 - 1870
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 6
1839 - 1876
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 11
1946 - 1976
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 12
1918 - 2011
HPI: 70.13
Rank: 13
1886 - 1969
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 14
1809 - 1891
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 15
1914 - 2005
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 16
1820 - 1891
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 17