MILITARY PERSONNEL

Karel Doorman

1889 - 1942

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Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman (23 April 1889 – 28 February 1942) was a Dutch naval officer who during World War II commanded remnants of the short-lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command naval strike forces in the Battle of the Java Sea. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Doorman has received more than 283,789 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Doorman is the 939th most popular military personnel (down from 886th in 2019), the 345th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 318th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Dutch Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karel Doorman ranks 939 out of 2,058. Before him are Philip Sheridan, Karl Ernst, Teruo Nakamura, Nikolay Krylov, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and Takeo Takagi. After him are Hermann von François, Baji Rao I, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Radko Dimitriev, Juliusz Rómmel, and Adelbert Schulz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Karel Doorman ranks 89. Before him are Erle Stanley Gardner, Gabriel Hanot, Fritz Pfeffer, Willi Münzenberg, Alexander Antonov, and Walther Gerlach. After him are Mikha'il Na'ima, Amedee Reyburn, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Amadeo Bordiga, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, and Jānis K. Bērziņš. Among people deceased in 1942, Karel Doorman ranks 90. Before him are Vera Figner, Alois Eliáš, Henk Sneevliet, A. E. Waite, Walther von Lüttwitz, and Dorando Pietri. After him are Rudolf Spielmann, Titus Brandsma, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Konstantin Balmont, István Horthy, and Jure Francetić.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Karel Doorman ranks 345 out of 1,646. Before him are Dirk V, Count of Holland (1053), Sharon den Adel (1974), Hans van Breukelen (1956), Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1597), Olivier van Noort (1558), and Wander Johannes de Haas (1878). After him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau (1743), Gemma Frisius (1508), Titus Brandsma (1881), Tom Okker (1944), Isaac Israëls (1865), and Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands (1969).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Netherlands

Among military personnels born in Netherlands, Karel Doorman ranks 6. Before him are Michiel de Ruyter (1607), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), Maarten Tromp (1598), Henri Winkelman (1876), and Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467). After him are Lodewijk van Heiden (1773).

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