1891 - 1959
General Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson, (25 December 1891 – 29 April 1959) was a senior British Army officer who saw service in both world wars. He is mainly remembered as the commander of the British First Army during Operation Torch, the Allied invasion of North Africa and the subsequent Tunisian campaign which ended with the capture of almost 250,000 Axis soldiers. An outwardly reserved character, he did not court popularity either with his superiors or with the public. His American superior, General Dwight D. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kenneth Anderson has received more than 30,680 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Kenneth Anderson is the 1,632nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,434th in 2019), the 751st most popular biography from India (down from 660th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Kenneth Anderson ranks 1,632 out of 1,468. Before him are Abu Anas al-Libi, Aytaç Yalman, Nathaniel Lyon, John O'Connor, John Sullivan, and Max Horton. After him are Zaza Gogava, Isaac Shelby, Zebulon Pike, William Gott, Richard Myers, and Henry Heth.
1964 - 2015
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 1,626
1940 - 2020
HPI: 40.99
Rank: 1,627
1818 - 1861
HPI: 40.97
Rank: 1,628
1920 - 2000
HPI: 40.93
Rank: 1,629
1740 - 1795
HPI: 40.84
Rank: 1,630
1883 - 1951
HPI: 40.82
Rank: 1,631
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 1,632
1971 - Present
HPI: 40.48
Rank: 1,633
1750 - 1826
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 1,634
1779 - 1813
HPI: 40.35
Rank: 1,635
1897 - 1942
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 1,636
1942 - Present
HPI: 40.06
Rank: 1,637
1825 - 1899
HPI: 39.99
Rank: 1,638
Among people born in 1891, Kenneth Anderson ranks 252. Before him are Alfred Lane, Robert Sjursen, Irving Pichel, Irene Rich, Charles Coughlin, and Stanley Spencer. After him are Tullio Bozza, Gene Lockhart, Charlie Buchan, Tim McCoy, Carl W. Stalling, and Robert P. Patterson. Among people deceased in 1959, Kenneth Anderson ranks 185. Before him are Frank Vaughn, Nils Granfelt, Eusebio Díaz, George Padmore, Paul Douglas, and Stanley Spencer. After him are Arvi Pohjanpää, James Gleason, Al LeConey, Bruce Harlan, Wayne Morris, and Lal Bokhari.
1891 - 1965
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 246
1891 - 1965
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 247
1891 - 1954
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 248
1891 - 1988
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 249
1891 - 1979
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 250
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 251
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 252
1891 - 1922
HPI: 40.55
Rank: 253
1891 - 1957
HPI: 40.46
Rank: 254
1891 - 1960
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 255
1891 - 1978
HPI: 40.00
Rank: 256
1891 - 1972
HPI: 39.84
Rank: 257
1891 - 1952
HPI: 39.72
Rank: 258
1902 - 1959
HPI: 41.55
Rank: 179
1887 - 1959
HPI: 41.23
Rank: 180
1901 - 1959
HPI: 41.16
Rank: 181
1903 - 1959
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 182
1907 - 1959
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 183
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.65
Rank: 184
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 185
1887 - 1959
HPI: 40.25
Rank: 186
1882 - 1959
HPI: 40.08
Rank: 187
1901 - 1959
HPI: 39.92
Rank: 188
1926 - 1959
HPI: 37.96
Rank: 189
1914 - 1959
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 190
1909 - 1959
HPI: 28.52
Rank: 191
Among people born in India, Kenneth Anderson ranks 751 out of 1,493. Before him are Kamal Ranadive (1917), Johnny Lever (1957), Sugata Mitra (1952), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), N. R. Narayana Murthy (1946), and Begum Akhtar (1914). After him are Amit Shah (1964), Homai Vyarawalla (1913), V. Shantaram (1901), Jyoti Amge (1993), Fareed Zakaria (1964), and Gauri Khan (1970).
1917 - 2001
HPI: 40.80
Rank: 745
1957 - Present
HPI: 40.74
Rank: 746
1952 - Present
HPI: 40.71
Rank: 747
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 748
1946 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 749
1914 - 1974
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 750
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 751
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 752
1913 - 2012
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 753
1901 - 1990
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 754
1993 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 755
1964 - Present
HPI: 40.59
Rank: 756
1970 - Present
HPI: 40.56
Rank: 757
Among military personnels born in India, Kenneth Anderson ranks 13. Before him are Orde Wingate (1903), Bipin Rawat (1958), Andrew Scott Waugh (1810), John Frost (1912), Sam Manekshaw (1914), and John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910). After him are Vikram Batra (1974).
1903 - 1944
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 7
1958 - 2021
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 8
1810 - 1878
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 9
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 10
1914 - 2008
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 11
1910 - 1998
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 12
1891 - 1959
HPI: 40.63
Rank: 13
1974 - 1999
HPI: 38.20
Rank: 14