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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lucius D. Clay

1898 - 1978

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Lucius Dubignon Clay (April 23, 1898 – April 16, 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Army who was known for his administration of occupied Germany after World War II. He served as the deputy to General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1945; deputy military governor, Germany, in 1946; Commander in Chief, United States Forces in Europe and military governor of the United States Zone, Germany, from 1947 to 1949. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucius D. Clay has received more than 428,427 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucius D. Clay is the 1,054th most popular military personnel (up from 1,088th in 2019), the 3,410th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,708th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 19

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lucius D. Clay ranks 1,054 out of 1,468. Before him are Ieronim Uborevich, Monte Melkonian, Rash Behari Bose, James Wolfe, Archelaus, and Francisco Hernández de Córdoba. After him are Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg, Coenus, Anne Hilarion de Tourville, Alberto Bayo, Alexander Vandegrift, and Leontius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Lucius D. Clay ranks 118. Before him are Yitzhak Kaduri, Paul Robeson, Vilhelm Moberg, Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria, Irene Dunne, and Benjamin Fondane. After him are José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Helmut Hasse, Vladimir Dekanozov, Marcel Griaule, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, and Ernst Wollweber. Among people deceased in 1978, Lucius D. Clay ranks 93. Before him are Mstislav Keldysh, Jens Otto Krag, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Louis Prima, Jean Acker, and Gunnar Nilsson. After him are Armin T. Wegner, Gig Young, Jacques Brugnon, Hans Stuck, Viggo Brun, and Diana Budisavljević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lucius D. Clay ranks 3,410 out of 18,182. Before him are Bill Nelson (1942), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dennis Weaver (1924), Nancy Roman (1925), Chuck Feeney (1931), and Josh Radnor (1974). After him are John Gilbert (1895), Marie Colvin (1956), Helen Kane (1904), Leon Panetta (1938), Mack Swain (1876), and Evel Knievel (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lucius D. Clay ranks 52. Before him are Ernest King (1878), Walton Walker (1889), John Basilone (1916), David Petraeus (1952), Holland Smith (1882), and Monte Melkonian (1957). After him are Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Kit Carson (1809), Doris Miller (1919), George Dewey (1837), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), and Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888).

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