MILITARY PERSONNEL

Luigi Cadorna

1850 - 1928

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Marshal of Italy Luigi Cadorna, (4 September 1850 – 21 December 1928) was an Italian general, Marshal of Italy and Count, most famous for being the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army from 1914 until 1917 during World War I. Commanding the Italian army on the Italian front, he acquired a reputation for rigid discipline and the harsh treatment of his troops. Cadorna launched multiple offensives across the Isonzo front during which the Italian army made gradual gains, notably capturing Gorizia after containing the Strafexpedition, but suffered heavy casualties. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Luigi Cadorna has received more than 565,218 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Cadorna is the 376th most popular military personnel (down from 372nd in 2019), the 1,051st most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,030th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Italian Military Personnel.

Luigi Cadorna was a general in the Italian army who was most famous for being the commander of the Italian army during World War I.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Luigi Cadorna ranks 376 out of 2,058. Before him are Leonid Govorov, François Achille Bazaine, Ashraf Marwan, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Giovanni Messe, and Zhang He. After him are Vasily Arkhipov, Otto Kretschmer, Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski, Sergey Sokolov, Gustav Wagner, and Götz von Berlichingen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Luigi Cadorna ranks 16. Before him are Charles Richet, Pierre Loti, Mihai Eminescu, Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Oliver Heaviside, and Ignác Goldziher. After him are Lafcadio Hearn, Lluís Domènech i Montaner, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Besarion Jughashvili, Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, and Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener. Among people deceased in 1928, Luigi Cadorna ranks 21. Before him are Italo Svevo, Giovanni Giolitti, Myrtle Corbin, Stjepan Radić, Antonio Abetti, and Wilhelm Karl, Duke of Urach. After him are H. H. Asquith, Reinhard Scheer, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Álvaro Obregón, and Loie Fuller.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Cadorna ranks 1,051 out of 5,161. Before him are Nicola Porpora (1686), Bartolomeo Ammannati (1511), Stanislao Cannizzaro (1826), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Oscar Luigi Scalfaro (1918), and Giovanni Messe (1883). After him are Roberto Cavalli (1940), Giuseppe Caspar Mezzofanti (1774), Constance of Sicily, Queen of Aragon (1249), Charles Felix of Sardinia (1765), Bruttia Crispina (164), and Lucius Accius (-170).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Luigi Cadorna ranks 19. Before him are Federico da Montefeltro (1422), Titus Labienus (-100), Sejanus (-20), Emilio De Bono (1866), Italo Gariboldi (1879), and Giovanni Messe (1883). After him are Eduard von Böhm-Ermolli (1856), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Erasmo of Narni (1370), Gaius Claudius Glaber (-200), Armando Diaz (1861), and Andreas Hofer (1767).

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