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Maxwell D. Taylor

1901 - 1987

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Maxwell Davenport Taylor (August 26, 1901 – April 19, 1987) was a senior United States Army officer and diplomat of the mid-20th century. He served with distinction in World War II, most notably as commander of the 101st Airborne Division, nicknamed "The Screaming Eagles." After the war, he served as the fifth chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having been appointed by President John F. Kennedy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxwell D. Taylor has received more than 1,008,095 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxwell D. Taylor is the 6,605th most popular politician (down from 6,472nd in 2019), the 2,260th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,282nd in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Maxwell D. Taylor ranks 6,605 out of 15,577. Before him are Yen Chia-kan, Tadukhipa, Rhadamistus, Theopompus of Sparta, Carlos Castillo Armas, and Nicolas Hayek. After him are Nikolai Krylenko, Margaret Sambiria, Setepenre, George II, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, Infanta María de la Paz of Spain, and Frederick V, Duke of Swabia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Maxwell D. Taylor ranks 86. Before him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Ub Iwerks, Alexander Fadeyev, Otto Wächter, Nicola Abbagnano, and Ödön von Horváth. After him are Chen Yi, Pier Giorgio Frassati, Nina Berberova, Cassandre, Margarete Buber-Neumann, and J. D. Bernal. Among people deceased in 1987, Maxwell D. Taylor ranks 59. Before him are William Stuart-Houston, Bob Fosse, Federico Mompou, Camille Chamoun, Andrei Mironov, and Anny Ondra. After him are Geraldine Page, Mervyn LeRoy, Gordon Gollob, Herbert Blumer, Nobuhito, Prince Takamatsu, and Charan Singh.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Maxwell D. Taylor ranks 2,260 out of 18,182. Before him are William A. Wellman (1896), Pat Hingle (1924), Joe Lynn Turner (1951), George Wallace (1919), Jessica Biel (1982), and Kanye West (1977). After him are Gia Carangi (1960), Duane Allman (1946), Daniel McFadden (1937), Bill Tilden (1893), Josh Duhamel (1972), and Brad Davis (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Maxwell D. Taylor ranks 141. Before him are Henry A. Wallace (1888), Oliver Winchester (1810), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Meir Kahane (1932), and George Wallace (1919). After him are Paul Bremer (1941), Clyde Tolson (1900), Kamehameha II (1797), William Joyce (1906), Harry Dexter White (1892), and Nicholas Murray Butler (1862).

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