MILITARY PERSONNEL

Melvin Purvis

1903 - 1960

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Melvin Horace Purvis II (October 24, 1903 – February 29, 1960) was an FBI agent instrumental in capturing bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd in 1934. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melvin Purvis has received more than 2,749,873 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Melvin Purvis is the 1,556th most popular military personnel, the 4,801st most popular biography from United States and the 81st most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 50.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Melvin Purvis ranks 1,556 out of 2,058. Before him are Michel-Joseph Maunoury, Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Josip Filipović, James Somerville, Friedrich Schulz, and Benjamin Briggs. After him are Infante João, Duke of Beja, Xue Yue, Mikhail Yegorov, Oleg Salyukov, Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller, and John Frost.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Melvin Purvis ranks 188. Before him are Adolph Gottlieb, Georgy Beriev, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Claude Dauphin, Siegfried Kasche, and Ward Bond. After him are Julio Antonio Mella, Albrecht Haushofer, Ivan Galamian, Germán Busch, Rafael Paasio, and Dean Jagger. Among people deceased in 1960, Melvin Purvis ranks 126. Before him are Walter Noddack, Ernst Wilhelm Bohle, Igor Grabar, Ward Bond, Margaret Sullavan, and Toyohiko Kagawa. After him are Wu Lien-teh, Oscar Hammerstein II, Oliver Kirk, Hersch Lauterpacht, Paul Fort, and Nevil Shute.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Melvin Purvis ranks 4,801 out of 20,380. Before him are Tommy Thayer (1960), Benjamin Briggs (1835), Carmen McRae (1922), Christine Lahti (1950), Anita O'Day (1919), and Cammie King (1934). After him are Sargent Shriver (1915), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), Katharine Graham (1917), Harold Arlen (1905), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Melvin Purvis ranks 81. Before him are Alvin York (1887), Courtney Hodges (1887), Braxton Bragg (1817), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), and Benjamin Briggs (1835). After him are Joseph Hooker (1814), William D. Leahy (1875), Eugene Sledge (1923), Mark Milley (1958), Carl Spaatz (1891), and Smedley Butler (1881).

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