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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Miles Dempsey

1896 - 1969

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General Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, (15 December 1896 – 5 June 1969) was a senior British Army officer who served in both world wars. During the Second World War he commanded the Second Army in northwest Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miles Dempsey has received more than 396,487 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Miles Dempsey is the 1,556th most popular military personnel (down from 1,348th in 2019), the 4,006th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,422nd in 2019) and the 101st most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miles Dempsey ranks 1,556 out of 1,468Before him are John F. Reynolds, Michael Mullen, George W. Casey Jr., Issam Zahreddine, Reginald Dyer, and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer. After him are Eddie Rickenbacker, Alexandros Othonaios, A. P. Hill, Aviv Kochavi, Zhanna Yorkina, and Don Carlos Buell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Miles Dempsey ranks 205Before him are Jack Pickford, Hermann Jónasson, Blanche Sweet, Sao Shwe Thaik, José Vidal, and Luiz Vinhaes. After him are George Parker, Kim Iryeop, Enrique Hertzog, Rogers Hornsby, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, and Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. Among people deceased in 1969, Miles Dempsey ranks 175Before him are Walter Hagen, Tom Naudé, Vilho Väisälä, Óscar Osorio, Leigh Harline, and Károly Dietz. After him are Vernon Duke, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Viktor Vinogradov, Gisela Arendt, Rodolfo Choperena, and Bruno Söderström.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Miles Dempsey ranks 4,006 out of 7,765Before him are Boyd Alexander (1873), Richard Sinclair (1948), Chris Bonington (1934), Susan Blackmore (1951), Paul Gallagher (1954), and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857). After him are Mary Moser (1744), Jeanette Winterson (1959), Alex Salmond (1954), Mark Herman (1954), Mary Everest Boole (1832), and John Loder (1898).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Miles Dempsey ranks 101Before him are William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim (1891), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Reginald Wingate (1861), Dudley Pound (1877), and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857). After him are Oliver Leese (1894), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), John Dill (1881), John André (1750), Arnold Jackson (1891), and Thomas Picton (1758).