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 432,480 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Miles Dempsey is the 1,757th most popular military personnel (down from 1,553rd in 2019), the 3,355th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,998th in 2019) and the 89th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 430k

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  • 48.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.22

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.29

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miles Dempsey ranks 1,757 out of 2,058. Before him are Ali Aaltonen, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Nadezhda Popova, Sigizmund Levanevsky, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, and Alexander von Krobatin. After him are Hans von Funck, Richard O'Connor, Mahamat Déby, Serhiy Shaptala, Gnaeus Servilius Geminus, and Matthew Fontaine Maury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Miles Dempsey ranks 189. Before him are Jaromír Weinberger, Frederick Browning, Marguerite Laugier, Frank Loomis, Mordecai Ardon, and Kostas Karyotakis. After him are Roger Sessions, Nikolai Tikhonov, Louis Bromfield, Gerhard Fieseler, Barbara La Marr, and Constantin Rădulescu. Among people deceased in 1969, Miles Dempsey ranks 167. Before him are Marek Hłasko, Zeki Rıza Sporel, Ludwig Berger, Margarita Xirgu, René Guillot, and José Piendibene. After him are Frederick Lane, Mildred Davis, Chang Taek-sang, Leigh Harline, Zinaida Aksentyeva, and Fred Hampton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Miles Dempsey ranks 3,355 out of 8,785. Before him are Andrew Planche (1727), Henry Clifton Sorby (1826), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), Matt Monro (1930), and Margaret Price (1941). After him are Dominic Cooper (1978), Nick Park (1958), Simon McBurney (1957), Michael Tippett (1905), James Donald (1917), and Thomas Wedgwood (1771).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Miles Dempsey ranks 89. Before him are Frederick Browning (1896), John Benbow (1653), Harry Patch (1898), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Flora Sandes (1876), and Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757). After him are John Byng (1704), Boston Corbett (1832), Eddie Chapman (1914), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), John Moore (1761), and Dudley Pound (1877).

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