MILITARY PERSONNEL

Nguyễn Ngọc Loan

1930 - 1998

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Major General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (Vietnamese: [ŋʷǐənˀ ŋâwkp lʷāːn]; 11 December 1930 – 14 July 1998) was a South Vietnamese general and chief of the South Vietnamese National Police. Loan gained international attention when he summarily executed a handcuffed prisoner of war named Nguyễn Văn Lém on February 1, 1968, in Saigon, Vietnam during the Tet Offensive. Nguyễn Văn Lém was a Viet Cong (VC) member. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nguyễn Ngọc Loan has received more than 1,480,555 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Nguyễn Ngọc Loan is the 977th most popular military personnel (down from 593rd in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 25th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Vietnamese Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 977 out of 2,058. Before him are Mikhail Katukov, Hans Cramer, Yazid ibn al-Muhallab, Adolphe Marbot, Justinian, and Federico Gravina. After him are Nakano Takeko, Takasugi Shinsaku, Kosta Pećanac, Hōjō Ujiyasu, Ding Ruchang, and Fritz Witt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 165. Before him are Carolyn Jones, Claude Bolling, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Veljo Tormis, Bo Widerberg, and Chus Lampreave. After him are Dani Karavan, Václav Vorlíček, Todor Veselinović, Venantino Venantini, Harold Bloom, and Mordechai Gur. Among people deceased in 1998, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 94. Before him are Antonio Quarracino, Zlatko Čajkovski, Nguyễn Văn Linh, Sōsuke Uno, Christian Mortensen, and Kea Bouman. After him are Bruno Munari, Slava Metreveli, Beatrice Wood, John Derek, Shinichi Suzuki, and Otto Baum.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 46 out of 136. Before him are Ngô Đình Nhu (1910), Marie-France Pisier (1944), Đỗ Mười (1917), Nguyễn Văn Linh (1915), Phan Bội Châu (1867), and Trương Tấn Sang (1949). After him are Võ Chí Công (1912), Nguyễn Minh Triết (1942), Thiệu Trị (1807), Andrew Dũng-Lạc (1795), Văn Tiến Dũng (1917), and Ngô Đình Thục (1897).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Vietnam

Among military personnels born in Vietnam, Nguyễn Ngọc Loan ranks 3. Before him are Võ Nguyên Giáp (1911), and Lady Triệu (225). After him are Trần Văn Trà (1919).

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