MILITARY PERSONNEL

Oliver Leese

1894 - 1978

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Lieutenant General Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese, 3rd Baronet, (27 October 1894 – 22 January 1978) was a senior British Army officer who saw distinguished active service during both the world wars. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Leese has received more than 188,803 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Leese is the 1,879th most popular military personnel (down from 1,562nd in 2019), the 4,278th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,097th in 2019) and the 109th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Oliver Leeses by language

Over the past year Oliver Leese has had the most page views in the with 26,576 views, followed by Polish (2,906), and Italian (2,890). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Slovenian (68.59%), Polish (49.56%), and Estonian (40.33%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oliver Leese ranks 1,879 out of 2,058. Before him are Andrew Scott Waugh, Stanley A. McChrystal, Mariya Smirnova, Alexander Patch, William T. Anderson, and Eugene Bullard. After him are Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Raymond T. Odierno, Robert L. Eichelberger, John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey, Rufina Gasheva, and Edmund Kirby Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Oliver Leese ranks 225. Before him are Paul Costello, Paul Peter Meouchi, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Arthur Freed, James P. Johnson, and Abram Room. After him are Ben Nicholson, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Francisco Pagazaurtundúa, ZaSu Pitts, August Dvorak, and Kazimierz Wierzyński. Among people deceased in 1978, Oliver Leese ranks 213. Before him are Peggy Wood, Blossom Rock, Jan Parandowski, Franz Dienert, Jean Claessens, and Birger Sörvik. After him are Francisco Mendes, Chill Wills, John Doeg, Vera Maretskaya, Prvoslav Mihajlović, and José Antonio Rodríguez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Leese ranks 4,278 out of 8,785. Before him are Alex Turner (1986), Frank Wild (1873), Simon West (1961), Reginald Innes Pocock (1863), Peter Hook (1956), and Jamie Hewlett (1968). After him are John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Beryl Markham (1902), David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (1378), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Henry James Sumner Maine (1822), and Edward Alleyn (1566).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Oliver Leese ranks 109. Before him are Thomas Picton (1758), John André (1750), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Albert Ball (1896), John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent (1735), and Andrew Scott Waugh (1810). After him are John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (1885), John Dill (1881), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), Guy Simonds (1903), Arnold Jackson (1891), and George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800).

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