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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 190,957 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Oliver Leese is the 1,565th most popular military personnel (down from 1,378th in 2019), the 4,105th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,717th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 190k

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  • 44.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oliver Leese ranks 1,565 out of 1,468. Before him are A. P. Hill, Aviv Kochavi, Zhanna Yorkina, Don Carlos Buell, Isaac Brock, and Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten. After him are Gustaf Dyrssen, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, William Alexander Morgan, John Sedgwick, and John Abizaid.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Oliver Leese ranks 212. Before him are James P. Johnson, Stefán Jóhann Stefánsson, Georgy Ivanov, Agnes von Krusenstjerna, Viktor Vinogradov, and Jean Gachet. After him are Ben Nicholson, Bo Ekelund, Roger Vercel, Alfred Romer, Lois Wilson, and Walter Byron. Among people deceased in 1978, Oliver Leese ranks 197. Before him are Jan Parandowski, Kamil Tolon, Ralph Metcalfe, Chill Wills, Vera Maretskaya, and Tibor Serly. After him are Cyrille Adoula, Isidro Ayora, Edward Lindberg, František Šterc, Adolf van der Voort van Zijp, and Gregor Wentzel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Oliver Leese ranks 4,105 out of 7,765. Before him are William Warham (1450), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), Noddy Holder (1946), James Gibbs (1682), Robert Jameson (1774), and Tony Christie (1943). After him are May Sutton (1886), Susie Wolff (1982), Thomas Weelkes (1576), Rebecca Hall (1982), Patricia Medina (1919), and Amos Burn (1848).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Oliver Leese ranks 102. Before him are Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Reginald Wingate (1861), Dudley Pound (1877), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), and Miles Dempsey (1896). After him are John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), John Dill (1881), John André (1750), Arnold Jackson (1891), Thomas Picton (1758), and Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy (1862).

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