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Percy Hobart

1885 - 1957

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Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, (14 June 1885 – 19 February 1957), also known as "Hobo", was a British military engineer noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Hobart has received more than 219,702 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Percy Hobart is the 241st most popular engineer (down from 237th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from India (down from 416th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Percy Hobart ranks 241 out of 323Before him are Marcel Deprez, Aron Ralston, Johannes Winkler, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Verghese Kurien, and Jean-Augustin Barral. After him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Sherif Ismail, Ernest Goüin, Georgy Langemak, and Mal Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Percy Hobart ranks 151Before him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Juhan Kukk, Charles Bacon, Edna Ferber, Giovanni Martinelli, and Nadezhda Udaltsova. After him are Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Anna Hübler, Mae Murray, Anna Louise Strong, and Alfréd Haar. Among people deceased in 1957, Percy Hobart ranks 143Before him are Ferenc Hirzer, Théophile de Donder, Gustav Mie, Tomitaro Makino, Heinrich Campendonk, and Leopold Staff. After him are Carl Bonde, Ronald Knox, Lasar Segall, P. C. Chang, Viggo Larsen, and Walter Jakobsson.

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In India

Among people born in India, Percy Hobart ranks 474 out of 1,493Before him are Nutan (1936), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Azim Premji (1945), Verghese Kurien (1921), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), and Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940). After him are Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Kamini Roy (1864), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), and Robert Swinhoe (1836).

Among ENGINEERS In India

Among engineers born in India, Percy Hobart ranks 2Before him are Verghese Kurien (1921). After him are Arthur E. Kennelly (1861) and Tessy Thomas (1963).