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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Peter Cosgrove

1947 - Today

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General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, (born 28 July 1947) is an Australian retired senior Army officer who served as the 26th governor-general of Australia, in office from 2014 to 2019. A graduate of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, Cosgrove fought in the Vietnam War, receiving the Military Cross in 1971. From 1983 to 1984, he was commander of the 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, and he later served as commander of the 6th Brigade and the 1st Division. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Cosgrove has received more than 1,102,077 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Cosgrove is the 1,321st most popular military personnel (down from 1,226th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Australia (up from 116th in 2019) and the most popular Australian Military Personnel.

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  • 34

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  • 4.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Peter Cosgrove ranks 1,321 out of 1,468Before him are Kurt Feldt, Laomedon of Mytilene, Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Karl von Pflanzer-Baltin, Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside, and Sergei Khudyakov. After him are Pedro Teixeira, Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus, Henri Dentz, Douglas Bader, Hal Moore, and Endel Puusepp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Peter Cosgrove ranks 312Before him are Elena Belova, Mick Fleetwood, Peter M. Christian, László Fazekas, Giancarlo Minardi, and Alan Lee. After him are Egberto Gismonti, Michael McKean, Deniz Gezmiş, Billy Hayes, Vladimir Petrov, and Gregg Allman.

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In Australia

Among people born in Australia, Peter Cosgrove ranks 108 out of 925Before him are Terence Tao (1975), Alex O'Loughlin (1976), Jack Crawford (1908), Elle Macpherson (1964), Bruce Beresford (1940), and Ron Clarke (1937). After him are Baz Luhrmann (1962), Julian McMahon (1968), Phillip Noyce (1950), Yvonne Strahovski (1982), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), and Bob Hawke (1929).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Australia

Among military personnels born in Australia, Peter Cosgrove ranks 1After him are Thomas Blamey (1884).