1947 - Today
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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Among military personnels, Peter Cosgrove ranks 1,321 out of 1,468. Before 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.
1897 - 1970
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 1,315
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 1,316
1544 - 1590
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 1,317
1855 - 1925
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 1,318
1880 - 1959
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 1,319
1902 - 1950
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 1,320
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 1,321
1585 - 1641
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 1,322
190 - 243
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 1,323
1881 - 1945
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 1,324
1910 - 1982
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 1,325
1922 - 2017
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 1,326
1909 - 1996
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 1,327
Among people born in 1947, Peter Cosgrove ranks 312. Before 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.
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 306
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 307
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 308
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 309
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 310
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.18
Rank: 311
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 312
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 313
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 314
1947 - 1972
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 315
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 316
1947 - 2017
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 317
1947 - 2017
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 318
Among people born in Australia, Peter Cosgrove ranks 108 out of 925. Before 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).
1975 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 102
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 103
1908 - 1991
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 104
1964 - Present
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 105
1940 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 106
1937 - 2015
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 107
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 108
1962 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 109
1968 - Present
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 110
1950 - Present
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 111
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 112
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 113
1929 - 2019
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 114
Among military personnels born in Australia, Peter Cosgrove ranks 1. After him are Thomas Blamey (1884).