MILITARY PERSONNEL

Raymond A. Spruance

1886 - 1969

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Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He commanded U.S. naval forces during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, one of the most significant naval battles of the Pacific Theatre. He also commanded Task Force 16 at the Battle of Midway, comprising the carriers Enterprise and Hornet. At Midway, dive bombers from Enterprise sank four larger carriers of the Imperial Japanese Navy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond A. Spruance has received more than 1,479,628 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Raymond A. Spruance is the 565th most popular military personnel (down from 453rd in 2019), the 1,629th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,301st in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Military Personnel.

Raymond A. Spruance was a United States Navy admiral in World War II. He is most famous for his victory in the Battle of Midway, which was a major turning point in the war in the Pacific.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Raymond A. Spruance ranks 565 out of 2,058. Before him are Hans Baur, Kurt Franz, Adolf Heusinger, Jisaburō Ozawa, Saburō Sakai, and Kenji Doihara. After him are Catherine-Dominique de Pérignon, Carl Gustaf Wrangel, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, Oghul Qaimish, Otto Kumm, and Filipp Golikov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Raymond A. Spruance ranks 54. Before him are Gottfried Benn, Erich Fellgiebel, Willem Drees, Tsuguharu Foujita, Giovanni Battista Caproni, and Jisaburō Ozawa. After him are Georg Stumme, Rex Stout, Raoul Hausmann, Frank Lloyd, Gyula Gömbös, and Karl Korsch. Among people deceased in 1969, Raymond A. Spruance ranks 49. Before him are Itzhak Stern, Erika Mann, Zakir Husain, Walter Christaller, Vito Genovese, and René Barrientos. After him are Korney Chukovsky, Grażyna Bacewicz, Dragiša Cvetković, Eberhard von Mackensen, Markian Popov, and Radivoj Korać.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Raymond A. Spruance ranks 1,629 out of 20,380. Before him are Kirk Hammett (1962), Mariah Carey (1969), Helen Hayes (1900), Richard Smalley (1943), John Sturges (1910), and George C. Scott (1927). After him are Harvey Milk (1930), Luke Perry (1966), Maria Shriver (1955), Edward W. Morley (1838), Ethel Barrymore (1879), and Mary Anderson (1862).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Raymond A. Spruance ranks 22. Before him are Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), William Westmoreland (1914), Stonewall Jackson (1824), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Creighton Abrams (1914), and Paul Revere (1735). After him are William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Mark W. Clark (1896), William Halsey Jr. (1882), and Abner Doubleday (1819).

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