MILITARY PERSONNEL

Ronald Speirs

1920 - 2007

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Lieutenant Colonel Ronald Charles Speirs (20 April 1920 – 11 April 2007) was a United States Army officer who served in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. He was initially assigned as a platoon leader in B Company of the 1st Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. Speirs was reassigned to D Company of the 2nd Battalion before the invasion of Normandy in June 1944 and later assigned as commander of E Company during an assault on Foy, Belgium, after the siege of Bastogne was broken during the Battle of the Bulge. He finished the war in the European Theater as a captain. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ronald Speirs has received more than 4,004,382 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ronald Speirs is the 1,203rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,371st in 2019), the 2,062nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,768th in 2019) and the 53rd most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.24

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ronald Speirs by language

Over the past year Ronald Speirs has had the most page views in the with 765,531 views, followed by Spanish (51,993), and Dutch (30,068). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hungarian (6,672.22%), Egyptian Arabic (233.33%), and Portuguese (187.83%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ronald Speirs ranks 1,203 out of 2,058. Before him are Werner Goldberg, Hajo Herrmann, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Adolf William, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, and Andrés Avelino Cáceres. After him are Ignacio Allende, Erik Heinrichs, Mundus, Nikephoros Phokas the Elder, Abbakka Chowta, and Blagoje Adžić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Ronald Speirs ranks 175. Before him are Eduardo Mondlane, Schubert Gambetta, Roberto M. Levingston, Thomas Gold, Fons Rademakers, and Knut Nordahl. After him are Vlastimil Brodský, Anselmo Duarte, Mahendra of Nepal, Georg Ots, C. R. Rao, and James Doohan. Among people deceased in 2007, Ronald Speirs ranks 149. Before him are Soe Win, Holden Roberto, George Tabori, Marianne Fredriksson, Manuel Bento, and Reg Park. After him are Wolfgang Iser, Salomon Morel, Lee Hazlewood, Max Roach, Nazik Al-Malaika, and Gohar Gasparyan.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ronald Speirs ranks 2,062 out of 8,785. Before him are Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Tim Hunt (1943), Rick Parfitt (1948), Thomas Gray (1716), Samuel Frederick Gray (1766), and Arthur Sullivan (1842). After him are Thomas Kyd (1558), Samuel Smiles (1812), Joseph Butler (1692), Tom Courtenay (1937), Edward Balliol (1283), and Glenn Murcutt (1936).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Ronald Speirs ranks 53. Before him are Hugh Dowding (1882), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), John Burgoyne (1722), Claude Auchinleck (1884), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), and Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889). After him are David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), Claude Choules (1901), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Paul Jones (1747), Gregor MacGregor (1786), and David Stirling (1915).

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