1886 - 1945
Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ( SY-mən BOL-i-vər BUK-nər; July 18, 1886 – June 18, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian Islands campaign, including the Battle of Attu and the Kiska Expedition. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. has received more than 713,519 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. is the 780th most popular military personnel (down from 721st in 2019), the 2,435th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,273rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ranks 780 out of 1,468. Before him are Walter Heitz, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, Gordon Gollob, Stepa Stepanović, Sanada Masayuki, and Wilhelm Adam. After him are Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz, Vladimir Gelfand, Yekaterina Budanova, Gunichi Mikawa, Nureddin Pasha, and Dietrich von Saucken.
1878 - 1944
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 774
1886 - 1941
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 775
1912 - 1987
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 776
1856 - 1929
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 777
1547 - 1611
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 778
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 779
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 780
1893 - 1968
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 781
1923 - 1983
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 782
1916 - 1943
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 783
1888 - 1981
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 784
1873 - 1932
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 785
1892 - 1980
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 786
Among people born in 1886, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ranks 81. Before him are Walter H. Schottky, Yevgeni Preobrazhensky, Amédée Ozenfant, Henry H. Arnold, Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière, and Edwin Fischer. After him are Sessue Hayakawa, Manuel Ponce, Stefania Wilczyńska, Ernst Robert Curtius, Princess Patricia of Connaught, and Olga Rozanova. Among people deceased in 1945, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ranks 133. Before him are Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Alexander Siloti, Hajime Sugiyama, Leonardo Conti, Eduard Bloch, and Joseph Darnand. After him are Zinaida Gippius, Hans von Dohnanyi, Duy Tân, Korechika Anami, Julius Dorpmüller, and Eduard Wirths.
1886 - 1976
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 75
1886 - 1937
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 76
1886 - 1966
HPI: 55.92
Rank: 77
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 78
1886 - 1941
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 79
1886 - 1960
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 80
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 81
1886 - 1973
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 82
1886 - 1948
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 83
1886 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 84
1886 - 1956
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 85
1886 - 1974
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 86
1886 - 1918
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 87
1893 - 1945
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 127
1863 - 1945
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 128
1880 - 1945
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 129
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 130
1872 - 1945
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 131
1897 - 1945
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 132
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 133
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 134
1902 - 1945
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 135
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 136
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 137
1869 - 1945
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 138
1909 - 1945
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 139
Among people born in United States, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ranks 2,435 out of 18,182. Before him are Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Craig Venter (1946), Melissa Leo (1960), George Reeves (1914), Carl Perkins (1932), and Elijah Wood (1981). After him are Terry Crews (1968), Sofia Coppola (1971), Joseph Kittinger (1928), Leo Ryan (1925), Felicity Huffman (1962), and Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901).
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,429
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 2,430
1960 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,431
1914 - 1959
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,432
1932 - 1998
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,433
1981 - Present
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 2,434
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,435
1968 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,436
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,437
1928 - 2022
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,438
1925 - 1978
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 2,439
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 2,440
1901 - 1967
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 2,441
Among military personnels born in United States, Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ranks 37. Before him are Abner Doubleday (1819), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Paul Revere (1735), Doc Holliday (1851), James Bowie (1796), and Henry H. Arnold (1886). After him are Philip Sheridan (1831), Charlie Wilson (1933), George B. McClellan (1826), David Farragut (1801), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), and Alexander Haig (1924).
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 31
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 32
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 33
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 34
1796 - 1836
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 35
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 36
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 37
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 38
1933 - 2010
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 39
1826 - 1885
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 40
1801 - 1870
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 41
1807 - 1891
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 42
1924 - 2010
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 43