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Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet

1892 - 1984

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Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur Travers Harris, 1st Baronet, (13 April 1892 – 5 April 1984), commonly known as "Bomber" Harris by the press and often within the RAF as "Butch" Harris, was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) RAF Bomber Command during the height of the Anglo-American strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany in the Second World War. Born in Gloucestershire, Harris emigrated to Rhodesia in 1910, aged 17. He joined the 1st Rhodesia Regiment at the outbreak of the First World War and saw action in South Africa and South West Africa. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet has received more than 984,483 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet is the 10th most popular pilot, the 641st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 605th in 2019) and the most popular British Pilot.

Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet, was a British air marshal. He is most famous for being the commander of the Royal Air Force in the bombing of Dresden, Germany.

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Among PILOTS

Among pilots, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 10 out of 48. Before him are Sabiha Gökçen, Roland Garros, Adolf Galland, Hanna Reitsch, Ernst Udet, and Francis Gary Powers. After him are Chesley Sullenberger, Ivan Kozhedub, Hermann Graf, Marina Raskova, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, and Chuck Yeager.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 44. Before him are Andrey Yeryomenko, Arthur Friedenreich, Corneille Heymans, Bruno Schulz, Alexandre Koyré, and Władysław Anders. After him are Bolesław Bierut, E. H. Carr, Nikolai Kondratiev, V. Gordon Childe, Oswald Pohl, and Mary Pickford. Among people deceased in 1984, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 27. Before him are Marvin Gaye, Oleg Antonov, Pyotr Kapitsa, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Sam Peckinpah, and Philippe Ariès. After him are Viktor Shklovsky, Martin Ryle, Ahmed Sékou Touré, Vicente Aleixandre, Stanislaw Ulam, and Karl Rahner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 641 out of 7,765. Before him are John Henry Newman (1801), Bruce Dickinson (1958), William Byrd (1543), Tim Curry (1946), Philippa of England (1394), and Rachel Weisz (1970). After him are Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild (1868), John Surtees (1934), Andrew Wiles (1953), Louis Wain (1860), Henry Bessemer (1813), and Henry Every (1659).

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Among PILOTS In United Kingdom

Among pilots born in United Kingdom, Sir Arthur Harris, 1st Baronet ranks 1. After him are Amy Johnson (1903).

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