MILITARY PERSONNEL

Smedley Butler

1881 - 1940

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Major-General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps officer and writer. During his 34-year military career, he fought in the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Mexican Revolution, World War I, and the Banana Wars. At the time of his death, Butler was the most decorated Marine in U.S. military history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Smedley Butler has received more than 3,821,389 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Smedley Butler is the 1,600th most popular military personnel (down from 1,459th in 2019), the 5,062nd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,811th in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Smedley Butler ranks 1,600 out of 2,058. Before him are Georgi Todorov, John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher, John de Robeck, Carl Spaatz, Johann von Tiefen, and George Browne. After him are Hermann Boehm, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Richmond K. Turner, Alfred Saalwächter, J. E. B. Stuart, and Arrhidaeus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Smedley Butler ranks 140. Before him are Aleksandr Bogomolets, Alexander Kanoldt, Ernst Fast, Max Gerson, Henri Dentz, and Yosef Haim Brenner. After him are Sergey Merkurov, Edgar Leonard, Zoltán Halmay, Louis Bastien, Heinrich Burger, and Aleksandr Gerasimov. Among people deceased in 1940, Smedley Butler ranks 119. Before him are Flora Finch, Prince Aage, Count of Rosenborg, Raymond Smith Dugan, Helmut Wick, Pierre Weiss, and Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. After him are Ljubomir Davidović, Charley Chase, Ameen Rihani, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, Pierre Marie, and Gaston Billotte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Smedley Butler ranks 5,062 out of 20,380. Before him are Barry Commoner (1917), Arthur Blake (1872), Randy Crawford (1952), Rockwell Kent (1882), Josiah Royce (1855), and Louis J. Mordell (1888). After him are Joseph Grew (1880), Louis Brandeis (1856), Tony Randall (1920), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Verne Troyer (1969), and Daniel Webster (1782).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Smedley Butler ranks 87. Before him are Melvin Purvis (1903), Joseph Hooker (1814), William D. Leahy (1875), Eugene Sledge (1923), Mark Milley (1958), and Carl Spaatz (1891). After him are Richmond K. Turner (1885), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Charlie Wilson (1933), Eddie Slovik (1920), and Christine Jorgensen (1926).

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