1881 - 1940
Major General Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 – June 21, 1940), nicknamed the Maverick Marine, was a senior United States Marine Corps officer. During his 34-year 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. history. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Smedley Butler has received more than 3,485,872 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Smedley Butler is the 1,461st most popular military personnel (down from 1,332nd in 2019), the 5,823rd most popular biography from United States (up from 5,998th in 2019) and the 101st most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Smedley Butler ranks 1,461 out of 1,468. Before him are Juan Aldama, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, Sigizmund Levanevsky, Neil Ritchie, François Fournier-Sarlovèze, and Eugene Sledge. After him are Fritz Julius Kuhn, Władysław Raginis, Guo Boxiong, Esmail Ghaani, Robert Anderson, and J. D. Tippit.
1774 - 1811
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 1,455
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 1,456
1902 - 1937
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 1,457
1897 - 1983
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 1,458
1773 - 1827
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,459
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,460
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 1,461
1896 - 1951
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 1,462
1908 - 1939
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 1,463
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 1,464
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 1,465
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,466
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 1,467
Among people born in 1881, Smedley Butler ranks 139. Before him are Aleksandr Gerasimov, Arkady Averchenko, Louis Bastien, Eugen Bolz, Jérôme Carcopino, and Edgar Leonard. After him are Harry Edwin Wood, Jess Willard, Otto Toeplitz, Fernand Sanz, Mordecai Kaplan, and Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet. Among people deceased in 1940, Smedley Butler ranks 130. Before him are Piero Toscani, Einar Benediktsson, Karimeh Abbud, Ljubomir Davidović, Charley Chase, and Agnes Ayres. After him are Mato Kósyk, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, Albert Richter, Otto Toeplitz, Heinrich Kayser, and Nikola Ivanov.
1881 - 1963
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 133
1881 - 1925
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 134
1881 - 1963
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 135
1881 - 1945
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 136
1881 - 1970
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 137
1881 - 1948
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 138
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 139
1881 - 1946
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 140
1881 - 1968
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 141
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 142
1881 - 1925
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 143
1881 - 1983
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 144
1881 - 1972
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 145
1904 - 1940
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 124
1864 - 1940
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 125
1893 - 1940
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 126
1863 - 1940
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 127
1893 - 1940
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 128
1898 - 1940
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 129
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 130
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 131
1879 - 1940
HPI: 47.72
Rank: 132
1912 - 1940
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 133
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.53
Rank: 134
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 135
1861 - 1940
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 136
Among people born in United States, Smedley Butler ranks 5,823 out of 18,182. Before him are Bill Nye (1955), William Christie (1944), Kelly LeBrock (1960), Theodore Gill (1837), Michael Dell (1965), and Larry Van Kriedt (1954). After him are Henry Russell (1904), John Diehl (1950), Mary J. Blige (1971), Frank Schlesinger (1871), Rod Serling (1924), and William Shepherd (1949).
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,817
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,818
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 5,819
1837 - 1914
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 5,820
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 5,821
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 5,822
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,823
1904 - 1986
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,824
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,825
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,826
1871 - 1943
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,827
1924 - 1975
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,828
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 5,829
Among military personnels born in United States, Smedley Butler ranks 101. Before him are Lewis Powell (1844), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Richard S. Ewell (1817), William Guarnere (1923), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), and Eugene Sledge (1923). After him are Robert Anderson (1805), J. D. Tippit (1924), Mark Milley (1958), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), John Bell Hood (1831), and Richard Bong (1920).
1844 - 1865
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 95
1883 - 1953
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 96
1817 - 1872
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 97
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 98
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 99
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 100
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 101
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 102
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 103
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 104
1831 - 1862
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 105
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 106
1920 - 1945
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 107