MILITARY PERSONNEL

Thomas C. Kinkaid

1888 - 1972

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Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 – 17 November 1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II. He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign. He was Commander Allied Naval Forces and the Seventh Fleet under General of the Army Douglas MacArthur in the Southwest Pacific Area, where he conducted numerous amphibious operations, and commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II and the last naval battle between battleships in history. Born into a naval family, Kinkaid was ranked in the lower half of his class on his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in June 1908. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas C. Kinkaid has received more than 459,729 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Thomas C. Kinkaid is the 1,471st most popular military personnel (down from 1,125th in 2019), the 4,347th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,657th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 1,471 out of 2,058. Before him are Curt Haase, Gerhard von Schwerin, Dmitry Karbyshev, Sidney Smith, Alexander Ivanovich Ostermann-Tolstoy, and Vetranio. After him are Alexander Svechin, Gaius Furius Sabinius Aquila Timesitheus, Maria Quitéria, Segismundo Casado, James M. Gavin, and François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 131. Before him are Joachim Lemelsen, Kan Kikuchi, Barry Fitzgerald, Kaarel Eenpalu, Mary Eristavi, and Lotte Lehmann. After him are Pavel Peter Gojdič, Sydney Chapman, Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape, Raquel Meller, Vladimir Baranov-Rossine, and Rachel Cohen-Kagan. Among people deceased in 1972, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 124. Before him are Solomon Lefschetz, Gustav Wiederkehr, Erik Eriksen, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Max Aub, and Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval. After him are Joseph Cornell, Rudolf Belling, Stanislaus Kobierski, W. Ross Ashby, Lee Beom-seok, and Alfons Gorbach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 4,347 out of 20,380. Before him are David Eddings (1931), Carl Panzram (1892), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Julie Kavner (1950), Virginia Mayo (1920), and Ray Walston (1914). After him are Harry Nelson Pillsbury (1872), Ray Brown (1926), Joyce Meyer (1943), James Burton (1939), Fred Niblo (1874), and Doug Clifford (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Thomas C. Kinkaid ranks 71. Before him are Frank Serpico (1936), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), William Calley (1943), James Longstreet (1821), Walter Short (1880), and Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943). After him are James M. Gavin (1907), William Guarnere (1923), Nathanael Greene (1742), Alvin York (1887), Courtney Hodges (1887), and Braxton Bragg (1817).

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