1955 - Today
Valery Vasilyevich Gerasimov (Russian: Валерий Васильевич Герасимов, IPA: [vɐˈlʲerʲɪj vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɡʲɪˈrasʲɪməf]; born 8 September 1955) is a Russian army general serving as the Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and First Deputy Minister of Defence. He was appointed by president Vladimir Putin on 9 November 2012 replacing Nikolay Yegorovich Makarov, and currently serves as the commander of all Russian forces in Ukraine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Valery Gerasimov has received more than 2,437,374 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Valery Gerasimov is the 579th most popular military personnel (up from 1,166th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,068th in 2019) and the 44th most popular Russian Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Valery Gerasimov ranks 579 out of 1,468. Before him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Alexander Pokryshkin, Gusztáv Jány, Hijikata Toshizō, Deng Ai, and Kurt Franz. After him are Creighton Abrams, Huang Gai, Kirill Moskalenko, Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, Woodes Rogers, and Ernst Barkmann.
1879 - 1946
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 573
1913 - 1985
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 574
1883 - 1947
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 575
1835 - 1869
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 576
197 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 577
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 578
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 579
1914 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 580
145 - 222
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 581
1902 - 1985
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 582
1476 - 1524
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 583
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 584
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 585
Among people born in 1955, Valery Gerasimov ranks 61. Before him are Binali Yıldırım, Michael Rooker, Ante Gotovina, Pietro Parolin, Al-Waleed bin Talal, and José Antonio Camacho. After him are Eric Schmidt, Emine Erdoğan, Michael Schenker, Jean Tigana, Yo-Yo Ma, and Najib Mikati.
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 55
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 56
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.96
Rank: 57
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 58
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 59
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 60
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 61
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 62
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 63
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 64
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 65
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 66
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 67
Among people born in Russia, Valery Gerasimov ranks 490 out of 3,262. Before him are Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864), Pavel Milyukov (1859), Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov (1806), Mikhail of Tver (1271), Alexander Pokryshkin (1913), and Yevgeny Mravinsky (1903). After him are Ivan Bilibin (1876), Sacha Guitry (1885), Viktor Belenko (1947), Grigory Mikhaylovich Semyonov (1890), Urie Bronfenbrenner (1917), and Maria Spiridonova (1884).
1864 - 1931
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 484
1859 - 1943
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 485
1806 - 1858
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 486
1271 - 1318
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 487
1913 - 1985
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 488
1903 - 1988
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 489
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 490
1876 - 1942
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 491
1885 - 1957
HPI: 58.44
Rank: 492
1947 - 2023
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 493
1890 - 1946
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 494
1917 - 2005
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 495
1884 - 1941
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 496
Among military personnels born in Russia, Valery Gerasimov ranks 44. Before him are Dmitry Pozharsky (1577), Fyodor Ushakov (1745), Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov (1787), Werner Ostendorff (1903), Filipp Golikov (1900), and Alexander Pokryshkin (1913). After him are Mikhail Alekseyev (1857), Sergey Akhromeyev (1923), Nikolay Gumilyov (1886), Werner Kempf (1886), Sergei Skripal (1951), and Ivan Panfilov (1893).
1577 - 1642
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 38
1745 - 1817
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 39
1787 - 1869
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 40
1903 - 1945
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 41
1900 - 1980
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 42
1913 - 1985
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 43
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 44
1857 - 1918
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 45
1923 - 1991
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 46
1886 - 1921
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 47
1886 - 1964
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 48
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 49
1893 - 1941
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 50