MILITARY PERSONNEL

Võ Nguyên Giáp

1911 - 2013

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Võ Nguyên Giáp (chữ Hán: 武元甲, Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Regarded as one of the greatest military strategists of the 20th century, Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars against Japan, France, South Vietnam, the United States, and China. Giáp was the military commander of the Việt Minh and the People's Army from 1941 to 1972, minister of defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1946–1947 and from 1948 to 1980, and deputy prime minister from 1955 to 1991. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Võ Nguyên Giáp has received more than 1,876,016 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Võ Nguyên Giáp is the 85th most popular military personnel (up from 101st in 2019), the 3rd most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 4th in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Military Personnel.

Võ nguyên giáp is most famous for his military strategy and tactics.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 85 out of 2,058. Before him are Günther von Kluge, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, Abu Muslim, Qasem Soleimani, and Yi Sun-sin. After him are Ivan Konev, Subutai, Erich Hartmann, Hattori Hanzō, Walther von Brauchitsch, and Hephaestion.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 10. Before him are Georges Pompidou, Baba Vanga, Naguib Mahfouz, Władysław Szpilman, Emil Cioran, and Juan Manuel Fangio. After him are Todor Zhivkov, William Golding, Nino Rota, Czesław Miłosz, Mikhail Botvinnik, and Marshall McLuhan. Among people deceased in 2013, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 7. Before him are Nelson Mandela, Margaret Thatcher, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Hugo Chávez, Peter O'Toole, and Fawzia Fuad of Egypt. After him are Jorge Rafael Videla, Doris Lessing, Heinrich Rohrer, Djalma Santos, Giulio Andreotti, and Frederick Sanger.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 3 out of 136. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), and Ngo Dinh Diem (1901). After him are Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Thích Quảng Đức (1897), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Bảo Đại (1913), Ieng Sary (1925), and Lady Sun (192).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Vietnam

Among military personnels born in Vietnam, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 1. After him are Lady Triệu (225), Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), and Trần Văn Trà (1919).

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