Military Personnel

Walter Bedell Smith

United States Army general and Director of Central Intelligence

1895 - 1961

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His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Walter Bedell Smith is the 1,465th most popular military personnel (up from 1,538th in 2024), the 5,057th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,682nd in 2019) and the 87th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Walter Bedell Smith shares a October 5 birthday with Denis Diderot, Václav Havel, and Brian Johnson.

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Among Military Personnels

Among military personnels, Walter Bedell Smith ranks 1,465 out of 2,058. Before him are Maurice d'Elbée, Cândido Rondon, Marc Mitscher, Orde Wingate, Meleager, and I Gusti Ngurah Rai. After him are Constantine Angelos, Saitō Yoshitatsu, Dan Shomron, George Rooke, Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen, and Tettius Julianus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Walter Bedell Smith ranks 165. Before him are John J. McCloy, Corrado Alvaro, Rudolph Minkowski, Jankel Adler, Fedor Ozep, and Morris Kirksey. After him are Immanuel Velikovsky, Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes, Earl Thomson, Oscar Hammerstein II, Nigel Bruce, and Georg Muche. Among people deceased in 1961, Walter Bedell Smith ranks 100. Before him are Maurice Tourneur, Louis Rwagasore, Max Weber, Cuno Amiet, Andrzej Munk, and H.D.. After him are Harriet Bosse, Jessie Redmon Fauset, Alexander Goldenweiser, Maneca, Ralf Törngren, and Boris Vilkitsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Bedell Smith ranks 5,057 out of 20,380. Before him are Cat Power (1972), Albert Brooks (1947), Alexander H. Stephens (1812), Margaret Sullavan (1909), Peggy Whitson (1960), and Susan Brownmiller (1935). After him are Edwin Drake (1819), Steve James (1952), Roy E. Disney (1930), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), Don Adams (1923), and Gerard K. O'Neill (1927).

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Among Military Personnels In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Walter Bedell Smith ranks 87. Before him are Holland Smith (1882), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Short (1880), Melvin Purvis (1903), and Marc Mitscher (1887). After him are Anthony McAuliffe (1898), Walton Walker (1889), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), Courtney Hodges (1887), James Longstreet (1821), and Hal Moore (1922).

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