MILITARY PERSONNEL

Walter Short

1880 - 1949

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Walter Campbell Short (March 30, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a lieutenant general (temporary rank) and major general of the United States Army and the U.S. military commander responsible for the defense of U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Short has received more than 532,935 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Short is the 1,443rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,193rd in 2019), the 4,248th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,950th in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 16

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  • 2.27

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walter Short ranks 1,443 out of 2,058. Before him are Alan Cunningham, Alfons Rebane, James Longstreet, Maurice d'Elbée, Leo Phokas the Elder, and Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu. After him are Kurt Feldt, Guglielmo Pepe, Hulusi Akar, Naser Orić, Traugott Herr, and Pavel Chichagov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Walter Short ranks 118. Before him are Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Walter Hohmann, Samuel Jones, and Jeannette Rankin. After him are Eugen Slutsky, Richard Oswald, Dmitry Karbyshev, Harry Baur, Carl Schuricht, and Tom Mix. Among people deceased in 1949, Walter Short ranks 100. Before him are Ehmetjan Qasim, Damaskinos of Athens, Charles Dullin, John Haigh, Nikos Skalkottas, and Nándor Dáni. After him are Wallace Beery, Henri Rabaud, Frank Morgan, Makino Nobuaki, Kijirō Nambu, and Elin Pelin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Short ranks 4,248 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward Furlong (1977), Linda Fiorentino (1958), Gary Coleman (1968), Pat Benatar (1953), Sarah Goodridge (1788), and John Paine (1870). After him are Carl Wilson (1946), Gregory Jarvis (1944), Samuel Little (1940), Paul Shenar (1936), Ellen Swallow Richards (1842), and Jordan Rudess (1956).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Walter Short ranks 69. Before him are Kit Carson (1809), Marc Mitscher (1887), Frank Serpico (1936), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), William Calley (1943), and James Longstreet (1821). After him are Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), James M. Gavin (1907), William Guarnere (1923), Nathanael Greene (1742), and Alvin York (1887).

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