MILITARY PERSONNEL

Walton Walker

1889 - 1950

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Walton Harris Walker (3 December 1889 – 23 December 1950) was a United States Army four-star general who served with distinction in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, where he commanded the Eighth United States Army before dying in a jeep accident. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walton Walker has received more than 406,199 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walton Walker is the 1,061st most popular military personnel (down from 918th in 2019), the 3,077th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,832nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 60.91

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Walton Walker ranks 1,061 out of 2,058. Before him are Publius Ventidius Bassus, Mehmed IV Giray, Günther Lützow, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Al-Muhallab ibn Abi Sufra, and Mehmed II Giray. After him are Maria Bochkareva, Hermann Priess, Lamachus, Walter Krüger, Alexey Maresyev, and Harukichi Hyakutake.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Walton Walker ranks 103. Before him are Ivan Mosjoukine, Emil Brunner, Achille Starace, Baba Sali, Maximilian de Angelis, and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. After him are Maria Bochkareva, Larry Semon, Tito Schipa, John B. Kelly Sr., Isak Samokovlija, and Bella Rosenfeld. Among people deceased in 1950, Walton Walker ranks 77. Before him are Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Arturo Alessandri, Karl Guthe Jansky, Harold Laski, Lev Berg, and Ulrich Graf. After him are Kazys Grinius, Edgar Lee Masters, Kurt Schmitt, Yi Kwang-su, Nikolai Luzin, and Juan Botasso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walton Walker ranks 3,077 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Dole (1923), Melinda Gates (1964), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), John Stockton (1962), Tom Savini (1946), and Jackie Stallone (1921). After him are Lisa Niemi (1956), Chubby Checker (1941), Mark Granovetter (1943), Michael J. Smith (1945), Richard C. Tolman (1881), and Brad Dexter (1917).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Walton Walker ranks 50. Before him are Philip Sheridan (1831), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Chris Kyle (1974), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Carl Brashear (1931), and George Dewey (1837). After him are Ernest King (1878), Wesley Clark (1944), David Petraeus (1952), Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Doris Miller (1919), and Alexander Vandegrift (1887).

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