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MILITARY PERSONNEL

William Calley

1943 - Today

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William Laws Calley Jr. (born June 8, 1943) is a former United States Army officer and war criminal who was convicted by court-martial for the murder of 22 unarmed South Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968, during the Vietnam War. Calley was released to house arrest under orders by President Richard Nixon three days after his conviction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Calley has received more than 3,573,790 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Calley is the 1,165th most popular military personnel (down from 1,097th in 2019), the 3,837th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,769th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Calley ranks 1,165 out of 1,468. Before him are Cristóbal de Olid, Nuri Killigil, Miguel Cabanellas, Mile Mrkšić, Leosthenes, and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort. After him are Nina Lobkovskaya, Sidney Smith, Germanus, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, Michael von Melas, and Johann von Aldringen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, William Calley ranks 253. Before him are Maurice Bishop, Don Simpson, Christine McVie, Bjørn Wirkola, Nasr Abu Zayd, and Lobo. After him are James Turrell, Giovanni Goria, Walter Godefroot, Valery Nepomnyashchy, Jim Croce, and Sani Abacha.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Calley ranks 3,837 out of 18,182. Before him are Amy Irving (1953), Elvin Jones (1927), Dorothy Dandridge (1922), Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (1918), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), and Ray Wise (1947). After him are Wanda Jackson (1937), Stephen J. Cannell (1941), Bill Cobbs (1934), James Turrell (1943), Brenda Vaccaro (1939), and Katharine Burr Blodgett (1898).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Calley ranks 64. Before him are Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888), Marc Mitscher (1887), James M. Gavin (1907), John C. Woods (1911), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), and Wesley Clark (1944). After him are Alvin York (1887), James Jesus Angleton (1917), Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), and Robert Gould Shaw (1837).

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