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MILITARY PERSONNEL

William D. Leahy

1875 - 1959

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William Daniel Leahy () (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer. The most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II, he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy. As a fleet admiral, he was the first flag officer ever to hold a five-star rank in the U.S. Armed Forces. An 1897 graduate of Annapolis, Leahy saw active service in the Spanish–American War, the Philippine–American War, the Boxer Rebellion in China, the Banana Wars in Central America, and World War I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William D. Leahy has received more than 1,074,132 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). William D. Leahy is the 1,367th most popular military personnel (down from 1,211th in 2019), the 5,031st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,533rd in 2019) and the 86th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William D. Leahy ranks 1,367 out of 1,468Before him are Yakov Smushkevich, Hermann Boehm, James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, John Burgoyne, Pavel Kurochkin, and Tommy Franks. After him are Datames, Nikolay Shchors, Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer, Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, Ronald Speirs, and Shirase Nobu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, William D. Leahy ranks 108Before him are Henning Jakob Henrik Lund, Reginald Punnett, Alexander Goldenweiser, Luigi Carnera, Beppo Levi, and Charles D. B. King. After him are Eusebio Ayala, Fritz Manteuffel, Henrik Sjöberg, Uemura Shōen, Marie Marvingt, and Henri Callot. Among people deceased in 1959, William D. Leahy ranks 109Before him are Vincent Richards, Giuseppe Bottai, Mutara III Rudahigwa, Edmund Goulding, Maxie Long, and William J. Donovan. After him are Maxwell Anderson, Sténio Vincent, Fernand Bouisson, Alfonso López Pumarejo, Johan Bojer, and Boughera El Ouafi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William D. Leahy ranks 5,031 out of 18,182Before him are Ron Kovic (1946), David Rasche (1944), Louis Leon Thurstone (1887), Brendan Eich (1961), Frank Marshall (1946), and Peter Sarsgaard (1971). After him are Loretta Swit (1937), Amos Bronson Alcott (1799), Amy Madigan (1950), Thomas H. Ince (1880), Alex Rocco (1936), and Robert Evans (1930).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William D. Leahy ranks 86Before him are Christine Jorgensen (1926), Hal Moore (1922), Carl Spaatz (1891), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Tommy Franks (1945). After him are Richard Marcinko (1940), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), George Pickett (1825), Irvin McDowell (1818), and Nathanael Greene (1742).