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William H. McRaven

1955 - Today

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William Harry McRaven (born November 6, 1955) is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who served as the ninth commander of the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) from August 8, 2011 to August 28, 2014. From 2015 to 2018, he was the chancellor of The University of Texas System. McRaven served from June 13, 2008 to August 2011 as commander of Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) and from June 2006 to March 2008 as commander of Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William H. McRaven has received more than 3,696,579 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William H. McRaven is the 16,276th most popular politician (down from 14,584th in 2019), the 9,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,144th in 2019) and the 610th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William H. McRaven ranks 16,276 out of 19,576Before him are Benoît Hamon, Herbert H. Lehman, Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading, and Luis Alberto Riart. After him are Muhammad Sakizli, Osred II of Northumbria, Mary Harrison McKee, C. J. Hambro, David Owen, and Bajram Rexhepi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, William H. McRaven ranks 428Before him are Lisa Banes, Mihovil Nakić, Topper Headon, Muricy Ramalho, Tony Woodcock, and Steve Ovett. After him are Mary Beard, Connie Sellecca, Mohammad Rabbani, Claudio Sulser, Roma Maffia, and Pier Ferdinando Casini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William H. McRaven ranks 9,477 out of 20,380Before him are Alma Richards (1890), Aisha Tyler (1970), Tim LaHaye (1926), Bob Knight (1940), James Meredith (1933), and Abigail Johnson (1961). After him are Ann Sothern (1909), Hanya Yanagihara (1974), Meg Cabot (1967), Alvah Bessie (1904), Mary Harrison McKee (1858), and G. D. Spradlin (1920).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William H. McRaven ranks 610Before him are Frank Murkowski (1933), Michael Flynn (1958), Charles Sumner (1811), Benjamin Harrison V (1726), Bob Avakian (1943), and Herbert H. Lehman (1878). After him are Mary Harrison McKee (1858), Gary Johnson (1953), John Cornyn (1952), Dan Coats (1943), Mae Young (1923), and Michael Hayden (1945).