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MILITARY PERSONNEL

William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim

1891 - 1970

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Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action three times. During the Second World War he led the Fourteenth Army, the so-called "forgotten army" in the Burma campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim has received more than 750,245 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim is the 1,484th most popular military personnel (down from 1,379th in 2019), the 3,584th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,737th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 750k

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim ranks 1,484 out of 1,468. Before him are Franz Sigel, John Pope, Mickey Marcus, John Byng, Berenguer de Palou II, and Aaro Pajari. After him are Raymond T. Odierno, Marie Ljalková, Peter Pace, Fernand de Langle de Cary, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, and Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim ranks 204. Before him are Hendrik Adamson, Joe E. Brown, Arthur Bliss, Charley Toorop, Hitoshi Sasaki, and André Labatut. After him are Leopold Vietoris, Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Eino Leino, Gustaf Lindblom, Eva Kotchever, and Karel Petrů. Among people deceased in 1970, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim ranks 188. Before him are Andrejs Upīts, John O'Hara, István Kozma, Fritz von Unruh, Lee Barnes, and Helene Madison. After him are Ludovico Bidoglio, Valerio Arri, Adam Rapacki, Karel Pešek, Shoichi Sakata, and Lev Kassil.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim ranks 3,584 out of 7,765. Before him are Lucy Hawking (1969), Linda Martin (1952), Charles Howard Hinton (1853), Ray Kennedy (1951), Ben Miller (1966), and Constance Collier (1878). After him are Russell Brand (1975), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Antonio Pappano (1959), Aneka (1947), James Steuart (1712), and Aneirin (525).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim ranks 92. Before him are Frederick Browning (1896), Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford (1827), Harry Patch (1898), Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans (1880), Flora Sandes (1876), and John Byng (1704). After him are Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591), Reginald Wingate (1861), Dudley Pound (1877), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), and Miles Dempsey (1896).

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