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Alan Cunningham

1887 - 1983

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Sir Alan Gordon Cunningham, (1 May 1887 – 30 January 1983), was a senior officer of the British Army noted for his victories over Italian forces in the East African Campaign during the Second World War. He then commanded Eighth Army in the desert campaign, but was relieved of command during the Crusader battle against Erwin Rommel. Later he served as the seventh and last High Commissioner of Palestine. He was the younger brother of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Cunningham is the 1,605th most popular military personnel (down from 1,438th in 2019), the 184th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 132nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Alan Cunningham ranks 1,605 out of 2,058Before him are Zhang Zongchang, Infante João, Duke of Beja, Michał Gedeon Radziwiłł, Viktor Zolotov, Thermantia, and Alime Abdenanova. After him are Stanley Maude, Pedro Teixeira, Richmond K. Turner, Aliagha Shikhlinski, Edward Braddock, and Mutsuhiro Watanabe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Alan Cunningham ranks 177Before him are Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics, Prince Gustav of Denmark, Peter Arshinov, Giorgio Zampori, Walter von Brockdorff-Ahlefeldt, and Oskar Luts. After him are Joseph Orbeli, Antonio Moreno, Reginald Owen, Thoralf Skolem, Hranush Arshagyan, and Arcadio Larraona Saralegui. Among people deceased in 1983, Alan Cunningham ranks 148Before him are Mykola Bazhan, Zhang Daqian, Arvīds Pelše, Nichita Stănescu, Vince Gallagher, and Norman Holter. After him are Mary Renault, Burrill Bernard Crohn, José Baptista Pinheiro de Azevedo, Bart Bok, Earl Hines, and Carlo Orlandi.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Alan Cunningham ranks 184 out of 549Before him are Edna O'Brien (1930), Dorothea Jordan (1761), Yvonne Farrell (1951), John de Robeck (1862), Herbert Brenon (1880), and Jack Gleeson (1992). After him are Finn Bálor (1981), William Brouncker, 2nd Viscount Brouncker (1620), Elizabeth Bowen (1899), Violet Gibson (1876), Margaret Lindsay Huggins (1848), and William Howard Russell (1820).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, Alan Cunningham ranks 7Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), Richard Montgomery (1738), William Brown (1777), George Browne (1698), and John de Robeck (1862). After him are Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).