Military Personnel
Bernard Montgomery
1887 - 1976
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Bernard Montgomery
His biography is available in 71 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2024). Bernard Montgomery is the 8th most popular military personnel (up from 97th in 2024), the 50th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 207th in 2019) and the most popular British Military Personnel.
Bernard Montgomery was a British field marshal who is most famous for commanding the Allied forces in North Africa and Europe during World War II.
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Among Military Personnels
Among military personnels, Bernard Montgomery ranks 8 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Timur, Charles de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek, and Karl Dönitz. After him are Adolf Eichmann, Charles XIV John of Sweden, Oda Nobunaga, Erwin Rommel, Tokugawa Ieyasu, and Khalid ibn al-Walid.
Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia
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Alexander the Great
356 BC - 323 BC
HPI: 95.63
Rank: 2
Joan of Arc
1412 - 1431
HPI: 91.02
Rank: 3
Timur
1336 - 1405
HPI: 90.74
Rank: 4
Charles de Gaulle
1890 - 1970
HPI: 86.70
Rank: 5
Chiang Kai-shek
1887 - 1975
HPI: 86.25
Rank: 6
Karl Dönitz
1891 - 1980
HPI: 84.90
Rank: 7
Bernard Montgomery
1887 - 1976
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 8
Adolf Eichmann
1906 - 1962
HPI: 83.12
Rank: 9
Charles XIV John of Sweden
1763 - 1844
HPI: 82.94
Rank: 10
Oda Nobunaga
1534 - 1582
HPI: 82.89
Rank: 11
Erwin Rommel
1891 - 1944
HPI: 82.62
Rank: 12
Tokugawa Ieyasu
1542 - 1616
HPI: 82.57
Rank: 13
Khalid ibn al-Walid
592 - 642
HPI: 82.46
Rank: 14
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1887, Bernard Montgomery ranks 4. Before him are Le Corbusier, Chiang Kai-shek, and Erwin Schrödinger. After him are Marc Chagall, Charles I of Austria, Erich von Manstein, Padre Pio, Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, and Gustav Ludwig Hertz. Among people deceased in 1976, Bernard Montgomery ranks 4. Before him are Mao Zedong, Agatha Christie, and Martin Heidegger. After him are Werner Heisenberg, Howard Hughes, Alvar Aalto, Luchino Visconti, Zhou Enlai, Max Ernst, Jean Gabin, and Fritz Lang.
Others Born in 1887
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Le Corbusier
ARCHITECT
1887 - 1965
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 1
Chiang Kai-shek
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1975
HPI: 86.25
Rank: 2
Erwin Schrödinger
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1961
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 3
Bernard Montgomery
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1976
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 4
Marc Chagall
PAINTER
1887 - 1985
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 5
Charles I of Austria
POLITICIAN
1887 - 1922
HPI: 81.72
Rank: 6
Erich von Manstein
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1973
HPI: 80.50
Rank: 7
Padre Pio
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1887 - 1968
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 8
Marcel Duchamp
ARTIST
1887 - 1968
HPI: 79.88
Rank: 9
Srinivasa Ramanujan
MATHEMATICIAN
1887 - 1920
HPI: 79.85
Rank: 10
Ernst Röhm
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1934
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 11
Gustav Ludwig Hertz
PHYSICIST
1887 - 1975
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1976
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Mao Zedong
POLITICIAN
1893 - 1976
HPI: 88.70
Rank: 1
Agatha Christie
WRITER
1890 - 1976
HPI: 85.80
Rank: 2
Martin Heidegger
PHILOSOPHER
1889 - 1976
HPI: 84.92
Rank: 3
Bernard Montgomery
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1976
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 4
Werner Heisenberg
PHYSICIST
1901 - 1976
HPI: 83.50
Rank: 5
Howard Hughes
BUSINESSPERSON
1905 - 1976
HPI: 83.19
Rank: 6
Alvar Aalto
ARCHITECT
1898 - 1976
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 7
Luchino Visconti
FILM DIRECTOR
1906 - 1976
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 8
Zhou Enlai
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1976
HPI: 78.26
Rank: 9
Max Ernst
PAINTER
1891 - 1976
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 10
Jean Gabin
ACTOR
1904 - 1976
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 11
Fritz Lang
FILM DIRECTOR
1890 - 1976
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 12
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Bernard Montgomery ranks 50 out of NaN. Before him are Mary I of England (1516), Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), and Thomas Hardy (1840). After him are James Cook (1728), Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), J. J. Thomson (1856), James Prescott Joule (1818), Anthony Hopkins (1937), and John Major (1943).
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Mary I of England
POLITICIAN
1516 - 1558
HPI: 85.22
Rank: 44
Charles Dickens
WRITER
1812 - 1870
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 45
Alan Turing
COMPUTER SCIENTIST
1912 - 1954
HPI: 85.14
Rank: 46
Alexander Fleming
BIOLOGIST
1881 - 1955
HPI: 84.76
Rank: 47
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
NOBLEMAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 84.73
Rank: 48
Thomas Hardy
WRITER
1840 - 1928
HPI: 84.42
Rank: 49
Bernard Montgomery
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1887 - 1976
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 50
James Cook
EXPLORER
1728 - 1779
HPI: 84.14
Rank: 51
Mary, Queen of Scots
POLITICIAN
1542 - 1587
HPI: 84.01
Rank: 52
J. J. Thomson
PHYSICIST
1856 - 1940
HPI: 83.98
Rank: 53
James Prescott Joule
PHYSICIST
1818 - 1889
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 54
Anthony Hopkins
ACTOR
1937 - Present
HPI: 83.87
Rank: 55
John Major
POLITICIAN
1943 - Present
HPI: 83.84
Rank: 56
Among Military Personnels In United Kingdom
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Bernard Montgomery ranks 1. After him are William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), T. E. Lawrence (1888), Edward Smith (1850), Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), and Captain Tom (1920).
Bernard Montgomery
1887 - 1976
HPI: 84.19
Rank: 1
William Wallace
1270 - 1305
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 2
Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell
1857 - 1941
HPI: 80.61
Rank: 3
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson
1758 - 1805
HPI: 78.38
Rank: 4
T. E. Lawrence
1888 - 1935
HPI: 76.94
Rank: 5
Edward Smith
1850 - 1912
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 6
Claude Auchinleck
1884 - 1981
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 7
John Hawkins
1532 - 1595
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 8
Alexander Selkirk
1676 - 1721
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 9
William Stuart-Houston
1911 - 1987
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 10
Gertrude Bell
1868 - 1926
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 11
Captain Tom
1920 - 2021
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 12
