MILITARY PERSONNEL

Captain Tom

1920 - 2021

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Captain Sir Thomas Moore (30 April 1920 – 2 February 2021), more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made international headlines in April 2020 when he raised money for charity in the run-up to his 100th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic. He served in India and the Burma campaign during the Second World War, and later became an instructor in armoured warfare. After the war, he worked as managing director of a concrete company and was an avid motorcycle racer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Captain Tom is the 196th most popular military personnel (up from 1,819th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,735th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Captain Tom ranks 196 out of 2,058. Before him are Desmond Doss, Paul Hausser, Maxime Weygand, Abraha, Gertrude Bell, and Georg von Küchler. After him are Mikhail Frunze, Djemal Pasha, Jacques MacDonald, Zhou Yu, Chūichi Nagumo, and Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Captain Tom ranks 30. Before him are François Jacob, Traudl Junge, Éric Rohmer, George Porter, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, and Boris Vian. After him are Montgomery Clift, Fritz Walter, Frank Sheeran, Edmond H. Fischer, Helmut Newton, and Zecharia Sitchin. Among people deceased in 2021, Captain Tom ranks 23. Before him are Paul J. Crutzen, Desmond Tutu, Raffaella Carrà, Martinus J. G. Veltman, Carlos Menem, and Isamu Akasaki. After him are Richard R. Ernst, Jacques Rogge, Robert Downey Sr., Marie, Princess of Liechtenstein, Bell hooks, and Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Captain Tom ranks 480 out of 8,785. Before him are J. M. Barrie (1860), David Beckham (1975), Gertrude Bell (1868), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Peter Sellers (1925), and Henry Morton Stanley (1841). After him are Robbie Coltrane (1950), David Niven (1910), William Baffin (1584), Enid Blyton (1897), Martin Ryle (1918), and Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Captain Tom ranks 12. Before him are Edward Smith (1850), Claude Auchinleck (1884), John Hawkins (1532), Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), and Gertrude Bell (1868). After him are John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), Jack Phillips (1887), Hugh Dowding (1882), Timothy Laurence (1955), and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861).

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