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Carl Spaatz

1891 - 1974

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Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; 28 June 1891 – 14 July 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general. As commander of Strategic Air Forces in Europe in 1944, he successfully pressed for the bombing of the enemy's oil production facilities as a priority over other targets. He became Chief of Staff of the newly formed United States Air Force in 1947. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Spaatz is the 393rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,597th in 2019), the 1,334th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,053rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carl Spaatz ranks 393 out of 2,058. Before him are Alexander Samsonov, Henry Maitland Wilson, Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Erich Priebke, Jean-Andoche Junot, and Laskarina Bouboulina. After him are Charles Lee, Hermann Balck, Gustav Wagner, Gerhard Barkhorn, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, and Jan Karol Chodkiewicz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Carl Spaatz ranks 33. Before him are Frank Costello, Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia, Edward Bernays, Charley Patton, Henry Morgenthau Jr., and Fumimaro Konoe. After him are Jose P. Laurel, Shukri al-Quwatli, Michael Chekhov, Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, Antonio Segni, and Yrjö Väisälä. Among people deceased in 1974, Carl Spaatz ranks 34. Before him are Otto Strasser, Satyendra Nath Bose, Lewis Strauss, Zalman Shazar, Louis Kahn, and Fritz Zwicky. After him are David Alfaro Siqueiros, Walter Brennan, Virginia Apgar, Cass Elliot, Walter Lippmann, and Marcel Pagnol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carl Spaatz ranks 1,334 out of 20,380. Before him are James B. Conant (1893), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Thomas Huckle Weller (1915), Horatio Alger (1832), Jon Bon Jovi (1962), and William Daniel Phillips (1948). After him are Mr. T (1952), Willie Nelson (1933), Mark David Chapman (1955), John Updike (1932), Mary Jackson (1921), and Ray Kurzweil (1948).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Carl Spaatz ranks 26. Before him are Paul Tibbets (1915), William D. Leahy (1875), Matthew C. Perry (1794), John J. Pershing (1860), Mark Milley (1958), and Albert Pike (1809). After him are Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), Robert Anderson (1805), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), and William Westmoreland (1914).

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