MILITARY PERSONNEL

Carmine Crocco

1830 - 1905

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Carmine Crocco (5 June 1830 – 18 June 1905), known as Donatello or sometimes Donatelli, was an Italian brigand. Initially a soldier for the Bourbons, he later fought in the service of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Soon after the Italian unification he formed an army of two thousand men, leading the most cohesive and feared band in Southern Italy and becoming the most formidable leader on the Bourbon side. He was renowned for his guerrilla tactics, such as cutting water supplies, destroying flour mills, cutting telegraph wires and ambushing stragglers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carmine Crocco is the 755th most popular military personnel (up from 883rd in 2019), the 1,833rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,037th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Italian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Carmine Crocco ranks 755 out of 2,058. Before him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., Hans Hermann von Katte, Max Immelmann, Süleyman Pasha, Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev, and Ma Dai. After him are Julius von Payer, Pavel Sudoplatov, Giovanni Andrea Doria, Dietrich von Saucken, Henri Gouraud, and Marcantonio Colonna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Carmine Crocco ranks 31. Before him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Lalla Fatma N'Soumer, Adèle Hugo, Samori Ture, and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony. After him are François-Marie Raoult, Aga Khan II, Theodor Leschetizky, Yoshida Shōin, Henry Bird, and Alexei Savrasov. Among people deceased in 1905, Carmine Crocco ranks 28. Before him are Adolf Bastian, Albert von Kölliker, Oswald Achenbach, Alois Riegl, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, and Otto Wilhelm von Struve. After him are Marcel Schwob, Lew Wallace, Hudson Taylor, George MacDonald, Pedro Américo, and Meyer Guggenheim.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Carmine Crocco ranks 1,833 out of 5,161. Before him are Leonard of Port Maurice (1676), Salvatore Giuliano (1922), Altichiero (1330), Peter II, Count of Savoy (1203), Moschus (-200), and Marietta Robusti (1554). After him are Tiridates III of Parthia (-50), Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539), Nicola Abbagnano (1901), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Agostino Chigi (1465), and Gaius Cassius Longinus Varus (-115).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Italy

Among military personnels born in Italy, Carmine Crocco ranks 31. Before him are Andreas Hofer (1767), Giorgio Basta (1550), Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869), Ettore Bastico (1876), Ugo Cavallero (1880), and Roger of Lauria (1245). After him are Giovanni Andrea Doria (1539), Ottavio Piccolomini (1599), Gaius Suetonius Paulinus (10), Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (1781), Marco Antonio Bragadin (1523), and Hermocrates (-500).

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