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Chester W. Nimitz

1885 - 1966

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Chester William Nimitz (; 24 February 1885 – 20 February 1966) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy. He played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, US Pacific Fleet, and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. Nimitz was the leading US Navy authority on submarines. Qualified in submarines during his early years, he later oversaw the conversion of these vessels' propulsion from gasoline to diesel, and then later was key in acquiring approval to build the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, USS Nautilus, whose propulsion system later completely superseded diesel-powered submarines in the US. He also, beginning in 1917, was the Navy's leading developer of underway replenishment techniques, the tool which during the Pacific war would allow the US fleet to operate away from port almost indefinitely. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Chester W. Nimitz is the 205th most popular military personnel (down from 140th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from United States (down from 382nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Military Personnel.

Chester W. Nimitz was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He was the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet from 1942 until 1945.

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Among military personnels, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 205 out of 2,058. Before him are Jacques MacDonald, Zhou Yu, Chūichi Nagumo, Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Alfred von Schlieffen, and Syagrius. After him are Henning von Tresckow, Dietrich von Choltitz, Alexandre de Beauharnais, Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine, William Halsey Jr., and Gotthard Heinrici.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 27. Before him are Umberto Nobile, Ernst Busch, Heinrich Hoffmann, Mikhail Frunze, Heinrich Brüning, and Vladimir Tatlin. After him are Kato Svanidze, Sonia Delaunay, Yakov Sverdlov, George Minot, Sabina Spielrein, and Tomoyuki Yamashita. Among people deceased in 1966, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 21. Before him are George de Hevesy, Cemal Gürsel, Felix Steiner, Ken Miles, L. E. J. Brouwer, and Montgomery Clift. After him are Dietrich von Choltitz, Vincent Auriol, Guillermo Stábile, Chang Myon, Paul Reynaud, and Célestin Freinet.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 709 out of 20,380. Before him are Paul Flory (1910), Jody Williams (1950), Alice Cooper (1948), D. B. Cooper (1931), Ronald Evans (1933), and Bryan Cranston (1956). After him are Anne Bancroft (1931), Douglas Osheroff (1945), George Smoot (1945), Donald Davidson (1917), Tom Clancy (1947), and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Chester W. Nimitz ranks 11. Before him are George S. Patton (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Robert Peary (1856), George Armstrong Custer (1839), and Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915). After him are William Halsey Jr. (1882), Benedict Arnold (1741), J. D. Tippit (1924), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Alvin York (1887), and Omar Bradley (1893).

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