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Creighton Abrams

1914 - 1974

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Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. (15 September 1914 – 4 September 1974) was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. He was then Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until his death in 1974. In 1980, the United States Army named its then new main battle tank, the M1 Abrams, after him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Creighton Abrams is the 566th most popular military personnel (down from 529th in 2019), the 1,983rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,518th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Creighton Abrams ranks 566 out of 2,058. Before him are Xu Chu, Serena, Xu Da, Ivan Yakubovsky, Kirill Moskalenko, and Lian Po. After him are Mikhail Alekseyev, Hossein Salami, Sergey Sokolov, Milunka Savić, Georges Picquart, and Saburō Sakai.

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Among people born in 1914, Creighton Abrams ranks 69. Before him are Jack Parsons, William Phillips, Akira Matsunaga, Louis, Prince Napoléon, George Dantzig, and William Westmoreland. After him are Jackie Coogan, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, Pierre Balmain, Jan Karski, Lilli Palmer, and Yakov Zeldovich. Among people deceased in 1974, Creighton Abrams ranks 45. Before him are Walter Lippmann, Marcel Pagnol, Hilda Gadea, Farid al-Atrash, Princess Irene, Duchess of Aosta, and Frank Martin. After him are Anatole Litvak, André Jolivet, Vasily Shukshin, Franz Jonas, Salvador Puig Antich, and Helmuth Koinigg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Creighton Abrams ranks 1,983 out of 20,380. Before him are Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Eugene Fama (1939), Nina Hartley (1959), Norman Reedus (1969), Kelly Preston (1962), and Frank Stella (1936). After him are Emilio Estevez (1962), Albert Gore Sr. (1907), David Graf (1950), Cloris Leachman (1926), Michael Dudikoff (1954), and Michael Moore (1954).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Creighton Abrams ranks 33. Before 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). After him are Charles Sweeney (1919), Alexander Haig (1924), Richard Winters (1918), Chris Kyle (1974), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), and John Pope (1822).

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