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Curtis LeMay

1906 - 1990

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Curtis Emerson LeMay (November 15, 1906 – October 1, 1990) was a US Air Force general who was a key American military commander during the Cold War. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, from 1961 to 1965. LeMay joined the United States Army Air Corps, the precursor to the United States Air Force, in 1929 while studying civil engineering at Ohio State University. He had risen to the rank of major by the time of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and the United States's entry into World War II. He commanded the 305th Bombardment Group from October 1942 until September 1943, and the 3rd Air Division in the European theatre of World War II until August 1944, when he was transferred to the China Burma India Theater. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Curtis LeMay is the 6,870th most popular politician (down from 6,851st in 2019), the 2,497th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,216th in 2019) and the 211th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Curtis LeMay ranks 6,870 out of 19,576. Before him are Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Ashikaga Yoshiteru, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, Patrice Talon, Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, and Cai Yong. After him are Camille Chamoun, Nicholas J. Spykman, Taihō Kōki, Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach, Maria Miloslavskaya, and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius.

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Among people born in 1906, Curtis LeMay ranks 98. Before him are John Carradine, Joaquín Balaguer, Franz Hössler, Piero Taruffi, Heinz Harmel, and Junio Valerio Borghese. After him are Eleanor Hibbert, Louise Brooks, George Sanders, Humberto Delgado, Heinrich Schwarz, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. Among people deceased in 1990, Curtis LeMay ranks 69. Before him are Volodymyr Shcherbytsky, Manuel Puig, Nina Kulagina, Meir Kahane, Edmund Conen, and Art Blakey. After him are Tadeusz Kantor, Nicola Abbagnano, Jim Henson, Samuel Noah Kramer, Samuel Doe, and David Rose.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Curtis LeMay ranks 2,497 out of 20,380. Before him are Dan White (1946), John Hughes (1950), Mike Dunleavy (1961), Sundance Kid (1867), William H. Seward (1801), and Justin Timberlake (1981). After him are Patricia Cornwell (1956), Robert Sternberg (1949), Bob Fosse (1927), Joe Pantoliano (1951), Michael Jeter (1952), and Sam Houston (1793).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Curtis LeMay ranks 211. Before him are John O. Brennan (1955), Dan Quayle (1947), William Wirt (1772), Dan White (1946), Mike Dunleavy (1961), and William H. Seward (1801). After him are Sam Houston (1793), Ron Paul (1935), Henry L. Stimson (1867), George Wallace (1919), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), and Maggie Hassan (1958).

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