MILITARY PERSONNEL

Doc Holliday

1851 - 1887

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John Henry Holliday (August 14, 1851: 13  – November 8, 1887), better known as Doc Holliday, was an American dentist, gambler, and gunfighter who was a close friend and associate of lawman Wyatt Earp. Holliday is best known for his role in the events surrounding and his participation in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. He developed a reputation as having killed more than a dozen men in various altercations, but modern researchers have concluded that, contrary to popular myth-making, Holliday killed only one to three men. Holliday's colorful life and character have been depicted in many books and portrayed by well-known actors in numerous movies and television series.: 415  At age 20, Holliday earned a degree in dentistry from the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Doc Holliday is the 825th most popular military personnel (down from 749th in 2019), the 2,766th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,191st in 2019) and the 48th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Doc Holliday ranks 825 out of 2,058. Before him are Artabanes, Meliton Kantaria, Paul Revere, Jawhar, Rudolf Schmidt, and Theodor Wisch. After him are Hydarnes II, Chen Youliang, Mikhail Miloradovich, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Nikolay Voronov, and Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, Doc Holliday ranks 34. Before him are Charles Dow, Isabella, Princess of Asturias, Oliver Lodge, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Jonas Basanavičius, and Stephan Burián von Rajecz. After him are Princess Maria Antonietta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Aristide Bruant, Franz von Liszt, Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval, Désiré-Joseph Mercier, and Asa Griggs Candler. Among people deceased in 1887, Doc Holliday ranks 15. Before him are Johann Jakob Bachofen, Juan, Count of Montizón, Alfred Krupp, Jules Laforgue, Friedrich von Amerling, and Jean-Baptiste Boussingault. After him are Agostino Depretis, William A. Wheeler, Moritz Wagner, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Paul Féval, père, and Anandi Gopal Joshi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Doc Holliday ranks 2,766 out of 20,380. Before him are Claude Akins (1926), Paul Sorvino (1939), Robert Plutchik (1927), Albert R. Broccoli (1909), Merian C. Cooper (1893), and Paul Wolfowitz (1943). After him are Lionel Barrymore (1878), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Jerry Butler (1939), Robert Metcalfe (1946), Cochise (1805), and Loretta Lynch (1959).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Doc Holliday ranks 48. Before him are Mark W. Clark (1896), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), David Farragut (1801), John Sullivan (1740), and Paul Revere (1735). After him are Henry H. Arnold (1886), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Joseph Dunford (1955), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), and Joseph Stilwell (1883).

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