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Ernest King

1878 - 1956

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Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. Franklin Delano Roosevelt appointed King to command global American strategy during World War II and he held supreme naval command in his unprecedented double capacity as COMINCH and CNO. He was the U.S. Navy's second-most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. King commanded the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Combined Chiefs of Staff. King graduated fourth in the United States Naval Academy class of 1901. He received his first command in 1914, of the destroyer USS Terry in the occupation of Veracruz. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernest King is the 299th most popular military personnel (up from 1,071st in 2019), the 1,030th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,122nd in 2019) and the 19th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Ernest King ranks 299 out of 2,058. Before him are Reinhard Gehlen, Svetozar Boroević, Qutayba ibn Muslim, Yermak Timofeyevich, François Achille Bazaine, and Vasily Stalin. After him are Tōgō Heihachirō, Ivan Bagramyan, Andranik, Claude Victor-Perrin, Duc de Belluno, Baji Rao I, and Andrey Yeryomenko.

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Among people born in 1878, Ernest King ranks 19. Before him are Robert Walser, Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, Ferenc Molnár, Paul Reynaud, and Maurice René Fréchet. After him are Milan Nedić, Gemma Galgani, George Whipple, Shigeru Yoshida, Sergio Osmeña, and Iwane Matsui. Among people deceased in 1956, Ernest King ranks 25. Before him are A. A. Milne, Alfred Kinsey, Bolesław Bierut, Reinhold Glière, Alexander Rodchenko, and Émile Borel. After him are Josef Hoffmann, Kenji Mizoguchi, H. L. Mencken, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, Anastasio Somoza García, and Wilhelm Miklas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ernest King ranks 1,030 out of 20,380. Before him are Harold Ramis (1944), Sam Peckinpah (1925), Walter Matthau (1920), Carl Barks (1901), Powers Boothe (1948), and Sondra Locke (1944). After him are Linda Hamilton (1956), Bradley Cooper (1975), Melanie Griffith (1957), Bob Beamon (1946), Cuba Gooding Jr. (1968), and Paul L. Modrich (1946).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Ernest King ranks 19. Before him are Benedict Arnold (1741), J. D. Tippit (1924), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Alvin York (1887), Omar Bradley (1893), and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887). After him are Paul Tibbets (1915), William D. Leahy (1875), Matthew C. Perry (1794), John J. Pershing (1860), Mark Milley (1958), and Albert Pike (1809).

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