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George S. Patton

1885 - 1945

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George Smith Patton Jr. (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber." He competed in the modern pentathlon in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, finishing in fifth place. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George S. Patton is the 96th most popular military personnel (up from 104th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from United States (down from 285th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Military Personnel.

George S. Patton was a general in the United States Army during World War II. He commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in North Africa and Sicily and the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany. He is most famous for his leadership of the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany, because he is credited with leading the U.S. to victory in the Battle of the Bulge.

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Among military personnels, George S. Patton ranks 96 out of 2,058. Before him are Subutai, Alexander Suvorov, Albert Kesselring, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Walther von Brauchitsch, and Wilhelm Canaris. After him are Edward Smith, Ahmad Sanjar, Nestor Makhno, Andrea Doria, Robert E. Lee, and John of Austria.

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Among people born in 1885, George S. Patton ranks 11. Before him are Faisal I of Iraq, Clementine Churchill, Alban Berg, Karen Blixen, György Lukács, and Albert Kesselring. After him are François Mauriac, Hermann Hoth, Julius Streicher, Hugo Boss, Robert Delaunay, and George de Hevesy. Among people deceased in 1945, George S. Patton ranks 19. Before him are Thomas Hunt Morgan, Vidkun Quisling, Magda Goebbels, Subhas Chandra Bose, Francis William Aston, and Wilhelm Canaris. After him are Irma Grese, Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen, Clara Petacci, Ernst Cassirer, Pietro Mascagni, and Heinrich Müller.

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Among people born in United States, George S. Patton ranks 336 out of 20,380. Before him are Benjamin Harrison (1833), Edith Roosevelt (1861), P. T. Barnum (1810), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Christopher Lloyd (1938), and Andrew Johnson (1808). After him are Robert Forster (1941), Herman Melville (1819), Charles Sanders Peirce (1839), Mel Gibson (1956), Henry Clay (1777), and John Cage (1912).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George S. Patton ranks 5. Before him are Stonewall Jackson (1824), Douglas MacArthur (1880), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), and Wild Bill Hickok (1837). After him are Robert E. Lee (1807), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Robert Peary (1856), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), and William Halsey Jr. (1882).

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