MILITARY PERSONNEL

Georgios Grivas

1897 - 1974

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Georgios Grivas (Greek: Γεώργιος Γρίβας; 6 June 1897 – 27 January 1974), also known by his nickname Digenis (Greek: Διγενής), was a Greek Cypriot officer of the Hellenic Army and founder and leader of the Greek and Greek Cypriot paramilitary organisations Organization X (1942–1949), EOKA (1955–1959) and EOKA B (1971–1974). He was also the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces in Cyprus, then-known as the Supreme Military Defence Command of Cyprus (ASDAK), which in the event of war would lead the Cyprus National Guard and the Hellenic Force in Cyprus (ELDYK). A specialist of guerrilla and asymmetric warfare, he was one of the main actors in the Cypriot War of Independence, securing the independence of Cyprus against the British Empire. He died only six months prior to the 1974 Cypriot coup and subsequent Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georgios Grivas is the 1,066th most popular military personnel (up from 1,113th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Cyprus (down from 27th in 2019) and the most popular Cypriot Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Georgios Grivas ranks 1,066 out of 2,058. Before him are Matome Ugaki, Abdülkerim Nadir Pasha, Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz, Krystyna Skarbek, Maximilian Grabner, and Max Simon. After him are Abdul Fatah Younis, Rostam Farrokhzad, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Otto Lasch, Semyon Kurkotkin, and Maximilian de Angelis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Georgios Grivas ranks 134. Before him are Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley, Eric Knight, Elisabeth Bergner, Bulbul, Georgy Shpagin, and Agustín Lara. After him are Wilhelm Falley, Lazare Ponticelli, Edith Head, Zhang Guotao, Paul Ben-Haim, and Valentin Kataev. Among people deceased in 1974, Georgios Grivas ranks 92. Before him are Ed Sullivan, Jan Tschichold, Fred Kelly, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Konstantin Melnikov, and Yevgeny Vuchetich. After him are Maximilian de Angelis, Werner Lorenz, Rosario Castellanos, Cornelius Ryan, Jim Bausch, and Manuel A. Odría.

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In Cyprus

Among people born in Cyprus, Georgios Grivas ranks 31 out of 77. Before him are Amalric, Lord of Tyre (1272), Ersin Tatar (1960), Mustafa Akıncı (1947), James I of Cyprus (1334), Gregory II of Constantinople (1241), and James III of Cyprus (1473). After him are Anna Vissi (1957), Constantine II, King of Armenia (1300), Hugh IV of Cyprus (1294), Kâmil Pasha (1833), Fazıl Küçük (1906), and Paul IV of Constantinople (null).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Cyprus

Among military personnels born in Cyprus, Georgios Grivas ranks 1. 

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