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Henry H. Arnold

1886 - 1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (25 June 1886 – 15 January 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and later, General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, the only United States Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the world's largest non-profit global policy think tanks, the RAND Corporation, and was one of the founders of Pan American World Airways. Instructed in flying by the Wright Brothers, Arnold was one of the first military pilots worldwide, and one of the first three rated pilots in the history of the United States Air Force. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Henry H. Arnold is the 837th most popular military personnel (down from 802nd in 2019), the 2,821st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,330th in 2019) and the 49th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry H. Arnold ranks 837 out of 2,058. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Paddy Roy Bates, Iosif Gurko, Kemal Reis, Georg Lindemann, and Fyodor Kuznetsov. After him are Gerhard Schmidhuber, Hellmuth Stieff, Minamoto no Yorimasa, Momčilo Đujić, Markos Botsaris, and Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1886, Henry H. Arnold ranks 86. Before him are Shūmei Ōkawa, Edwin Fischer, Hugh Lofting, Rudolf Schmidt, Ğabdulla Tuqay, and Frederic Bartlett. After him are Paul Radmilovic, Amédée Ozenfant, Henry King, Edward Bach, Ali Sami Yen, and Salvador de Madariaga. Among people deceased in 1950, Henry H. Arnold ranks 65. Before him are Abraham Wald, Salvatore Giuliano, Olaf Stapledon, Alfred Korzybski, Adam Rainer, and Walter Huston. After him are Agnes Smedley, Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, Arturo Alessandri, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Kazys Grinius, and Yvan Goll.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry H. Arnold ranks 2,821 out of 20,380. Before him are Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), Ken Norton (1943), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Richard Hatch (1945), Gerrit Smith Miller (1869), and Carolyn Jones (1930). After him are Ron Johnson (1955), Terry Riley (1935), Everett McGill (1945), Clancy Brown (1959), Michael Kamen (1948), and Ron DeSantis (1978).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Henry H. Arnold ranks 49. Before him are Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), David Farragut (1801), John Sullivan (1740), Paul Revere (1735), and Doc Holliday (1851). After him are Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Joseph Dunford (1955), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Joseph Stilwell (1883), and George B. McClellan (1826).

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