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John Alcock

1892 - 1919

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Captain Sir John William Alcock (5 November 1892 – 19 December 1919) was a British Royal Navy and later Royal Air Force officer who, with navigator Lieutenant Arthur Whitten Brown, piloted the first non-stop transatlantic flight from St. John's, Newfoundland to Clifden, Ireland in June 1919. He died in a flying accident in France in December later that same year. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Alcock is the 1,475th most popular military personnel (up from 1,483rd in 2019), the 2,872nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,472nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Alcock ranks 1,475 out of 2,058. Before him are Angelo Iachino, Alfonso Cano, Inigo Campioni, Guglielmo Pepe, Dmitry Karbyshev, and Atif Dudaković. After him are Thomas C. Kinkaid, Dobromir Chrysos, Friedrich-Wilhelm Müller, Momčilo Perišić, Sittas, and Leo Phokas the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, John Alcock ranks 171. Before him are Fatma Begum, Vladimir Stoychev, Augusto Genina, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Francesca Bertini. After him are József Nagy, Carl Panzram, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Hal Roach, Mercedes de Acosta, and Jean de Bie. Among people deceased in 1919, John Alcock ranks 103. Before him are Franz Nissl, Evgraf Fedorov, Frederick DuCane Godman, Paul Deussen, Maria Nikiforova, and Woldemar Voigt. After him are Victorino de la Plaza, Franz Steindachner, Ernest von Koerber, Pavel Chistyakov, Louis Diémer, and Alfred Deakin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Alcock ranks 2,873 out of 8,785. Before him are Herbert James Draper (1863), Edward William Lane (1801), Joely Richardson (1965), Jane Digby (1807), Paul Young (1956), and Auguste Couder (1789). After him are Nevil Shute (1899), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Mick Ronson (1946), Pat Jennings (1945), Alma Reville (1899), and Mark Jones (1933).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Alcock ranks 69. Before him are Edward Vernon (1684), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), John Paul Jones (1747), Henry Tandey (1891), Patrick Gordon (1635), and George Rooke (1650). After him are Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Max Horton (1883), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), Ronald Speirs (1920), Douglas Bader (1910), and Edward Braddock (1695).

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