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John C. Woods

1911 - 1950

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John Clarence Woods (June 5, 1911 – July 21, 1950) was a United States Army master sergeant who, with Joseph Malta, carried out the Nuremberg executions of ten former top leaders of the Third Reich on October 16, 1946, after they were sentenced to death at the Nuremberg trials. Time magazine credited him with 347 executions to that date during a 15-year career. According to later research, a number of 60 to 70 over a period of two years is more credible. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John C. Woods is the 1,280th most popular military personnel (down from 899th in 2019), the 4,396th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,609th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John C. Woods ranks 1,280 out of 2,058. Before him are Jirō Minami, Nuri Killigil, Mikhail Kovalyov, Teutobod, Caupolicán, and J. F. C. Fuller. After him are Maksim Purkayev, Felix von Luckner, Gustav Lombard, Joachim Lemelsen, Violette Szabo, and Max Wünsche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, John C. Woods ranks 151. Before him are Tilly Fleischer, George Borg Olivier, Leah Goldberg, Otakar Vávra, Mirzo Tursunzoda, and Marta Hillers. After him are Abderrahmane Farès, Clara Rockmore, E. F. Schumacher, Ljubiša Broćić, Peter van Eyck, and Theodore Romzha. Among people deceased in 1950, John C. Woods ranks 96. Before him are Joanni Perronet, Raymond Sommer, Edwin Sutherland, Edgar Lee Masters, Santiago Casares Quiroga, and Théodore Steeg. After him are Joseph, Duke of Parma, Alfonso Daniel Rodríguez Castelao, Edward Arthur Milne, Ernst Wiechert, Dimitri Uznadze, and Al Jolson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Woods ranks 4,396 out of 20,380. Before him are Gavin Newsom (1967), Paul Castellano (1915), Michael Richards (1949), Bud Abbott (1897), N. C. Wyeth (1882), and Charley Borah (1906). After him are Viscera (1971), Alec John Such (1951), Gregory Jarvis (1944), John Lasseter (1957), Lita (1975), and Dan Flavin (1933).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John C. Woods ranks 74. Before him are Kit Carson (1809), Monte Melkonian (1957), John Basilone (1916), Lucius D. Clay (1898), George Dewey (1837), and David Petraeus (1952). After him are Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), William Calley (1943), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Theodore Van Kirk (1921), and Holland Smith (1882).

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