MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Frost

1912 - 1993

Photo of John Frost

Icon of person John Frost

Major General John Dutton Frost, (31 December 1912 – 21 May 1993) was an airborne officer of the British Army, best known for being the leader of the small group of British airborne troops that actually arrived at Arnhem bridge during the Battle of Arnhem in Operation Market Garden, in the Second World War. He was one of the first to join the newly formed Parachute Regiment and served with distinction in many wartime airborne operations, such as in North Africa and Sicily and Italy, until his injury and subsequent capture at Arnhem. He retired from the army in 1968 to become a beef cattle farmer in West Sussex. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Frost is the 1,524th most popular military personnel (up from 1,563rd in 2019), the 510th most popular biography from India (down from 466th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of John Frost by language

Loading...

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Frost ranks 1,524 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean Reynier, Matsudaira Hirotada, Courtney Hodges, James Longstreet, Władysław Raginis, and Traugott Herr. After him are Vittorio Ambrosio, Otto von Emmich, Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor, Frederick Schomberg, 1st Duke of Schomberg, Justin, and Ingvar.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, John Frost ranks 209. Before him are Walter Sisulu, Agnes Martin, Roberto Emílio da Cunha, Alfred Deller, Campanal I, and Erich Leinsdorf. After him are Teuvo Aura, Luiz Gonzaga, Yusuf Lule, Duke Christian Louis of Mecklenburg, Sabicas, and Bojan Adamič. Among people deceased in 1993, John Frost ranks 150. Before him are Giuseppe Occhialini, Norman Vincent Peale, Elvira Popescu, Erich Leinsdorf, Elmar Klos, and Edith Farkas. After him are Camargo Guarnieri, Chinmayananda Saraswati, Paul Mebus, Chishū Ryū, Eugen Suchoň, and Robert Jacobsen.

Others Born in 1912

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1993

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In India

Among people born in India, John Frost ranks 510 out of 1,861. Before him are Ranveer Singh (1985), Boney Kapoor (1955), Mamata Banerjee (1955), Dhondo Keshav Karve (1858), Kajol (1974), and Sumitranandan Pant (1900). After him are Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Pankaj Kapur (1954), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), and Dadasaheb Phalke (1870).

Others born in India

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, John Frost ranks 9. Before him are Tatya Tope (1814), Mad Mike Hoare (1919), Kenneth Anderson (1891), Rash Behari Bose (1886), Orde Wingate (1903), and Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832). After him are William Birdwood (1865), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Somnath Sharma (1923), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Bakht Khan (1797), and John Hunt, Baron Hunt (1910).

Indian born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous