MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Hunt, Baron Hunt

1910 - 1998

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Henry Cecil John Hunt, Baron Hunt (22 June 1910 – 7 November 1998) was a British Army officer who is best known as the leader of the successful 1953 British expedition to Mount Everest. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). John Hunt, Baron Hunt is the 1,995th most popular military personnel (down from 1,962nd in 2024), the 941st most popular biography from India (down from 836th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Indian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Hunt, Baron Hunt ranks 1,995 out of 2,058Before him are Daniel Harvey Hill, Maues, Evan McMullin, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, and Alejandro Castro Espín. After him are Yuliia Paievska, Isa Munayev, Ruslan Gelayev, Yuri Budanov, Razi Mousavi, and Earl Van Dorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, John Hunt, Baron Hunt ranks 389Before him are Mae Clarke, Vere Bird, Margaret Lindsay, William D'Amico, Francis Johnson, and Charles Olson. After him are Ferenc Erdei, Jimmy Murphy, Toon Oprinsen, Al Harker, F. F. Bruce, and Govan Mbeki. Among people deceased in 1998, John Hunt, Baron Hunt ranks 309Before him are E. M. S. Namboodiripad, Valerie Hobson, Rudy Dhaenens, Hammond Innes, Gennady Yevryuzhikhin, and Justin Fashanu. After him are Josephine Hutchinson, Lalita Pawar, Jackie Blanchflower, Ruth Clifford, Esther Rolle, and Bill Reid.

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In India

Among people born in India, John Hunt, Baron Hunt ranks 941 out of 1,861Before him are Daulat Singh Kothari (1906), Dipali Barthakur (1941), Govinda (1963), Kanu Sanyal (1928), Ambika (1963), and Nirupa Roy (1931). After him are Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi (1907), Huma Qureshi (1986), Bindu (1951), Zareen Khan (1987), Lalita Pawar (1916), and Sunil Chhetri (1984).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In India

Among military personnels born in India, John Hunt, Baron Hunt ranks 15Before him are John Frost (1912), William Birdwood (1865), Padma Bandopadhyay (1944), Somnath Sharma (1923), Sam Manekshaw (1914), and Bakht Khan (1797). After him are Bipin Rawat (1958), Vikram Batra (1974), Avani Chaturvedi (1993), Manoj Kumar Pandey (1975), Sanjay Kumar (1976), and Mohit Sharma (1978).