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Karel Doorman

1889 - 1942

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Karel Willem Frederik Marie Doorman (23 April 1889 – 28 February 1942) was a Royal Netherlands Navy officer who during World War II commanded remnants of the short-lived American-British-Dutch-Australian Command naval strike forces in the Battle of the Java Sea. He was killed in action when his flagship HNLMS De Ruyter was torpedoed during the battle, having chosen to go down with the ship. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karel Doorman is the 812th most popular military personnel (up from 940th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 345th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Dutch Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Karel Doorman ranks 812 out of 2,058. Before him are Wilhelm Souchon, Otto Kittel, Demosthenes, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Shūmei Ōkawa, and Fakhri Pasha. After him are Ling Tong, John Sullivan, Nikolai Ogarkov, Oda Nobutaka, Abu Bakr ibn Umar, and Max von Gallwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Karel Doorman ranks 80. Before him are Prince Erik, Duke of Västmanland, Tom Naudé, Philippe Thys, Léon Brillouin, Pierre Reverdy, and Erle Stanley Gardner. After him are Imre Schlosser, Warner Baxter, Pierre-Étienne Flandin, Erhard Raus, Ernst Niekisch, and Willi Münzenberg. Among people deceased in 1942, Karel Doorman ranks 74. Before him are Stjepan Filipović, Heinz Hitler, Joseph Franklin Rutherford, John Barrymore, Georg Alexander Pick, and Wilbur Scoville. After him are Miguel Hernández, Harro Schulze-Boysen, Erwin Schulhoff, Leonid Kulik, Julio González, and Henk Sneevliet.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Karel Doorman ranks 301 out of 1,646. Before him are Zacharias Janssen (1585), Regnier de Graaf (1641), Philip de Koninck (1619), Jan Timman (1951), Aert de Gelder (1645), and Floris IV, Count of Holland (1210). After him are Philip William, Prince of Orange (1554), Esaias van de Velde (1587), Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem (1622), Jan de Bont (1943), Frits Bolkestein (1933), and C. H. D. Buys Ballot (1817).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Netherlands

Among military personnels born in Netherlands, Karel Doorman ranks 4. Before him are Michiel de Ruyter (1607), Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587), and Maarten Tromp (1598). After him are Henri Winkelman (1876), Charles II, Duke of Guelders (1467), and Lodewijk van Heiden (1773).

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