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Mickey Marcus

1901 - 1948

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David Daniel "Mickey" Marcus (February 22, 1901 – June 10, 1948) was a United States Army colonel, later Israel's first general, who was a principal architect of the U.S. military's World War II civil-affairs policies, including the organization of the war-crimes trials in Germany and in Japan. He assisted Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, one of the well-known Israeli Machal soldiers, becoming Israel's first modern general (Hebrew: Aluf). He was killed by friendly fire. He was portrayed by Kirk Douglas in the 1966 Hollywood movie Cast a Giant Shadow, which focused on his role in the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Mickey Marcus is the 1,782nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,688th in 2024), the 7,318th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,726th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Mickey Marcus ranks 1,783 out of 2,058. Before him are Chi Haotian, Mikhail Devyataev, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Maria Wittek, Smedley Butler, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, and Volodymyr Pravyk. After him are Paul von Plehwe, Manuel Goded Llopis, Felix Graf von Bothmer, Serhiy Shaptala, and Matthew Fontaine Maury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Mickey Marcus ranks 253. Before him are Suzanne Lilar, Pedro Benítez, René Dubos, James Dunn, Paul Martin, and Otto Heckmann. After him are Mildred Davis, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Heðin Brú, Marieluise Fleißer, Igor Ilyinsky, and Gerhard von Rad. Among people deceased in 1948, Mickey Marcus ranks 154. Before him are Gregg Toland, Bevil Rudd, Gustav Schuft, Constantin Angelescu, Manuel Arce y Ochotorena, and Zhu Ziqing. After him are Dale Fuller, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Harry Brearley, Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller, Pencho Zlatev, and Georg Kulenkampff.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mickey Marcus ranks 7,320 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenneth H. Cooper (1931), Wynton Kelly (1931), Sgt. Slaughter (1948), George Mason (1725), James Workman (1908), and Harold Becker (1928). After him are Mildred Davis (1901), James Buchanan Duke (1856), Edward Hennig (1879), Harry Frankfurt (1929), George Saling (1909), and Patti D'Arbanville (1951).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Mickey Marcus ranks 118. Before him are William Guarnere (1923), Henry Gunther (1895), Lewis Powell (1844), James Van Fleet (1892), George Pickett (1825), and Smedley Butler (1881). After him are Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), Eugene Sledge (1923), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), and Jacob L. Devers (1887).

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