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Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

1934 - 2012

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Herbert Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ( SHWORTS-kof; 22 August 1934 – 27 December 2012) was a United States Army general. While serving as the commander of United States Central Command, he led all coalition forces in the Gulf War against Ba'athist Iraq. Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Schwarzkopf grew up in the United States and later in Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. is the 83rd most popular military personnel (up from 472nd in 2019), the 293rd most popular biography from United States (up from 1,348th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Military Personnel.

Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. is most famous for his service as the commander of U.S. Central Command during Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ranks 83 out of 2,058. Before him are Michel Ney, Eli Cohen, Günther von Kluge, Albrecht von Wallenstein, Nero Claudius Drusus, and Tadeusz Kościuszko. After him are Klaus Barbie, Wild Bill Hickok, Vasily Arkhipov, Ivan Konev, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and José de San Martín.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ranks 16. Before him are Gene Cernan, Maggie Smith, Richard Chamberlain, Giorgio Armani, Carl Sagan, and Leonid Kravchuk. After him are Giovanni Battista Re, Nana Mouskouri, Judi Dench, Jane Goodall, Daniel Kahneman, and Shirley MacLaine. Among people deceased in 2012, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ranks 8. Before him are Wisława Szymborska, Oscar Niemeyer, Whitney Houston, Norodom Sihanouk, Ray Bradbury, and F. Sherwood Rowland. After him are I. K. Gujral, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, Yitzhak Shamir, Ahmed Ben Bella, and Theo Angelopoulos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ranks 293 out of 20,380. Before him are Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Barry Barish (1936), Tony Curtis (1925), Val Kilmer (1959), William Boeing (1881), and Jerome Powell (1953). After him are Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), Jeffrey Epstein (1953), Pete Conrad (1930), Axl Rose (1962), and Estée Lauder (1906).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. ranks 3. Before him are Stonewall Jackson (1824), and Douglas MacArthur (1880). After him are Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George S. Patton (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Robert Peary (1856), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), and William Halsey Jr. (1882).

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