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Omar Bradley

1893 - 1981

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Omar Nelson Bradley (12 February 1893 – 8 April 1981) was a senior officer of the United States Army during and after World War II, rising to the rank of General of the Army. He was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and oversaw the U.S. military's policy-making in the Korean War. Born in Randolph County, Missouri, he worked as a boilermaker before entering the United States Military Academy at West Point. He graduated from the academy in 1915 alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of "the class the stars fell on." During World War I, he guarded copper mines in Montana. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Omar Bradley is the 283rd most popular military personnel (down from 261st in 2019), the 967th most popular biography from United States (down from 686th in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Military Personnel.

Omar Bradley was a five-star general in the United States Army. He is most famous for being a part of the D-Day invasion and the Battle of the Bulge.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Omar Bradley ranks 283 out of 2,058. Before him are Otto Günsche, Johannes Blaskowitz, J. E. B. Stuart, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Sun Bin, and Alvin York. After him are Raimondo Montecuccoli, Otto Liman von Sanders, John Demjanjuk, Hasso von Manteuffel, Italo Gariboldi, and Jean Victor Marie Moreau.

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Among people born in 1893, Omar Bradley ranks 31. Before him are Paramahansa Yogananda, Palmiro Togliatti, Walter Baade, Prajadhipok, George Grosz, and Damdin Sükhbaatar. After him are Jomo Kenyatta, Lillian Gish, J. G. Strijdom, Qazi Muhammad, Juana Bormann, and Miroslav Krleža. Among people deceased in 1981, Omar Bradley ranks 27. Before him are Natalie Wood, A. J. Cronin, Eugenio Montale, René Clair, Joseph Murphy, and Joe Louis. After him are Samuel Barber, Georges Brassens, William Saroyan, Miroslav Krleža, Duško Popov, and Zarah Leander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Omar Bradley ranks 967 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard R. Schrock (1945), Selena (1971), Ryan O'Neal (1941), Donald Knuth (1938), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), and Stan Kroenke (1947). After him are Anthony Perkins (1932), Art Garfunkel (1941), Louise Hay (1926), Zoe Saldaña (1978), Julius Axelrod (1912), and Roy Scheider (1932).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Omar Bradley ranks 17. Before him are Chester W. Nimitz (1885), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Benedict Arnold (1741), J. D. Tippit (1924), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), and Alvin York (1887). After him are Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Ernest King (1878), Paul Tibbets (1915), William D. Leahy (1875), Matthew C. Perry (1794), and John J. Pershing (1860).

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