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Percy Hobart

1885 - 1957

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Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, (14 June 1885 – 19 February 1957), also known as "Hobo", was a British military engineer noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during the Second World War. He was responsible for many of the specialised armoured vehicles ("Hobart's Funnies") that took part in the invasion of Normandy and later actions. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Hobart is the 301st most popular engineer (up from 302nd in 2019), the 696th most popular biography from India (down from 656th in 2019) and the most popular Indian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Percy Hobart ranks 301 out of 389. Before him are Joseph Bazalgette, Ron Tauranac, Markus Reiner, Frederick Terman, Alan Shugart, and Georgy Langemak. After him are Boris Lisunov, Hesham Qandil, Kenneth Nichols, Robert W. Paul, Georgy Babakin, and John R. Pierce.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Percy Hobart ranks 215. Before him are Miroslav Kraljević, Anita Rée, María Grever, Malcolm Campbell, Roland Dorgelès, and Tommaso Costantino. After him are Américo Castro, Charles Henry Bartlett, José Durand Laguna, Jaafar Al-Askari, Leonard Peterson, and Carl Silfverstrand. Among people deceased in 1957, Percy Hobart ranks 185. Before him are Reginald Aldworth Daly, Dennis Brain, P. C. Chang, Zenón Noriega Agüero, José Patricio Guggiari, and Gaston Aumoitte. After him are Ernesto Chaparro, Mark Aldanov, Wyndham Lewis, Julia Morgan, James M. Cox, and Guillaume Grandidier.

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In India

Among people born in India, Percy Hobart ranks 696 out of 1,861. Before him are Sunny Deol (1956), Sam Manekshaw (1914), Kumar Pallana (1918), Sushma Swaraj (1952), Durgabai Deshmukh (1909), and Dara Singh (1928). After him are Jimmy Sheirgill (1970), P. V. Sindhu (1995), Yashpal (1903), Charu Majumdar (1918), Genelia D'Souza (1987), and K. Chandrashekar Rao (1954).

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Among ENGINEERS In India

Among engineers born in India, Percy Hobart ranks 1. After him are Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Verghese Kurien (1921), Rajeshwari Chatterjee (1922), and Tessy Thomas (1963).

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