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Peter Pace

1945 - Today

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Peter Pace (born November 5, 1945) is a retired United States Marine Corps general who served as the 16th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Pace was the first Marine officer appointed as chairman and the first Marine officer to be appointed to three different four-star assignments; the others were as the sixth vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 1, 2001, to August 12, 2005, and as Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command from September 8, 2000, to September 30, 2001. Appointed chairman by President George W. Bush, Pace succeeded U.S. Air Force General Richard Myers on September 30, 2005. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates announced on June 8, 2007, that he would advise the President to not renominate Pace for a second term. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Peter Pace is the 1,832nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,793rd in 2024), the 7,896th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,791st in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Peter Pace ranks 1,832 out of 2,058. Before him are Cort Adeler, Ibrahim Aqil, Aleksei Evert, Dmitry Lavrinenko, Sam Manekshaw, and Jacob L. Devers. After him are Walter Krueger, Eddie Chapman, Vladimir Alexeyevich Kornilov, Mazloum Abdi, Henning von Holtzendorff, and Myronides.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Peter Pace ranks 465. Before him are Michael Bishop, Lloyd Kaufman, Patrick Malahide, Gadzhi Gadzhiyev, Nina Ruslanova, and Avi Shlaim. After him are José Luis Romero, Sylvia Vrethammar, Manuel Duarte, Toshikatsu Matsuoka, Mats Wahl, and Lev Alburt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Peter Pace ranks 7,898 out of 20,380. Before him are Kendra Wilkinson (1985), Robben Ford (1951), Larry O'Brien (1917), Jamey Sheridan (1951), Drew Gilpin Faust (1947), and Al St. John (1892). After him are Oscar Pettiford (1922), Yokozuna (1966), Julian Jaynes (1920), Catherine Oxenberg (1961), David Souter (1939), and Janet Reno (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Peter Pace ranks 125. Before 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). After him are Richard Bong (1920), John F. Reynolds (1820), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), John Eisenhower (1922), James Wilkinson (1757), and Richard Marcinko (1940).

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