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Richard Winters

1918 - 2011

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Richard Davis Winters (January 21, 1918 – January 2, 2011) was a United States Army officer who served as a paratrooper in "Easy Company" of the 506th Infantry Regiment within the 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Winters was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his successful command of the assault on Brécourt Manor during the invasion of Normandy. His exploits were featured in numerous books and in the 2001 HBO mini-series Band of Brothers, in which he was portrayed by actor Damian Lewis. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Winters is the 647th most popular military personnel (down from 419th in 2019), the 2,232nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,160th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Military Personnel.

Richard Winters was a United States Army officer who served in the 101st Airborne Division in World War II. He was the commander of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the U.S. Army.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Richard Winters ranks 647 out of 2,058. Before him are Yigael Yadin, Heinz Reinefarth, Hisaichi Terauchi, Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock, Ugo Cavallero, and Viktor Pavičić. After him are Roger of Lauria, Hans Speidel, Chris Kyle, Pang De, Pavel Batitsky, and Stanisław Sosabowski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Richard Winters ranks 82. Before him are Spiro Agnew, W. Eugene Smith, Jin Youzhi, B. K. S. Iyengar, Gabriel Axel, and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky. After him are Fernando Peyroteo, Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, Fanny Blankers-Koen, E. Howard Hunt, Cicely Saunders, and Lucian Pulvermacher. Among people deceased in 2011, Richard Winters ranks 82. Before him are Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Madame Nhu, Gunter Sachs, Valentin Ivanov, Jimmy Savile, and Jesús María Pereda. After him are Daniel Bell, Juan María Bordaberry, Walter Bonatti, Helen Frankenthaler, Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, and Ján Popluhár.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Winters ranks 2,232 out of 20,380. Before him are Josephine Chaplin (1949), Floyd Patterson (1935), Carole King (1942), Sabrina Carpenter (1999), Fran Drescher (1957), and Randolph Scott (1898). After him are Robby Krieger (1946), Van Heflin (1908), Piper Laurie (1932), Christopher A. Sims (1942), Chris Kyle (1974), and George Stevens (1904).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Richard Winters ranks 36. Before him are William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), William Westmoreland (1914), Creighton Abrams (1914), Charles Sweeney (1919), and Alexander Haig (1924). After him are Chris Kyle (1974), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), John Pope (1822), Abner Doubleday (1819), Hugh S. Johnson (1882), and Mark W. Clark (1896).

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