MILITARY PERSONNEL

Theodore Van Kirk

1921 - 2014

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Theodore Jerome "Dutch" Van Kirk (February 27, 1921 – July 28, 2014) was a navigator in the United States Army Air Forces, best known as the navigator of the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Upon the death of fellow crewman Morris Jeppson on March 30, 2010, Van Kirk became the last surviving member of the Enola Gay crew. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Van Kirk is the 1,369th most popular military personnel (up from 1,869th in 2019), the 4,728th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,113th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Theodore Van Kirk ranks 1,369 out of 2,058. Before him are Albert Sidney Johnston, Nicanor, Oskar Kummetz, Sergei Shtemenko, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, and José Enrique Varela. After him are Gaius Sulpicius Gallus, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, Brice Oligui Nguema, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, Franz Bäke, and Ecaterina Teodoroiu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Theodore Van Kirk ranks 199. Before him are Andrew M. Gleason, Erich Fried, Giorgio Strehler, Gaston Rébuffat, Georges Mathieu, and Reuven Feuerstein. After him are John Aston Sr., Alain Mimoun, Oldřich Černík, Karen Hoff, Jeanne Demessieux, and Naomi Parker Fraley. Among people deceased in 2014, Theodore Van Kirk ranks 199. Before him are Tomaž Šalamun, Paul Mazursky, Jaime Lusinchi, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Reuven Feuerstein, and Carlos Borges. After him are Käbi Laretei, Jean Béliveau, Atef Ebeid, Joel Camargo, René Burri, and Manuel Uribe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Van Kirk ranks 4,728 out of 20,380. Before him are Evelyn McHale (1923), Steven Hill (1922), Andrew Blake (1947), Melanie Thornton (1967), Steve Jackson (1953), and Ken Jenkins (1940). After him are Judith Reisman (1935), Nick Cravat (1912), Misha Collins (1974), Douglas Tompkins (1943), Huey Long (1893), and Jay Wright Forrester (1918).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Theodore Van Kirk ranks 79. Before him are David Petraeus (1952), John C. Woods (1911), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), William Calley (1943), and Albert Sidney Johnston (1803). After him are Holland Smith (1882), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Short (1880), Melvin Purvis (1903), and Marc Mitscher (1887).

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