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Võ Nguyên Giáp

1911 - 2013

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Võ Nguyên Giáp (chữ Hán: 武元甲, Vietnamese pronunciation: [vɔ̌ˀ ŋʷīən jǎːp]; 25 August 1911 – 4 October 2013) was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist forces to victories in wars against Japan, France, South Vietnam, the United States, and China. Giáp was the military commander of the Việt Minh and the People's Army from 1941 to 1972, minister of defense of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam) and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1946–1947 and from 1948 to 1980, and deputy prime minister from 1955 to 1991. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Võ Nguyên Giáp is the 106th most popular military personnel (down from 85th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Vietnam (down from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Vietnamese Military Personnel.

Võ nguyên giáp is most famous for his military strategy and tactics.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 106 out of 2,058. Before him are Andrea Doria, Robert E. Lee, John of Austria, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, Hattori Hanzō, and Mardonius. After him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Walther von Reichenau, Yonatan Netanyahu, Heinrich Müller, Mikhail Tukhachevsky, and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 16. Before him are Luis Walter Alvarez, Todor Zhivkov, Czesław Miłosz, Nino Rota, William Golding, and Mikhail Botvinnik. After him are Louise Bourgeois, Milovan Đilas, William Howard Stein, Robert Taylor, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, and William Stuart-Houston. Among people deceased in 2013, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 11. Before him are Hugo Chávez, Jorge Rafael Videla, Donald A. Glaser, Pran, Doris Lessing, and Heinrich Rohrer. After him are Frederick Sanger, Robert Coleman Richardson, Mohammed Omar, Peter O'Toole, Christian de Duve, and J. J. Cale.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 5 out of 136. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Thích Nhất Hạnh (1926), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), and Thích Quảng Đức (1897). After him are Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), Ieng Sary (1925), and Kaysone Phomvihane (1920).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Vietnam

Among military personnels born in Vietnam, Võ Nguyên Giáp ranks 1. After him are Nguyễn Ngọc Loan (1930), Lady Triệu (225), and Trần Văn Trà (1919).

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