MILITARY PERSONNEL

William Guarnere

1923 - 2014

William Guarnere

William J. Guarnere Sr. (April 28, 1923 – March 8, 2014) was a United States Army paratrooper who fought in World War II as a non-commissioned officer with Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, in the 101st Airborne Division. Guarnere wrote Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story with long-time friend Edward "Babe" Heffron and journalist Robyn Post in 2007. Guarnere was portrayed in the 2001 HBO miniseries Band of Brothers by Frank John Hughes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Guarnere is the 1,745th most popular military personnel (down from 1,503rd in 2019), the 6,912th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,515th in 2019) and the 112th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Guarnere ranks 1,745 out of 2,058. Before him are Philotas, Joseph Hooker, Kiichiro Higuchi, Sudirman, Milivoj Ašner, and Karl Freiherr von Müffling. After him are Peter Cosgrove, Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov, Hudson Austin, Harry Patch, Theodor Hoffmann, and Guo Boxiong.

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Philotas
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,739
Joseph Hooker
1814 - 1879
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 1,740
Kiichiro Higuchi
1888 - 1970
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 1,741
Sudirman
1916 - 1950
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 1,742
Milivoj Ašner
1913 - 2011
HPI: 56.59
Rank: 1,743
Karl Freiherr von Müffling
1775 - 1851
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 1,744
William Guarnere
1923 - 2014
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 1,745
Peter Cosgrove
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,746
Nikolai Iudovich Ivanov
1851 - 1919
HPI: 56.52
Rank: 1,747
Hudson Austin
1938 - 2022
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 1,748
Harry Patch
1898 - 2009
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,749
Theodor Hoffmann
1935 - 2018
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 1,750
Guo Boxiong
1942 - Present
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 1,751

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, William Guarnere ranks 297. Before him are George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood, Vladimír Zábrodský, Primo Nebiolo, Ruth Williams Khama, Jim Reeves, and Ferenc Sidó. After him are Jaroslav Pelikan, Pierre Chaunu, Stefan Bozhkov, Kosta Tomašević, Xie Jin, and Ladislav Fuks. Among people deceased in 2014, William Guarnere ranks 306. Before him are Régine Deforges, Jimmy T. Murakami, James Shigeta, Gordon Willis, Gérard Kango Ouédraogo, and Dave Legeno. After him are Helen Johns, Urs Widmer, Zbigniew Messner, Leonid Stadnyk, Gordon Tullock, and Licia Albanese.

Others Born in 1923

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George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
MUSICIAN
1923 - 2011
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 291
Vladimír Zábrodský
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1923 - 2020
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 292
Primo Nebiolo
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1923 - 1999
HPI: 56.68
Rank: 293
Ruth Williams Khama
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 294
Jim Reeves
SINGER
1923 - 1964
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 295
Ferenc Sidó
ATHLETE
1923 - 1998
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 296
William Guarnere
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1923 - 2014
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 297
Jaroslav Pelikan
WRITER
1923 - 2006
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 298
Pierre Chaunu
HISTORIAN
1923 - 2009
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 299
Stefan Bozhkov
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2014
HPI: 56.36
Rank: 300
Kosta Tomašević
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 1976
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 301
Xie Jin
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2008
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 302
Ladislav Fuks
WRITER
1923 - 1994
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 303