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William Halsey Jr.

1882 - 1959

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William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. (30 October 1882 – 16 August 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest J. King, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904. He served in the Great White Fleet and, during World War I, commanded the destroyer USS Shaw. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Halsey Jr. is the 210th most popular military personnel (up from 695th in 2019), the 719th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,997th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Halsey Jr. ranks 210 out of 2,058. Before him are Syagrius, Chester W. Nimitz, Henning von Tresckow, Dietrich von Choltitz, Alexandre de Beauharnais, and Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine. After him are Gotthard Heinrici, Auguste de Marmont, Kurt Meyer, Jean-Baptiste Kléber, Andrey Vlasov, and Josip Jelačić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, William Halsey Jr. ranks 34. Before him are Umberto Boccioni, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Rodolfo Graziani, Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark, Hans Geiger, and Bela Lugosi. After him are Arthur Eddington, Princess Margaret of Connaught, René Coty, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Charles Ponzi, and Robert H. Goddard. Among people deceased in 1959, William Halsey Jr. ranks 17. Before him are Bohuslav Martinů, Billie Holiday, Raymond Chandler, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Boris Vian, and D. F. Malan. After him are Shirō Ishii, Camilo Cienfuegos, George Grosz, Errol Flynn, Ettore Majorana, and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Halsey Jr. ranks 719 out of 20,380. Before him are Donald Davidson (1917), Tom Clancy (1947), Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981), Val Logsdon Fitch (1923), William Holden (1918), and Harvey Cushing (1869). After him are Gwen Stefani (1969), Tony Lip (1930), Jack Kilby (1923), Margaret Mead (1901), Martin Landau (1928), and Francis Fukuyama (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Halsey Jr. ranks 12. Before him are Robert E. Lee (1807), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Robert Peary (1856), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), and Chester W. Nimitz (1885). After him are Benedict Arnold (1741), J. D. Tippit (1924), J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Alvin York (1887), Omar Bradley (1893), and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887).

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