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William Hood Simpson

1888 - 1980

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General William Hood Simpson (18 May 1888 – 15 August 1980) was a senior United States Army officer who served with distinction in both World War I and World War II. He is best known for being the commanding general of the Ninth United States Army in northwest Europe during World War II. A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, where he was ranked 101st out of 103 in the class of 1909, Simpson served in the Philippines, where he participated in suppression of the Moro Rebellion, and in Mexico with the Pancho Villa Expedition in 1916. During World War I he saw active service in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on the Western Front on the staff of the 33rd Division, for which he was awarded the Army Distinguished Service Medal and Silver Citation Star. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. William Hood Simpson is the 1,950th most popular military personnel (down from 1,925th in 2024), the 10,465th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,375th in 2019) and the 162nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Hood Simpson ranks 1,950 out of 2,058. Before him are Kobi Shabtai, Aleksandr Lapin, Eugene Bullard, Lloyd Fredendall, Frederick E. Morgan, and William Rosecrans. After him are Carl Gustav Fleischer, Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford, Anthony Wayne, Kyrylo Budanov, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Chesty Puller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, William Hood Simpson ranks 256. Before him are Jack Holt, Hubert Wilkins, Jan Palouš, Walther Penck, Curt Goetz, and Victor Schertzinger. After him are Lucien Hubbard, Joyce Cary, Florence La Badie, Axel Janse, Tryggve Gran, and Herbert Morrison. Among people deceased in 1980, William Hood Simpson ranks 274. Before him are Marc Connelly, Barbara Loden, Dorothy Stratten, Clyfford Still, Shohachi Ishii, and Larry Williams. After him are Nikolay Bogolyubov, Bette Nesmith Graham, Lucy Morton, William Gemmell Cochran, David Marr, and Ahmet Berman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Hood Simpson ranks 10,467 out of 20,380. Before him are Spark Matsunaga (1916), Eldridge Cleaver (1935), Anne Dudek (1975), Dolores Huerta (1930), Mike Enzi (1944), and Tom McMillen (1952). After him are Anthony Michael Hall (1968), James Ewing (1866), Thomas Ewing (1789), John Ortiz (1968), Nathan Kress (1992), and Junior Durkin (1915).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, William Hood Simpson ranks 163. Before him are Raymond T. Odierno (1954), Frank Buckles (1901), Don Carlos Buell (1818), Gary Gordon (1960), Eugene Bullard (1895), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), and William Rosecrans (1819). After him are Anthony Wayne (1745), Chesty Puller (1898), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), Nathaniel Lyon (1818), and Thomas C. Hart (1877).

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