# David Stirling

> Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald David Stirling was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS). Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids behind the Axis lines of the North African campaign. He saw active service during the Second World War until he was captured in January 1943. He spent the rest of the war in captivity, despite making several attempts to escape.

*World War II British Army officer, and the founder of the Special Air Service (1915-1990)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1915-11-15
- **Died:** 1990-11-04
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.3 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 23.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [ديفيد سترلنج](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AC)
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- [دیوید استرلینگ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86%DA%AF)
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- [דייוויד סטרלינג](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%93_%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%92)
- [David Stirling](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stirling)
- [Արչիբալդ Դեյվիդ Սթիրլինգ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%AB%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A4_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%A4_%D5%8D%D5%A9%D5%AB%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A3)
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- [Стирлинг, Дэвид](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4)
- [David Stirling](https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stirling)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519183)

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