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Matthew C. Perry

19th-century American admiral

1794 - 1858

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His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2024). Matthew C. Perry is the 341st most popular military personnel (down from 250th in 2024), the 1,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 654th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Military Personnel.

Matthew Calbraith Perry was an American naval officer and diplomat. He served in the Mexican-American War, the Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. He is most famous for his expedition to Japan in 1853, which led to the Convention of Kanagawa and the opening of Japan to the West.

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Among military personnels, Matthew C. Perry ranks 341 out of 2,058. Before him are Arthur Nebe, Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia, Wilhelm Bittrich, Charles François Dumouriez, Valery Gerasimov, and Jean de Lattre de Tassigny. After him are François Joseph Lefebvre, Kim Philby, Meng Tian, Nikolai Vatutin, Albrecht Mertz von Quirnheim, and Jozef Gabčík.

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Among people born in 1794, Matthew C. Perry ranks 4. Before him are Antonio López de Santa Anna, René Lesson, and Elias Magnus Fries. After him are Cornelius Vanderbilt, Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz, Theobald Boehm, Wilhelm Müller, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, Józef Bem, Ignaz Moscheles, and William Whewell. Among people deceased in 1858, Matthew C. Perry ranks 11. Before him are John Snow, Hiroshige, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Johannes Peter Müller, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, and Karl Thomas Mozart. After him are Anton Diabelli, Aimé Bonpland, Dred Scott, Joseph Karl Stieler, Ary Scheffer, and Hermann Heinrich Gossen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Matthew C. Perry ranks 1,165 out of NaN. Before him are Carole Lombard (1908), Robert Nozick (1938), George A. Romero (1940), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), Toni Braxton (1967), and George O. Abell (1927). After him are Frank Caprio (1936), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), John Hasbrouck Van Vleck (1899), Charles Best (1899), John Dos Passos (1896), and Thorstein Veblen (1857).

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Among Military Personnels In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Matthew C. Perry ranks 22. Before him are Alvin York (1887), Omar Bradley (1893), Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887), Ernest King (1878), Paul Tibbets (1915), and William D. Leahy (1875). After him are John J. Pershing (1860), Mark Milley (1958), Albert Pike (1809), Carl Spaatz (1891), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), and Robert Anderson (1805).

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