1819 - 1893
Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a pivotal role in the early fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg was his finest hour, but his relief by Maj. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abner Doubleday has received more than 1,098,217 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Abner Doubleday is the 694th most popular military personnel (down from 626th in 2019), the 2,090th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,931st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Abner Doubleday ranks 694 out of 1,468. Before him are Adolf Heusinger, Markian Popov, Vasily Petrov, William Halsey Jr., Ludwig Yorck von Wartenburg, and Kurt von Tippelskirch. After him are Roger of Lauria, Max Immelmann, Won Gyun, Frank Jack Fletcher, Georges Guynemer, and Hiroyoshi Nishizawa.
1897 - 1982
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 688
1902 - 1969
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 689
1917 - 2014
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 690
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 691
1759 - 1830
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 692
1891 - 1957
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 693
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 694
1245 - 1305
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 695
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 696
1540 - 1597
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 697
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 698
1894 - 1917
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 699
1920 - 1944
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 700
Among people born in 1819, Abner Doubleday ranks 32. Before him are Gottfried Keller, Elias Howe, Johan Jongkind, Théodore Chassériau, Roger Fenton, and Annibale de Gasparis. After him are Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Christopher Latham Sholes, Felice Orsini, Wilhelm Marr, and Carlos Manuel de Céspedes. Among people deceased in 1893, Abner Doubleday ranks 22. Before him are Baron Alexander von Bach, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Alfredo Catalani, Heinrich Göbel, P. G. T. Beauregard, and Leland Stanford. After him are Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Ferenc Erkel, Alexander Cunningham, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, and José Zorrilla.
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 26
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 27
1819 - 1891
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 28
1819 - 1856
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 29
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 30
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 31
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 32
1819 - 1839
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 34
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 35
1819 - 1858
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 36
1819 - 1904
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 37
1819 - 1874
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 38
1813 - 1893
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 16
1849 - 1893
HPI: 58.97
Rank: 17
1854 - 1893
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 18
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 19
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 20
1824 - 1893
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 21
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 22
1847 - 1893
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 23
1831 - 1893
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 24
1810 - 1893
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 25
1814 - 1893
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 26
1806 - 1893
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 27
1817 - 1893
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 28
Among people born in United States, Abner Doubleday ranks 2,090 out of 18,182. Before him are Curtis LeMay (1906), Mary McDonnell (1952), Asher Brown Durand (1796), John Young (1930), John Bates Clark (1847), and Gregg Popovich (1949). After him are Ken Wilber (1949), Eugene Nida (1914), Bobby McFerrin (1950), Ellison Onizuka (1946), Ethel Barrymore (1879), and Gabriel Macht (1972).
1906 - 1990
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 2,084
1952 - Present
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 2,085
1796 - 1886
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 2,086
1930 - 2018
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 2,087
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 2,088
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 2,089
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 2,090
1949 - Present
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 2,091
1914 - 2011
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 2,092
1950 - Present
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 2,093
1946 - 1986
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 2,094
1879 - 1959
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 2,095
1972 - Present
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 2,096
Among military personnels born in United States, Abner Doubleday ranks 32. Before him are Matthew Ridgway (1895), Chris Kyle (1974), Mark W. Clark (1896), Charles Sweeney (1919), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), and William Halsey Jr. (1882). After him are Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Paul Revere (1735), Doc Holliday (1851), James Bowie (1796), Henry H. Arnold (1886), and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886).
1895 - 1993
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 26
1974 - 2013
HPI: 57.48
Rank: 27
1896 - 1984
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 28
1919 - 2004
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 29
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 30
1882 - 1959
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 31
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 32
1885 - 1973
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1735 - 1818
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 34
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 35
1796 - 1836
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 36
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 37
1886 - 1945
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 38