1859 - 1914
Aleksandr Vasilyevich Samsonov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Самсо́нов, tr. Aleksándr Vasíl’evič Samsónov; 14 November [O.S. 2 November] 1859 – 30 August [O.S. 17 August] 1914) was a career officer in the cavalry of the Imperial Russian Army and a general during the Russo-Japanese War and World War I. He was the commander of the Russian Second Army which was surrounded and defeated by the German Eighth Army in the Battle of Tannenberg, one of the early battles of World War I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Samsonov has received more than 338,107 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Alexander Samsonov is the 376th most popular military personnel (up from 380th in 2019), the 108th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 109th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Ukrainian Military Personnel.
Alexander Samsonov was a Russian general who led the Second Siberian Army Corps to the capture of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War.
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Among military personnels, Alexander Samsonov ranks 376 out of 1,468. Before him are Henri Giraud, Choe Yeong, Luigi Cadorna, Viktor Lutze, Thomas the Slav, and Bronislav Kaminski. After him are Erich Kempka, Usama ibn Zayd, Horatius Cocles, Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, and Georg-Hans Reinhardt.
1879 - 1949
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 370
1316 - 1388
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 371
1850 - 1928
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 372
1890 - 1943
HPI: 61.90
Rank: 373
800 - 823
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 374
1899 - 1944
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 375
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 376
1910 - 1975
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 377
615 - 678
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 378
600 BC - Present
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 379
1763 - 1806
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 380
1560 - 1621
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 381
1887 - 1963
HPI: 61.70
Rank: 382
Among people born in 1859, Alexander Samsonov ranks 22. Before him are Alexandre Millerand, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Verner von Heidenstam, Hugo Junkers, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, and Pierre Janet. After him are Jerome K. Jerome, Venustiano Carranza, Francisco Ferrer, Bertha Pappenheim, Anna Ancher, and Grand Duke Nicholas Mikhailovich of Russia. Among people deceased in 1914, Alexander Samsonov ranks 21. Before him are August Macke, Maximilian von Spee, Eugen Böhm von Bawerk, Eduard Suess, Ambrose Bierce, and Alphonse Bertillon. After him are Georges Picquart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Joseph Chamberlain, Joseph Swan, Alain-Fournier, and John Tenniel.
1859 - 1943
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 16
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 17
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 18
1859 - 1935
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 19
1859 - 1906
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 20
1859 - 1947
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 21
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 22
1859 - 1927
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 23
1859 - 1920
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 24
1859 - 1909
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 25
1859 - 1936
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 26
1859 - 1935
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 27
1859 - 1919
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 28
1887 - 1914
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 15
1861 - 1914
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 16
1851 - 1914
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 17
1831 - 1914
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 18
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 19
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 20
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 21
1854 - 1914
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 22
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 23
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 24
1828 - 1914
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 25
1886 - 1914
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 26
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 27
Among people born in Ukraine, Alexander Samsonov ranks 108 out of 1,083. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov (1905), Alexander Archipenko (1887), Emil Gilels (1916), Sergei Bondarchuk (1920), Milla Jovovich (1975), and Stepan Makarov (1848). After him are Anatoliy Solovianenko (1932), Gregory Skovoroda (1722), Oleksandr Turchynov (1964), Alexander Dovzhenko (1894), Sofia Rotaru (1947), and Stanislaw Ulam (1909).
1905 - 1997
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 102
1887 - 1964
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 103
1916 - 1985
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 104
1920 - 1994
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 105
1975 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 106
1848 - 1904
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 107
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 108
1932 - 1999
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 109
1722 - 1794
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 110
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 111
1894 - 1956
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 112
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 113
1909 - 1984
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 114
Among military personnels born in Ukraine, Alexander Samsonov ranks 7. Before him are Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595), Lyudmila Pavlichenko (1916), Nestor Makhno (1888), John Demjanjuk (1920), Andrey Yeryomenko (1892), and Ivan Paskevich (1782). After him are Roman Shukhevych (1907), Mikhail Kirponos (1892), Tadeusz Bór-Komorowski (1895), Alfred Redl (1864), Grigory Kulik (1890), and Pavel Batitsky (1910).
1595 - 1657
HPI: 72.90
Rank: 1
1916 - 1974
HPI: 71.38
Rank: 2
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 3
1920 - 2012
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 4
1892 - 1970
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 5
1782 - 1856
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 6
1859 - 1914
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 7
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 8
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 9
1895 - 1966
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 10
1864 - 1913
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 11
1890 - 1950
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 12
1910 - 1984
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 13