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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Anthony Wayne

1745 - 1796

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Anthony Wayne (January 1, 1745 – December 15, 1796) was an American soldier, officer, statesman, and a Founding Father of the United States. He adopted a military career at the outset of the American Revolutionary War, where his military exploits and fiery personality quickly earned him a promotion to brigadier general and the nickname "Mad Anthony". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Wayne has received more than 1,246,263 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Anthony Wayne is the 1,589th most popular military personnel (down from 1,410th in 2019), the 8,764th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,269th in 2019) and the 143rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 43.21

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  • 18

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  • 1.65

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  • 3.62

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Anthony Wayne ranks 1,589 out of 1,468Before him are Stephen Decatur, Sam Manekshaw, Keith Park, Mahamat Déby, Arnold Jackson, and Frank Buckles. After him are Daniel Harvey Hill, Thomas Picton, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, Albert Ball, Joseph Dunford, and Abu Omar al-Shishani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Anthony Wayne ranks 44Before him are Benjamin Rush, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Timothy Pickering, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, John Jeffries, and Oliver Ellsworth. After him are William Paterson, Samuel Hearne, Sydney Parkinson, Richard Bassett, and Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1796, Anthony Wayne ranks 30Before him are Adam Naruszewicz, Philip Carteret, Ulrika Pasch, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, Juan José Elhuyar, and David Allan. After him is Samuel Huntington.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Anthony Wayne ranks 8,764 out of 18,182Before him are Betsy Brandt (1976), Scott Derrickson (1966), Edith Abbott (1876), Bob Hayes (1942), Eugene J. Martin (1938), and Conrad Nagel (1897). After him are William L. Marcy (1786), Adrian Grenier (1976), Tony Lo Bianco (1936), Alice Ghostley (1923), Nanci Griffith (1953), and Naya Rivera (1987).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Anthony Wayne ranks 143Before him are John C. Pemberton (1814), Christy Mathewson (1880), William Rosecrans (1819), Chesty Puller (1898), Stephen Decatur (1779), and Frank Buckles (1901). After him are Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Joseph Dunford (1955), Thomas C. Hart (1877), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), John Schofield (1831), and James L. Jones (1943).