MILITARY PERSONNEL

Casimir Pulaski

1745 - 1779

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Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski (Polish: [kaˈʑimjɛʂ puˈwaskʲi] ; March 4 or 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779), anglicized as Casimir Pulaski ( KAZ-im-eer pə-LASK-ee), was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and military commander who has been called "The Father of American cavalry" or "The Soldier of Liberty". Born in Warsaw and following in his father's footsteps, he became interested in politics at an early age. He soon became involved in the military and in revolutionary affairs in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Casimir Pulaski has received more than 2,141,061 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Casimir Pulaski is the 653rd most popular military personnel (down from 620th in 2019), the 336th most popular biography from Poland (down from 307th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Polish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Casimir Pulaski ranks 653 out of 2,058. Before him are Hisaichi Terauchi, Sadao Araki, Markian Popov, Jarosław Dąbrowski, Jang Bogo, and Wilhelm Rediess. After him are Yoshijirō Umezu, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Hua Xiong, Charles Huntziger, and Pang De.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1745, Casimir Pulaski ranks 18. Before him are Johan Christian Fabricius, Mihrişah Sultan, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Andrianampoinimerina, Şahin Giray, and Valentin Haüy. After him are Gregory V of Constantinople, George Atwood, Jens Juel, Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Denis Fonvizin, and Maxim Berezovsky. Among people deceased in 1779, Casimir Pulaski ranks 7. Before him are James Cook, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Anton Raphael Mengs, Emperor Go-Momozono, Karim Khan Zand, and Thomas Chippendale. After him are John Kay, David Garrick, Tommaso Traetta, Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf, William Boyce, and Louis de Jaucourt.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Casimir Pulaski ranks 336 out of 1,694. Before him are Kurt Schumacher (1895), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Tommy Wiseau (1955), Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834), and Barbara Brylska (1941). After him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Leopold Infeld (1898), Roman Dmowski (1864), Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff (1699), Johann Daniel Titius (1729), and Fritz Gerlich (1883).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Poland

Among military personnels born in Poland, Casimir Pulaski ranks 31. Before him are Hans-Jürgen Stumpff (1889), Rüdiger von der Goltz (1865), Alexander von Falkenhausen (1878), Heinz Reinefarth (1903), Walther Nehring (1892), and Eberhard von Mackensen (1889). After him are Hans Karl von Diebitsch (1785), Maximilian von Prittwitz (1848), Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière (1886), Hermann von Eichhorn (1848), Max von Gallwitz (1852), and Fritz Freitag (1894).

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