1833 - 1885
Major-General Charles George Gordon CB (28 January 1833 – 26 January 1885), also known as Chinese Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British Army officer and administrator. He saw action in the Crimean War as an officer in the British Army. However, he made his military reputation in China, where he was placed in command of the "Ever Victorious Army", a force of Chinese soldiers led by European officers which was instrumental in putting down the Taiping Rebellion, regularly defeating much larger forces. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles George Gordon has received more than 2,398,637 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Charles George Gordon is the 49th most popular engineer (up from 68th in 2019), the 863rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 978th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Engineer.
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Among engineers, Charles George Gordon ranks 49 out of 323. Before him are Sergey Ilyushin, Ernst Heinkel, Emil Škoda, Banū Mūsā, Henry Gantt, and William John Macquorn Rankine. After him are Bjarne Stroustrup, Gustaf de Laval, Kurt Gerstein, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Arthur Scherbius, and Walter Dornberger.
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 44
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 45
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 46
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 48
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 50
1845 - 1913
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 51
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 52
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 53
1878 - 1929
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 54
1895 - 1980
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 55
Among people born in 1833, Charles George Gordon ranks 15. Before him are Ferdinand von Richthofen, Félicien Rops, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Léon Bonnat, Edward Burne-Jones, and Eugen Dühring. After him are Kido Takayoshi, Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, Carola of Vasa, Prince Gong, Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, and Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1885, Charles George Gordon ranks 10. Before him are Muhammad Ahmad, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Carl Spitzweg, and L'Inconnue de la Seine. After him are Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Rosalía de Castro, Iwasaki Yatarō, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, and Moses Montefiore.
1833 - 1905
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 9
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 10
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 11
1833 - 1922
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 12
1833 - 1898
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 13
1833 - 1921
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 14
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 15
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 16
1833 - 1897
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 17
1833 - 1907
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 18
1833 - 1898
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 19
1833 - 1905
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 20
1833 - 1916
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 21
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 4
1847 - 1885
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 5
1816 - 1885
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 6
1806 - 1885
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 7
1808 - 1885
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 8
1865 - 1885
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 9
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 10
1811 - 1885
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 11
1837 - 1885
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 12
1835 - 1885
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 13
1828 - 1885
HPI: 58.85
Rank: 14
1812 - 1885
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 15
1784 - 1885
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles George Gordon ranks 863 out of 7,765. Before him are Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), John Hawkins (1532), Kevin Keegan (1951), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), and Bernard Hill (1944). After him are Rosamunde Pilcher (1924), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Bernard Lee (1908), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), Patrick White (1912), and Graham Chapman (1941).
880 - 1000
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 857
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 858
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 859
1915 - 2013
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 860
1001 - 1040
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 861
1944 - Present
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 862
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 863
1924 - 2019
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 864
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 865
1908 - 1981
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 866
1900 - 1996
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 867
1912 - 1990
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 868
1941 - 1989
HPI: 60.30
Rank: 869
Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Charles George Gordon ranks 4. Before him are Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), and William John Macquorn Rankine (1820). After him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Colin Chapman (1928), Ross Brawn (1954), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), George Cayley (1773), Patrick Head (1946), and Adrian Newey (1958).
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 1
1849 - 1945
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 2
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 3
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 4
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 5
1928 - 1982
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 7
1863 - 1933
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 8
1877 - 1910
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 9
1773 - 1857
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 12