MILITARY PERSONNEL

Crispus Attucks

1723 - 1770

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Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution. Although he is widely remembered as the first American casualty of the American Revolutionary War, 11-year-old Christopher Seider was shot a few weeks earlier by customs officer Ebenezer Richardson on February 22, 1770. Historians disagree on whether Attucks was a free man or an escaped slave, but most agree that he was of Wampanoag and African descent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Crispus Attucks has received more than 2,533,054 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Crispus Attucks is the 1,999th most popular military personnel, the 12,278th most popular biography from United States and the 186th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Crispus Attucks ranks 1,999 out of 2,058. Before him are Sékouba Konaté, Earl Van Dorn, Daniel Harvey Hill, Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet, and Samuel Ryan Curtis. After him are Odette Hallowes, Andrey Mordvichev, Narasimhagupta, James Abbott, William Gott, and Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Crispus Attucks ranks 31. Before him are William Livingston, John Byron, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Richard Price, and Peter Ascanius.  Among people deceased in 1770, Crispus Attucks ranks 20. Before him are Carl Gustaf Tessin, Francesco Araja, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Charles Avison, Christopher Middleton, and Mark Akenside.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Crispus Attucks ranks 12,278 out of 20,380. Before him are Shane Mosley (1971), James Abourezk (1931), Emma Caulfield (1973), Tina Brooks (1932), Hyapatia Lee (1960), and Tim O'Connor (1927). After him are Rochelle Aytes (1976), Sheryl Lee Ralph (1956), Ebon Moss-Bachrach (1977), Russell Carpenter (1950), Jesse Jackson Jr. (1965), and Joan Caulfield (1922).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Crispus Attucks ranks 186. Before him are Nathaniel Lyon (1818), William J. Hardee (1815), John Kirby (1963), Earl Van Dorn (1820), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), and Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805). After him are Henry Warner Slocum (1827), Henry Heth (1825), Lynndie England (1982), Isaac Shelby (1750), John S. Bull (1934), and H. R. McMaster (1962).

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