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David Dixon Porter

1813 - 1891

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David Dixon Porter (June 8, 1813 – February 13, 1891) was a United States Navy admiral and a member of one of the most distinguished families in the history of the U.S. Navy. Promoted as the second U.S. Navy officer ever to attain the rank of admiral, after his adoptive brother David G. Farragut, Porter helped improve the Navy as the Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy after significant service in the American Civil War. Porter began naval service as a midshipman at the age of 10 years under his father, Commodore David Porter, on the frigate USS John Adams. For the remainder of his life, he was associated with the sea. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). David Dixon Porter is the 1,984th most popular military personnel (down from 1,963rd in 2024), the 11,180th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,568th in 2019) and the 174th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, David Dixon Porter ranks 1,984 out of 2,058. Before him are Comandanta Ramona, Abbas Nilforoushan, Lewis Armistead, Aleksandr Moiseyev, Leonid Khabarov, and Stepan Poltorak. After him are Stephen Decatur, John Schofield, Salman Raduyev, Hubert Gough, Willis Augustus Lee, and George Henry Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, David Dixon Porter ranks 82. Before him are John Cassin, George Peter Alexander Healy, Isaac Pitman, Radhanath Sikdar, Henry Ward Beecher, and John Sedgwick. After him are Lot M. Morrill, John Rae, and Zachariah Chandler. Among people deceased in 1891, David Dixon Porter ranks 110. Before him are José María Urvina, Charles Bradlaugh, Giovanni Caselli, Edwin Long, Alphonso Taft, and George Hearst. After him is Sarah Winnemucca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Dixon Porter ranks 11,182 out of 20,380. Before him are Les Claypool (1963), Granville Woods (1856), Abraham Baldwin (1754), Virginia Davis (1918), Brooke Smith (1967), and Kevin Michael Richardson (1964). After him are Mae Clarke (1910), Norma McCorvey (1947), Jaimie Alexander (1984), George Bruns (1914), Isabelle Daniels (1937), and Angelina Grimké (1805).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, David Dixon Porter ranks 174. Before him are Thomas C. Hart (1877), Zebulon Pike (1779), John Sedgwick (1813), John C. Pemberton (1814), Gail Halvorsen (1920), and Lewis Armistead (1817). After him are Stephen Decatur (1779), John Schofield (1831), Willis Augustus Lee (1888), George Henry Thomas (1816), Hugh McCulloch (1808), and James L. Jones (1943).

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