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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Dixon Porter has received more than 417,558 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. David Dixon Porter is the 1,963rd most popular military personnel, the 10,572nd most popular biography from United States and the 172nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, David Dixon Porter ranks 1,963 out of 2,058. Before him are Constand Viljoen, Isa Munayev, Leonid Khabarov, Ruslan Gelayev, Sterling Price, and John Hunt, Baron Hunt. After him are Frederick E. Morgan, Naomi Parker Fraley, Charles James Napier, Maues, Andy McNab, and Hikmat Mirzayev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, David Dixon Porter ranks 81. Before him are Radhanath Sikdar, Henry Ward Beecher, Karl Friedrich August Rammelsberg, John Rae, John Sedgwick, and George Alexander Macfarren. After him are George Peter Alexander Healy, John Cassin, Lot M. Morrill, and Zachariah Chandler. Among people deceased in 1891, David Dixon Porter ranks 108. Before him are José María Urvina, George Bancroft, Joseph Bazalgette, Barbara Bodichon, Charles Bradlaugh, and George Hearst. After him are Sarah Winnemucca, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and William Windom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Dixon Porter ranks 10,572 out of 20,380. Before him are Hasim Rahman (1972), Alan Curtis (1909), Terry Kiser (1939), Tony Thompson (1954), Edith Massey (1918), and Bob Lanier (1948). After him are Shirley Stobs (1942), Timothy Weah (2000), Bobby Rahal (1953), Nicki Aycox (1975), David Gates (1940), and Beatrice Mintz (1921).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, David Dixon Porter ranks 172. Before him are Lewis H. Brereton (1890), John Sedgwick (1813), Zebulon Pike (1779), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), George Rogers Clark (1752), and Sterling Price (1809). After him are Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), George Henry Thomas (1816), John Buford (1826), Leonidas Polk (1806), James L. Jones (1943), and John O'Connor (1920).

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