MILITARY PERSONNEL

David Farragut

1801 - 1870

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David Glasgow Farragut (; also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in U.S. Navy tradition for his bold order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually abbreviated to "Damn the torpedoes ... Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Farragut has received more than 1,510,338 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). David Farragut is the 826th most popular military personnel (up from 860th in 2019), the 2,418th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,652nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, David Farragut ranks 826 out of 2,058. Before him are Osman Batur, Ernst Barkmann, Mario Terán, Alexander Haig, Ludwig Crüwell, and Artabazos I of Phrygia. After him are Walter Weiß, Eduard Roschmann, Henri Gouraud, Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Chabrias, and Walter Heitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, David Farragut ranks 29. Before him are Vladimir Dal, William H. Seward, Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Zénaïde Bonaparte, Albert Lortzing, and Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza. After him are Marie Laveau, Karl Baedeker, Justo José de Urquiza, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Henri Labrouste, and Johann Nestroy. Among people deceased in 1870, David Farragut ranks 26. Before him are Ignaz Moscheles, Jules de Goncourt, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Konstantin Ushinsky, and Charles Auguste de Bériot. After him are Justo José de Urquiza, Charles Xavier Thomas, Paul-Émile Botta, Arthur Saint-Léon, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Victor de Broglie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Farragut ranks 2,418 out of 20,380. Before him are Platt Adams (1885), DeForest Kelley (1920), Will Ferrell (1967), Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Darryl F. Zanuck (1902), and Ken Block (1967). After him are Craig T. Nelson (1944), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), Jon Favreau (1966), Joan Bennett (1910), Bud Powell (1924), and Frank Lucas (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, David Farragut ranks 37. Before him are George B. McClellan (1826), Doc Holliday (1851), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Henry H. Arnold (1886), and Alexander Haig (1924). After him are P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Matthew Ridgway (1895), John C. Woods (1911), Monte Melkonian (1957), and John Basilone (1916).

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