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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 for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Farragut has received more than 1,409,743 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). David Farragut is the 860th most popular military personnel (up from 915th in 2019), the 2,659th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,995th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, David Farragut ranks 860 out of 1,468. Before him are Alphonse Juin, Hermann von François, Peter Lacy, Pierre Dupont de l'Étang, Helmut Lent, and Abu Bakr ibn Umar. After him are Alexey Maresyev, Gainas, Janko Bobetko, Joseph E. Johnston, Hans von Salmuth, and Otto Wöhler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, David Farragut ranks 31. Before him are Vladimir Dal, Maria Theresa of Austria, Henri Labrouste, Zénaïde Bonaparte, William H. Seward, and Julius Plücker. After him are Richard Parkes Bonington, Hippolyte Bayard, Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, and Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart. Among people deceased in 1870, David Farragut ranks 25. Before him are Ignaz Moscheles, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, Anthony Mary Claret, Jules de Goncourt, Charles Auguste de Bériot, and Konstantin Ushinsky. After him are Justo José de Urquiza, Charles Xavier Thomas, Victor Noir, Paul-Émile Botta, Karel Jaromír Erben, and Charles Forbes René de Montalembert.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Farragut ranks 2,659 out of 18,182. Before him are Zendaya (1996), Jerome Powell (1953), Clifford Brown (1930), Lew Wallace (1827), Daniel Davis (1945), and Baruch Goldstein (1956). After him are Keith Carradine (1949), John Connally (1917), Edwin Sutherland (1883), John C. Calhoun (1782), Annie Proulx (1935), and Richard Beymer (1938).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, David Farragut ranks 42. Before him are James Bowie (1796), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Philip Sheridan (1831), Charlie Wilson (1933), and George B. McClellan (1826). After him are Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Alexander Haig (1924), Joseph Stilwell (1883), Ernest King (1878), Walton Walker (1889), and John Basilone (1916).

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