MILITARY PERSONNEL

Edward Vernon

1684 - 1757

Edward Vernon

Admiral Edward Vernon (12 November 1684 – 30 October 1757) was an English naval officer. He had a long and distinguished career, rising to the rank of admiral after 46 years service. As a vice admiral during the War of Jenkins' Ear, in 1739 he was responsible for the capture of Porto Bello, seen as expunging the failure of Admiral Hosier there in a previous conflict. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Vernon has received more than 169,046 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Edward Vernon is the 787th most popular military personnel (up from 860th in 2019), the 1,556th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,773rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
4.82
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Edward Vernon ranks 787 out of 1,466. Before him are John Alcock, Yakov Pavlov, Alexander Marinesko, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Hans von Obstfelder, and Rudolf Schmundt. After him are Max Simon, Meliton Kantaria, Henry H. Arnold, Chabrias, Jack Churchill, and Khalil al-Wazir.

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John Alcock
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HPI: 65.57
Rank: 781
Yakov Pavlov
1917 - 1981
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 782
Alexander Marinesko
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HPI: 65.51
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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
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Hans von Obstfelder
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Rudolf Schmundt
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Edward Vernon
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 787
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Meliton Kantaria
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HPI: 65.48
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HPI: 65.44
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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1684, Edward Vernon ranks 9. Before him are Ludvig Holberg, Maria Barbara Bach, Tokugawa Yoshimune, Francesco Durante, Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg, and Johann Gottfried Walther. After him are Jean Astruc, Jean-Baptiste van Loo, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle, Francesco Manfredini, Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, and Matthias Bel. Among people deceased in 1757, Edward Vernon ranks 13. Before him are Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle, Rosalba Carriera, Robert-François Damiens, 7th Dalai Lama, David Hartley, and Siraj ud-Daulah. After him are Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin, Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Maximilian Ulysses Browne, John Byng, and Colley Cibber.

Others Born in 1684

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Ludvig Holberg
1684 - 1754
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 3
Maria Barbara Bach
1684 - 1720
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 4
Tokugawa Yoshimune
1684 - 1751
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 5
Francesco Durante
1684 - 1755
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 6
Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg
1684 - 1737
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 7
Johann Gottfried Walther
1684 - 1748
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 8
Edward Vernon
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 9
Jean Astruc
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 10
Jean-Baptiste van Loo
1684 - 1745
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 11
Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de Belle-Isle
1684 - 1761
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 12
Francesco Manfredini
1684 - 1762
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 13
Kurt Christoph Graf von Schwerin
1684 - 1757
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 14
Matthias Bel
1684 - 1749
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 15