1684 - 1757
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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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.
1892 - 1919
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 781
1917 - 1981
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 782
1913 - 1963
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 783
1730 - 1794
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 784
1886 - 1976
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 785
1896 - 1944
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 786
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 787
1899 - 1961
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 788
1920 - 1993
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 789
1886 - 1950
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 790
500 BC - 357 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 791
1906 - 1996
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 792
1935 - 1988
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 793
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.
1684 - 1754
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 3
1684 - 1720
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 4
1684 - 1751
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 5
1684 - 1755
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 6
1684 - 1737
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 7
1684 - 1748
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 8
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 9
1684 - 1766
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 10
1684 - 1745
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 11
1684 - 1761
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 12
1684 - 1762
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 13
1684 - 1757
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 14
1684 - 1749
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 15
1657 - 1757
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 7
1673 - 1757
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 8
1715 - 1757
HPI: 70.42
Rank: 9
1708 - 1757
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 10
1705 - 1757
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 11
1733 - 1757
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 12
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 13
1684 - 1757
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 14
1713 - 1757
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 15
1705 - 1757
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 16
1704 - 1757
HPI: 60.91
Rank: 17
1671 - 1757
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 18
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edward Vernon ranks 1,556 out of 6,924. Before him are John Loudon McAdam (1756), Louis Wain (1860), Anne Perry (1938), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), Michael Sheen (1969), and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806). After him are James McAvoy (1979), Peter Bonetti (1941), Louise d'Orléans (1869), Alan Shearer (1970), Catherine Ashton (1956), and George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737).
1756 - 1836
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 1,550
1860 - 1939
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,551
1938 - Present
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,552
1473 - 1554
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 1,553
1969 - Present
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,554
1806 - 1861
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 1,555
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 1,556
1979 - Present
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,557
1941 - 2020
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 1,558
1869 - 1952
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 1,559
1970 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,560
1956 - Present
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,561
1737 - 1806
HPI: 65.47
Rank: 1,562
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Edward Vernon ranks 28. Before him are Jack Phillips (1887), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and John Alcock (1892). After him are Bertram Ramsay (1883), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Arthur Percival (1887), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), Robert Blake (1599), and John Paul Jones (1747).
1887 - 1912
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 22
1883 - 1950
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 23
1911 - 1987
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 24
1884 - 1967
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 25
1921 - 2012
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 26
1892 - 1919
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 27
1684 - 1757
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 28
1883 - 1945
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 29
1852 - 1925
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 30
1887 - 1966
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 31
1717 - 1797
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 32
1599 - 1657
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 33
1747 - 1792
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 34