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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Franz Sigel

1824 - 1902

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Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Sigel has received more than 329,729 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Sigel is the 1,509th most popular military personnel (down from 1,352nd in 2019), the 4,156th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,780th in 2019) and the 252nd most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Franz Sigel ranks 1,509 out of 1,468Before him are Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Nathan Hale, Murat Karayılan, Flora Sandes, Kliment Boyadzhiev, and J. Lawton Collins. After him are Hans von Rosen, John Pope, Mickey Marcus, John Byng, Berenguer de Palou II, and Aaro Pajari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, Franz Sigel ranks 64Before him are Count Karl Sigmund von Hohenwart, Alexey Bogolyubov, Charles Blondin, Martin Gropius, Joseph Hergenröther, and Hieronymous Theodor Richter. After him are Wilhelm Hofmeister, Theodor von Heuglin, Victoire Léodile Béra, Francesco Brioschi, Antonio Aguilar y Correa, Marquis of Vega de Armijo, and Calvert Vaux. Among people deceased in 1902, Franz Sigel ranks 66Before him are John Houlding, Gleb Uspensky, Richard Leach Maddox, Emil Holub, Aisha Taymur, and Frank Norris. After him are Walter Reed, Johannes Wislicenus, William McGonagall, Enrique Gaspar y Rimbau, Ludwig von Brenner, and Juan Bautista Egusquiza.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Sigel ranks 4,156 out of 6,142Before him are Hermann Gunkel (1862), Fritz von Unruh (1885), Peter Schreyer (1953), Nicole (1964), Manfred Eicher (1943), and Hermann Paul Müller (1909). After him are Paul Kalkbrenner (1977), Moritz Bleibtreu (1971), Werner Klingler (1903), Sabine Schmitz (1969), Johannes Baptista von Albertini (1769), and Friedrich Boie (1789).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Franz Sigel ranks 252Before him are Alfred Keller (1882), Conrad Albrecht (1880), Dietrich Kraiss (1889), Fritz Julius Kuhn (1896), Axel von dem Bussche (1919), and Friedrich Sixt von Armin (1851).