MILITARY PERSONNEL

Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

1730 - 1794

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand von Steuben ( STEW-bən or stew-BEN, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbn̩]; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-born American army officer who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and professional fighting force. His contributions marked a significant improvement in the performance of U.S. troops. Born into a military family, Steuben was exposed to war from an early age; at 14 years old, he observed his father directing Prussian engineers in the 1744 siege of Prague. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben has received more than 2,315,119 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben is the 884th most popular military personnel (down from 740th in 2019), the 2,166th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,817th in 2019) and the 161st most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 884 out of 2,058. Before him are Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Siegfried von Feuchtwangen, Nikolay Shchors, Artaphernes, Carmine Crocco, and Hans von Salmuth. After him are Henry Tandey, Heinrich Eberbach, Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Boris Gromov, Claude Alexandre de Bonneval, and Oda Nobutaka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 13. Before him are Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Josiah Wedgwood, Antonio Sacchini, James Bruce, Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, and Velu Nachiyar. After him are William Hamilton, Motoori Norinaga, Johann Hedwig, Pieter Boddaert, Otto Friedrich Müller, and Augustin Pajou. Among people deceased in 1794, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 40. Before him are Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach, James Bruce, Paisius Velichkovsky, Fabre d'Églantine, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, and Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne. After him are Jacques François Dugommier, François Joseph Westermann, Nicolas Luckner, François Hanriot, Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, and Frederick Christian I, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 2,166 out of 7,253. Before him are Sami Khedira (1987), Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1852), Martin Sandberger (1911), Johann Crüger (1598), Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia (1767), and Princess Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1661). After him are Andre Gunder Frank (1929), Andreas Möller (1967), Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Carl Zuckmayer (1896), Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder (1773), and Johannes Heinrich Schultz (1884).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 161. Before him are Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (1891), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel (1809), Michael Lippert (1897), Bruno Lüdke (1908), and Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (1300). After him are Heinrich Eberbach (1895), Heinrich von Plauen (1370), Otto Wöhler (1894), Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel (1744), Hans Loritz (1895), and Hermann Ehrhardt (1881).

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