MILITARY PERSONNEL

George B. McClellan

1826 - 1885

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George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey and as Commanding General of the United States Army from November 1861 to March 1862. He was also an engineer, and was chief engineer and vice president of the Illinois Central Railroad, and later president of the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad in 1860. A West Point graduate, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War before leaving the United States Army to serve as a railway executive and engineer until the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George B. McClellan has received more than 3,183,210 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). George B. McClellan is the 742nd most popular military personnel (up from 852nd in 2019), the 2,158th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,625th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 57.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George B. McClellans by language

Over the past year George B. McClellan has had the most page views in the with 345,374 views, followed by German (18,616), and French (15,232). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (297.95%), Hindi (68.51%), and Breton (61.42%)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George B. McClellan ranks 742 out of 2,058. Before him are Osami Nagano, Boris Sheremetev, Herbert Kappler, Artur Phleps, Iosif Gurko, and Artabazos II. After him are Julius von Payer, Louis-Joseph de Montcalm, Jean II Le Maingre, Ottavio Piccolomini, William Iron Arm, and Max von Gallwitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1826, George B. McClellan ranks 17. Before him are Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Alexander Afanasyev, Armand David, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, Zénobe Gramme, and Adolf Bastian. After him are Karl von Piloty, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Henri Mouhot, George Johnstone Stoney, and Cetshwayo kaMpande. Among people deceased in 1885, George B. McClellan ranks 21. Before him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia, Moses Montefiore, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Ferdinand Hiller, and Zuo Zongtang. After him are Franz Abt, Gustav Nachtigal, Henri Milne-Edwards, Princess Elisabeth of Prussia, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, and Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George B. McClellan ranks 2,158 out of 20,380. Before him are Cloris Leachman (1926), Mike Pompeo (1963), Marion Zimmer Bradley (1930), Laura Dern (1967), Alvin Kraenzlein (1876), and George Wallace (1919). After him are William Sadler (1950), E. E. Cummings (1894), Joe Pantoliano (1951), Ted Danson (1947), Ken Wilber (1949), and Barry Seal (1939).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George B. McClellan ranks 31. Before him are Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Mark W. Clark (1896), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Abner Doubleday (1819), James Bowie (1796), and Wild Bill Hickok (1837). After him are Doc Holliday (1851), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Alexander Haig (1924), and David Farragut (1801).

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