POLITICIAN

George Bancroft

1800 - 1891

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George Bancroft (October 3, 1800 – January 17, 1891) was an American historian, statesman and Democratic politician who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state of Massachusetts and at the national and international levels. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis. He was a senior American diplomat in Europe, leading diplomatic missions to Britain and Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Bancroft has received more than 405,023 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). George Bancroft is the 15,579th most popular politician (down from 14,688th in 2019), the 8,285th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,353rd in 2019) and the 529th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Bancroft ranks 15,579 out of 19,576Before him are Dimitar Grekov, Iurie Leancă, Jerónimo Méndez, Julián Castro, Harlow Curtice, and José Azcona del Hoyo. After him are Kol of Sweden, Michel Roger, Clare Boothe Luce, Alpín mac Echdach, Ingibjörg H. Bjarnason, and Gaetano Martino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, George Bancroft ranks 76Before him are Brian Houghton Hodgson, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Ayub Shah Durrani, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Christian Lassen, and Kolyu Ficheto. After him are Gilbert Thomas Burnett, Juan Francisco de Vidal, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Ali Shah Durrani, Peter the Aleut, and Caleb Cushing. Among people deceased in 1891, George Bancroft ranks 103Before him are Edwin Long, Calixa Lavallée, Lajos Haynald, Antonio Arenas, Alphonso Taft, and José María Urvina. After him are Joseph Bazalgette, Barbara Bodichon, Charles Bradlaugh, George Hearst, David Dixon Porter, and Sarah Winnemucca.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Bancroft ranks 8,285 out of 20,380Before him are Jessica Simpson (1980), Arthur Wightman (1922), Joe Alaskey (1952), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Terry McDermott (1940), and Kenneth Burke (1897). After him are Rob Van Dam (1970), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), Omar Epps (1973), John Esposito (1940), Mariette Hartley (1940), and Chelsea Clinton (1980).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Bancroft ranks 529Before him are John J. Sullivan (1959), Andrew Cuomo (1957), William R. Day (1849), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), Clark Clifford (1906), and Harlow Curtice (1893). After him are Clare Boothe Luce (1903), Jesse Helms (1921), Thomas Watson Jr. (1914), Marco Rubio (1971), George Pataki (1945), and Richard Olney (1835).