MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Crook

1828 - 1890

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George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He is best known for commanding U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Crook has received more than 798,399 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). George Crook is the 1,834th most popular military personnel (down from 1,537th in 2019), the 7,436th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,181st in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Crook ranks 1,834 out of 2,058Before him are Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, Nathan Hale, Hudson Austin, Alberto Natusch, Malik Ambar, and Ahmad Vahidi. After him are Israel Putnam, Kliment Boyadzhiev, Billy Bishop, Frederick C. Weyand, Márcio Melo, and Reginald Wingate.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, George Crook ranks 58Before him are Boris Chicherin, Dragan Tsankov, Désiré Charnay, Joshua Chamberlain, Júlia Szendrey, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis. After him are Kanō Hōgai, Andrew Murray, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Morten Müller, Charles Allston Collins, and Balfour Stewart. Among people deceased in 1890, George Crook ranks 63Before him are Władysław Taczanowski, Pyotr Chikhachyov, Lydia Becker, Gottfried Ludolf Camphausen, Oskar Kolberg, and Joseph Hergenröther. After him are Carl Jacob Löwig, John Francis Davis, Catherine Booth, William Bell Scott, Mihkel Veske, and Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Crook ranks 7,436 out of 20,380Before him are Stephen P. Synnott (1946), Paula Strasberg (1909), Mark Hoppus (1972), Joe Manchin (1947), Cristine Rose (1951), and James Stacy (1936). After him are Ernie Pyle (1900), Christy Turlington (1969), Van McCoy (1940), Beth Broderick (1959), Jay Gould (1836), and Israel Putnam (1718).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Crook ranks 125Before him are John Eisenhower (1922), Martin Dempsey (1952), Stephen Decatur (1779), Jacob L. Devers (1887), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), and Nathan Hale (1755). After him are Israel Putnam (1718), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), John Bell Hood (1831), Hugh S. Johnson (1882), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), and William Alexander Morgan (1928).