MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Pickett

1825 - 1875

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George Edward Pickett (January 16, 1825 – July 30, 1875) was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He is best remembered for being one of the commanders at Pickett's Charge, the futile and bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name. Pickett graduated last out of 59 cadets in the United States Military Academy class of 1846. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Pickett has received more than 1,451,328 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. George Pickett is the 1,694th most popular military personnel (down from 1,394th in 2019), the 5,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,211th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Pickett ranks 1,694 out of 2,058. Before him are Mickey Marcus, Kurt Martti Wallenius, Nelson A. Miles, Arthur MacArthur Jr., Francisco Ascaso, and Anatoly Kvashnin. After him are John Troglita, Tom Phillips, Chi Haotian, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Silvestras Žukauskas, and Władysław Raginis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1825, George Pickett ranks 61. Before him are Karl Doppler, Felix Hoppe-Seyler, Emil Welti, Domingo Santa María, Simeon Bavier, and Princess Marie of Nassau. After him are Francesco Faà di Bruno, August von Pelzeln, Domenico Agostini, Prince Hermann of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Pashko Vasa, and E. Marlitt. Among people deceased in 1875, George Pickett ranks 61. Before him are Mikhail Pogodin, Atanasio Aguirre, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Giovanni Luppis, Francisco Coll Guitart, and Wilhelm Bauer. After him are Isidore Pils, José María Ventura Casas, Fyodor Bruni, Friedrich Gottlieb Bartling, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, and Joseph Othmar Rauscher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Pickett ranks 5,772 out of 20,380. Before him are Noah Wyle (1971), Kate Pierson (1948), Mary Wickes (1910), David Spade (1964), Helen Prejean (1939), and Laura Hope Crews (1879). After him are Frederic Rzewski (1938), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), Marcia Wallace (1942), Jean Shiley (1911), Rooney Mara (1985), and Florence Bascom (1862).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Pickett ranks 103. Before him are J. D. Tippit (1924), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Hal Moore (1922), Mickey Marcus (1901), Nelson A. Miles (1839), and Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845). After him are James Joseph Dresnok (1941), James Van Fleet (1892), Lewis Powell (1844), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and James Jesus Angleton (1917).

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