MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Rooke

1650 - 1709

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Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke (1650 – 24 January 1709) was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Rooke has received more than 122,470 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). George Rooke is the 1,008th most popular military personnel (up from 1,290th in 2019), the 1,714th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,494th in 2019) and the 35th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 55.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Rooke ranks 1,008 out of 2,058. Before him are Semyon Bogdanov, Tomoji Tanabe, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Helmut Lent, Ivan Yefimovich Petrov, and Carl Brashear. After him are Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Martin Gottfried Weiss, Theodor Wisch, Ramón de Cardona, Fritz Klingenberg, and George Dewey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1650, George Rooke ranks 12. Before him are Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, Giovanni Battista Bassani, Frederick Casimir Kettler, Vincenzo Coronelli, Joachim Neander, and Robert de Visée. After him are Anthim the Iberian, Princess Wilhelmine Ernestine of Denmark, Nell Gwyn, Anne Jules de Noailles, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, and Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild. Among people deceased in 1709, George Rooke ranks 13. Before him are Andrea Pozzo, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Giovanni Battista Gaulli, François de la Chaise, Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, and Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano. After him are Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Dimitry of Rostov, Thomas Corneille, Abraham a Sancta Clara, Alvise II Mocenigo, and Jean-François Regnard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Rooke ranks 1,714 out of 8,785. Before him are Bill Foulkes (1932), James Gillray (1756), James Ferguson (1797), Harold Laski (1893), John Ross (1777), and Donald Adamson (1939). After him are Wat Tyler (1341), Lulach (1030), Eadgifu of Wessex (null), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870), and Israel Kirzner (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, George Rooke ranks 35. Before him are Henry Tandey (1891), Henry Allingham (1896), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Robert Blake (1599), and Paddy Roy Bates (1921). After him are Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), John Fastolf (1380), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Horatio Gates (1727), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), and Arthur Percival (1887).

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