1650 - 1709
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 113,027 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). George Rooke is the 1,291st most popular military personnel (down from 1,075th in 2019), the 2,500th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,156th in 2019) and the 61st most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, George Rooke ranks 1,291 out of 1,468. Before him are Juana Azurduy de Padilla, Richard Montgomery, Adolphe Marbot, Nelson A. Miles, Aris Velouchiotis, and Ali Aaltonen. After him are Courtney Hodges, Vang Pao, Josip Filipović, Kiyonao Ichiki, Karl von Einem, and Christine Jorgensen.
1780 - 1862
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 1,285
1738 - 1775
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 1,286
1781 - 1844
HPI: 50.57
Rank: 1,287
1839 - 1925
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 1,288
1905 - 1945
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 1,289
1884 - 1918
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 1,290
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 1,291
1887 - 1966
HPI: 50.43
Rank: 1,292
1929 - 2011
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 1,293
1818 - 1889
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 1,294
1892 - 1942
HPI: 50.40
Rank: 1,295
1853 - 1934
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 1,296
1926 - 1989
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 1,297
Among people born in 1650, George Rooke ranks 17. Before him are Nell Gwyn, Robert de Visée, Anne Jules de Noailles, Anthim the Iberian, Giovanni Battista Bassani, and Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin. After him are Henry, Duke of Saxe-Römhild, Christoph Arnold, and Nicola Saggio. Among people deceased in 1709, George Rooke ranks 19. Before him are Dimitry of Rostov, Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland, Jean-François Regnard, Alvise II Mocenigo, Thomas Corneille, and Abraham a Sancta Clara. After him are Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Nicola Saggio, and Edward Lhuyd.
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 11
1650 - 1733
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 12
1650 - 1708
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 13
1650 - 1716
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 14
1650 - 1716
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 15
1650 - 1706
HPI: 50.65
Rank: 16
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 17
1650 - 1710
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 18
1650 - 1695
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 19
1650 - 1709
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 20
1651 - 1709
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 13
1640 - 1709
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 14
1655 - 1709
HPI: 51.73
Rank: 15
1628 - 1709
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 16
1625 - 1709
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 17
1644 - 1709
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 18
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 19
1640 - 1709
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 20
1650 - 1709
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 21
1660 - 1709
HPI: 40.95
Rank: 22
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Rooke ranks 2,500 out of 7,765. Before him are Steve Bruce (1960), David Burke (1934), Pete Burns (1959), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), Terry-Thomas (1911), and Henry Pottinger (1789). After him are Ioan Gruffudd (1973), James H. Wilkinson (1919), Malo (487), Richard Dadd (1817), Andrew Ridgeley (1963), and Eric Ambler (1909).
1960 - Present
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 2,494
1934 - Present
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 2,495
1959 - 2016
HPI: 50.53
Rank: 2,496
1735 - 1811
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 2,497
1911 - 1990
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 2,498
1789 - 1856
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 2,499
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 2,500
1973 - Present
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 2,501
1919 - 1986
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 2,502
487 - 621
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 2,503
1817 - 1886
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 2,504
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 2,505
1909 - 1998
HPI: 50.46
Rank: 2,506
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, George Rooke ranks 61. Before him are Eddie Chapman (1914), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Patrick Gordon (1635), Claude Choules (1901), and Horatio Gates (1727). After him are Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888), James Somerville (1882), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Douglas Bader (1910), Charles Warren (1840), and Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892).
1914 - Present
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 55
1889 - 1963
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 56
1772 - 1828
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 57
1635 - 1699
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 58
1901 - 2011
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 59
1727 - 1806
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 60
1650 - 1709
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 61
1888 - 1981
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 62
1882 - 1949
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 63
1880 - 1959
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 64
1910 - 1982
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 65
1840 - 1927
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 66
1892 - 1944
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 67