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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 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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United Kingdom

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).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

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).

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