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George Washington Goethals

1858 - 1928

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George Washington Goethals ( GOH-thəlz June 29, 1858 – January 21, 1928) was a United States Army general and civil engineer, best known for his administration and supervision of the construction and the opening of the Panama Canal. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington Goethals has received more than 274,118 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Washington Goethals is the 16,408th most popular politician, the 9,763rd most popular biography from United States and the 632nd most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George Washington Goethals ranks 16,408 out of 19,576. Before him are Henri Weber, Luc-Adolphe Tiao, Enrique Múgica, Thawi Bunyaket, Thomas F. Bayard, and Stefan Everts. After him are Atlanersa, Aslaug Dahl, Edward James Roye, Per Stig Møller, Charles Rosher, and Antonella Mularoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1858, George Washington Goethals ranks 138. Before him are Willard Metcalf, William Stanley Jr., Tom Clarke, Edgeworth David, Mary Harrison McKee, and José Luis Tamayo. After him are Zdenka Braunerová, Anna J. Cooper, Joseph DeCamp, Charles Eastman, Rosa Smith Eigenmann, and Harry Johnston. Among people deceased in 1928, George Washington Goethals ranks 117. Before him are James Whitbread Lee Glaisher, Xiang Jingyu, Jan Sztolcman, Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Árpád Tóth, and Edmund Gosse. After him are Antonín Sova, Gyula Kakas, Gonzalo Córdova, Tursunoy Saidazimova, George Siegmann, and George Dole.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Washington Goethals ranks 9,763 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas F. Bayard (1828), Tom Harrell (1946), Magic Sam (1937), Michael Ritchie (1938), Rikishi (1965), and Carol J. Adams (1951). After him are Frederick Sheffield (1902), Jonathan Safran Foer (1977), Johnnie Ray (1927), Timothy Kopra (1963), Nicole Stott (1962), and Tim Hardaway (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, George Washington Goethals ranks 632. Before him are Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927), John Nelson (1791), Lester Bird (1938), Pete Wilson (1933), Nicholas Katzenbach (1922), and Thomas F. Bayard (1828). After him are Edward James Roye (1815), Leonard Wood (1860), Peter G. Peterson (1926), John Kasich (1952), Rebecca Latimer Felton (1835), and Spark Matsunaga (1916).

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