MILITARY PERSONNEL

Henry Halleck

1815 - 1872

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Henry Wager Halleck (January 16, 1815 – January 9, 1872) was a senior United States Army officer, scholar, and lawyer. A noted expert in military studies, he was known by a nickname that became derogatory: "Old Brains". He was an important participant in the admission of California as a state and became a successful lawyer and land developer. Halleck served as the General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States from 1862 to 1864, and then became Chief of Staff for the remainder of the war when Ulysses S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Halleck has received more than 628,126 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Henry Halleck is the 1,658th most popular military personnel (down from 1,500th in 2019), the 5,456th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,443rd in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Henry Halleck ranks 1,658 out of 2,058. Before him are Agha Petros, Cleitus the White, Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset, Ma Zhongying, Henry Gunther, and William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim. After him are Adolf Ehrnrooth, Wilhelm Heye, Ioannis Frangoudis, Nicanor, Frederick Townsend Ward, and Timothy Laurence.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1815, Henry Halleck ranks 59. Before him are James B. Francis, Princess Therese of Nassau-Weilburg, Alexander von Keyserling, Edward Forbes, Eduard August von Regel, and Emanuel Geibel. After him are Pavel Fedotov, Halfdan Kjerulf, James Legge, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg, and Karl von Blaas. Among people deceased in 1872, Henry Halleck ranks 51. Before him are Benjamin Briggs, George Catlin, Friedrich Welwitsch, Ion Heliade Rădulescu, Andrew Smith, and Michel Carré. After him are Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Hugo von Mohl, Dimitrija Demeter, Nikolaos Mantzaros, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, and Andrej Sládkovič.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 5,456 out of 20,380. Before him are Candy Clark (1947), Annie Wersching (1977), Vanilla Ice (1967), Catherine Bach (1954), Betty Hutton (1921), and Mark Moses (1958). After him are Ed Roberts (1941), Michael Chiklis (1963), Demi Lovato (1992), Gerald McRaney (1947), Manny Ayulo (1921), and Charles Mackerras (1925).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 95. Before him are J. E. B. Stuart (1833), Carlos Hathcock (1942), Charlie Wilson (1933), Eddie Slovik (1920), Christine Jorgensen (1926), and Henry Gunther (1895). After him are Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), J. D. Tippit (1924), J. Lawton Collins (1896), Hal Moore (1922), Mickey Marcus (1901), and Nelson A. Miles (1839).

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