1815 - 1872
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 565,659 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Henry Halleck is the 1,502nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,385th in 2019), the 6,456th most popular biography from United States (up from 7,458th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Henry Halleck ranks 1,502 out of 1,468. Before him are Abu Ali al-Anbari, Harry Patch, Natalya Kovshova, Stefan Toshev, Edward Evans, 1st Baron Mountevans, and Oliver Hazard Perry. After him are Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Nathan Hale, Murat Karayılan, Flora Sandes, Kliment Boyadzhiev, and J. Lawton Collins.
1957 - 2016
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 1,496
1898 - 2009
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 1,497
1920 - 1942
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 1,498
1859 - 1924
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 1,499
1880 - 1957
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 1,500
1785 - 1819
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 1,501
1815 - 1872
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 1,502
1851 - 1936
HPI: 46.76
Rank: 1,503
1755 - 1776
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 1,504
1954 - 2023
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 1,505
1876 - 1956
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 1,506
1861 - 1932
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 1,507
1896 - 1987
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 1,508
Among people born in 1815, Henry Halleck ranks 69. Before him are James B. Francis, Halfdan Kjerulf, Edward Forbes, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, Otto von Böhtlingk, and Marguerite Bays. After him are James Legge, Princess Amalie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Constantine Paparrigopoulos, Daniel Bashiel Warner, Athanasios Miaoulis, and Rufus Wilmot Griswold. Among people deceased in 1872, Henry Halleck ranks 60. Before him are Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant, Mpande kaSenzangakhona, Dimitrija Demeter, William Davies Evans, Edwin Atherstone, and Andrew Smith. After him are Richard Bourke, 6th Earl of Mayo, José Burgos, Robert Wight, Lowell Mason, Edward James Roye, and Robert S. Duncanson.
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 63
1815 - 1868
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 64
1815 - 1854
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 65
1815 - 1840
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 66
1815 - 1904
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 67
1815 - 1879
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 68
1815 - 1872
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 69
1815 - 1897
HPI: 46.17
Rank: 70
1815 - 1841
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 71
1815 - 1891
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 72
1815 - 1880
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 73
1815 - 1867
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 74
1815 - 1857
HPI: 44.06
Rank: 75
1800 - 1872
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 54
1798 - 1872
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 55
1811 - 1872
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 56
1790 - 1872
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 57
1788 - 1872
HPI: 47.46
Rank: 58
1797 - 1872
HPI: 46.90
Rank: 59
1815 - 1872
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 60
1822 - 1872
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 61
1837 - 1872
HPI: 45.66
Rank: 62
1796 - 1872
HPI: 44.28
Rank: 63
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 64
1815 - 1872
HPI: 41.00
Rank: 65
1821 - 1872
HPI: 40.41
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 6,456 out of 18,182. Before him are David A. R. White (1970), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Todd Haynes (1961), David Smith (1906), Pia Zadora (1953), and Oliver Hazard Perry (1785). After him are Eugene McCarthy (1916), Joan Mitchell (1925), Teddy Mayer (1935), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), Harry Shearer (1943), and Frank Pierson (1925).
1970 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 6,450
1858 - 1934
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 6,451
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 6,452
1906 - 1965
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,453
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,454
1785 - 1819
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,455
1815 - 1872
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,456
1916 - 2005
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,457
1925 - 1992
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,458
1935 - 2009
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,459
1861 - 1947
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 6,460
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,461
1925 - 2012
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 6,462
Among military personnels born in United States, Henry Halleck ranks 110. Before him are Mark Milley (1958), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), John Bell Hood (1831), Richard Bong (1920), Richmond K. Turner (1885), and Oliver Hazard Perry (1785). After him are Nathan Hale (1755), J. Lawton Collins (1896), John Pope (1822), Mickey Marcus (1901), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), and Peter Pace (1945).
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 104
1831 - 1862
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 105
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 106
1920 - 1945
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 107
1885 - 1961
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 108
1785 - 1819
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 109
1815 - 1872
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 110
1755 - 1776
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 111
1896 - 1987
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 112
1822 - 1892
HPI: 46.38
Rank: 113
1901 - 1948
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 114
1954 - 2021
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 115
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.09
Rank: 116