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Henry Knox

1750 - 1806

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Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was a Boston bookseller who became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns. Following the American Revolution, he oversaw the War Department under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1789. Washington, at the start of his first administration, appointed Knox the nation's first Secretary of War, a position he held from 1789 to 1794. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Knox has received more than 1,429,471 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Henry Knox is the 12,615th most popular politician (down from 11,590th in 2019), the 5,537th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,276th in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Henry Knox ranks 12,615 out of 15,577Before him are Spyridon Trikoupis, Anand Panyarachun, Józef Bilczewski, Mahmud Tarzi, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, and Benjamin Sheares. After him are Sanjay Gandhi, Stefan Yanev, Froyla Tzalam, Eucratides II, Pierluigi Martini, and Lyudmila Pakhomova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Henry Knox ranks 33Before him are Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Túpac Katari, Yazid of Morocco, Hugo Kołłątaj, Anton Stamitz, and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider. After him are Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Ignacy Potocki, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Besiki, and Prince Frederick of Great Britain. Among people deceased in 1806, Henry Knox ranks 39Before him are Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Michael von Melas, Jean Joseph Mounier, Horatio Gates, Charles James Fox, and Karoline von Günderrode. After him are Ignaz Schiffermüller, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Benjamin Banneker, Robert Morris, and Heinrich Christian Boie.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Knox ranks 5,537 out of 18,182Before him are Marilynne Robinson (1943), John Baldessari (1931), Asa Gray (1810), Kaley Cuoco (1985), Peter Facinelli (1973), and Dylan Baker (1959). After him are Harry Stenqvist (1893), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Bob Guccione (1930), Jennifer Ehle (1969), Julie Bowen (1970), and Tyler Perry (1969).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Henry Knox ranks 345Before him are Robert R. Livingston (1746), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), and William B. Travis (1809). After him are Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Daniel Webster (1782), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Joseph Brant (1742), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), and David Dinkins (1927).