1853 - 1947
General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton, (16 January 1853 – 12 October 1947) was a senior British Army officer who had an extensive British Imperial military career in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Hamilton was twice recommended for the Victoria Cross, but on the first occasion was considered too young, and on the second too senior. He was wounded in action at the Battle of Majuba during the First Boer War, which rendered his left hand permanently injured. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ian Hamilton has received more than 31,158 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ian Hamilton is the 1,448th most popular military personnel (down from 1,295th in 2019), the 653rd most popular biography from Greece (down from 626th in 2019) and the 47th most popular Greek Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Ian Hamilton ranks 1,448 out of 1,468. Before him are John Moore, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Richard S. Ewell, Conrad Albrecht, Mariya Oktyabrskaya, and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. After him are William Guarnere, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, David Stirling, Dietrich Kraiss, Harold Rainsford Stark, and Malik Ambar.
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 1,442
1465 - 1530
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 1,443
1817 - 1872
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 1,444
1880 - 1969
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 1,445
1905 - 1944
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 1,446
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1,447
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 1,448
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 1,449
1724 - 1816
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 1,450
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 1,451
1889 - 1944
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 1,452
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 1,453
1548 - 1626
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 1,454
Among people born in 1853, Ian Hamilton ranks 73. Before him are Princess Marie Elisabeth of Saxe-Meiningen, Evgraf Fedorov, Dmitry Sipyagin, Pierre Marie, José Santos Zelaya, and Arthur Moritz Schoenflies. After him are Vladimir Gilyarovsky, Jules Lemaître, Mato Kósyk, Rudolf Kittel, Heinrich Kayser, and Isidor Kaufmann. Among people deceased in 1947, Ian Hamilton ranks 138. Before him are Eugène Lanti, Manuel Machado, Johannes Winkler, Harry Carey, Anton Schall, and Hendrik van Gent. After him are Petras Cvirka, Rudolf Noack, Jean-Richard Bloch, Max Berg, August Blom, and Georg Schnéevoigt.
1853 - 1923
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 67
1853 - 1919
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 68
1853 - 1902
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 69
1853 - 1940
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 70
1853 - 1919
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 71
1853 - 1928
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 72
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 73
1853 - 1935
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 74
1853 - 1914
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 75
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 76
1853 - 1929
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 77
1853 - 1940
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 78
1853 - 1921
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 79
1879 - 1947
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 132
1874 - 1947
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 133
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 134
1878 - 1947
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 135
1907 - 1947
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 136
1900 - 1947
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 137
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 138
1909 - 1947
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 139
1913 - 1947
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 140
1884 - 1947
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 141
1870 - 1947
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 142
1869 - 1947
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 143
1872 - 1947
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 144
Among people born in Greece, Ian Hamilton ranks 653 out of 936. Before him are Ioannis Frangoudis (1863), Thomas Preljubović (1310), Nicander of Sparta (null), Dimitrios Rallis (1844), Kitsos Tzavelas (1800), and Andreas Metaxas (1786). After him are Stylianos Gonatas (1876), Theodoros Pangalos (1938), Georgios Papasideris (1875), Theodoros Diligiannis (1820), Juan de Fuca (1536), and Themistoklis Sofoulis (1860).
1863 - 1916
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 647
1310 - 1384
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 648
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 649
1844 - 1921
HPI: 48.28
Rank: 650
1800 - 1865
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 651
1786 - 1860
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 652
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 653
1876 - 1966
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 654
1938 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 655
1875 - 1920
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 656
1820 - 1905
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 657
1536 - 1602
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 658
1860 - 1949
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 659
Among military personnels born in Greece, Ian Hamilton ranks 47. Before him are Wehib Pasha (1877), Aris Velouchiotis (1905), Erigyius (-400), Laomedon of Mytilene (-400), Nikolaos Trikoupis (1868), and Ioannis Frangoudis (1863). After him are Alexandros Othonaios (1879) and Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos (1874).
1877 - 1940
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 41
1905 - 1945
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 42
400 BC - 328 BC
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 43
400 BC - 360 BC
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 44
1868 - 1956
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 45
1863 - 1916
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 46
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 47
1879 - 1970
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 48
1874 - 1941
HPI: 39.59
Rank: 49