MILITARY PERSONNEL

Isaac Shelby

1750 - 1826

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Isaac Shelby (December 11, 1750 – July 18, 1826) was an American politician and military officer who was the first and fifth Governor of Kentucky and served in the state legislatures of Virginia and North Carolina. He also fought in Lord Dunmore's War, the American Revolutionary War, and the War of 1812. While governor, he led the Kentucky militia in the Battle of the Thames, an action that was rewarded with a Congressional Gold Medal. Counties in nine states, and several cities and military bases, have been named in his honor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Shelby has received more than 311,249 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Isaac Shelby is the 2,015th most popular military personnel (down from 1,630th in 2019), the 13,123rd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,614th in 2019) and the 190th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Isaac Shelby ranks 2,015 out of 2,058. Before him are Vladimir Vysotsky, Denys Prokopenko, Henry Warner Slocum, Henry Heth, Nasser Shabani, and Lynndie England. After him are Islam Bibi, Andrei Kolesnikov, Denis Berezovsky, Vladlen Tatarsky, John S. Bull, and Arsen Pavlov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1750, Isaac Shelby ranks 46. Before him are Christian Konrad Sprengel, Prince Frederick of Great Britain, Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, Aaron Arrowsmith, John André, and Frederick Muhlenberg.  Among people deceased in 1826, Isaac Shelby ranks 53. Before him are Friedrich August Marschall von Bieberstein, John Farey Sr., Antoni Malczewski, Ferdinand Bauer, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, 1st Marquess of Hastings, and Iolo Morganwg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isaac Shelby ranks 13,123 out of 20,380. Before him are Lynndie England (1982), Dorothy Dell (1915), Amy Aquino (1957), George Chandler (1898), Paul Petersen (1945), and Mike Inez (1966). After him are Fred Tatasciore (1967), Nicholas Turturro (1962), Francine York (1936), Mads Pedersen (null), Bernard King (1956), and Samuel Page (1976).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Isaac Shelby ranks 190. Before him are Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Crispus Attucks (1723), Henry Warner Slocum (1827), Henry Heth (1825), and Lynndie England (1982). After him are John S. Bull (1934), H. R. McMaster (1962), Hugh McCulloch (1808), Chelsea Manning (1987), Sybil Ludington (1761), and Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738).

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