MILITARY PERSONNEL

J. E. B. Stuart

1833 - 1864

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James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart (February 6, 1833 – May 12, 1864) was a Confederate army general and cavalry officer during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb,” from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use of cavalry in support of offensive operations. While he cultivated a cavalier image (red-lined gray cape, the yellow waist sash of a regular cavalry officer, hat cocked to the side with an ostrich plume, red flower in his lapel, often sporting cologne), his serious work made him the trusted eyes and ears of Robert E. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. E. B. Stuart has received more than 1,872,766 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). J. E. B. Stuart is the 1,604th most popular military personnel (down from 1,344th in 2019), the 5,080th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,795th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Military Personnel.

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    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 1,604 out of 2,058. Before him are George Browne, Smedley Butler, Hermann Boehm, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Richmond K. Turner, and Alfred Saalwächter. After him are Arrhidaeus, Somnath Sharma, Carlos Hathcock, Friedrich Sixt von Armin, Hans Felber, and Werner Teske.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1833, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 51. Before him are Dimitrie Sturdza, Maurice Loewy, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Paul Bert, Johan Ehrnrooth, and Antoine Vollon. After him are Fredrik von Otter, Ricardo Palma, Segismundo Moret, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, François Perrier, and Manuel Amador Guerrero. Among people deceased in 1864, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 52. Before him are Simon von Stampfer, Romuald Traugutt, Gaetano Bedini, Nana Asmaʼu, Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, and Heinrich Rose. After him are Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg, Simonas Daukantas, Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau, Hermann, Prince of Wied, Walter Savage Landor, and Anna Harrison.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 5,080 out of 20,380. Before him are Vance D. Brand (1931), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), James B. Conant (1893), Kevin Schwantz (1964), Stephen Breyer (1938), and Edgar Leonard (1881). After him are Hunter Biden (1970), Kenneth Bainbridge (1904), Brent Scowcroft (1925), Vincent J. McMahon (1914), Deborah Lipstadt (1947), and Tony Williams (1945).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, J. E. B. Stuart ranks 89. Before him are William D. Leahy (1875), Eugene Sledge (1923), Mark Milley (1958), Carl Spaatz (1891), Smedley Butler (1881), and Richmond K. Turner (1885). After him are Carlos Hathcock (1942), Charlie Wilson (1933), Eddie Slovik (1920), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Henry Gunther (1895), and Henry Halleck (1815).

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