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MILITARY PERSONNEL

James Bowie

1796 - 1836

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James Bowie ( BOO-ee) (April 10, 1796 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American pioneer, slave smuggler and trader, and soldier who played a prominent role in the Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Bowie has received more than 2,913,188 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. James Bowie is the 722nd most popular military personnel (down from 571st in 2019), the 2,186th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,768th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Bowie ranks 722 out of 1,468. Before him are Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha, Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke, Hikmat Mirzayev, Christian de Castries, Walter Weiß, and Erich Rudorffer. After him are Surena, Roustam Raza, Erich Brandenberger, Heinrich Eberbach, Iona Yakir, and Alexander Marinesko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, James Bowie ranks 16. Before him are Carl Loewe, Peter Fendi, Giovanni Pacini, Asher Brown Durand, Philipp Franz von Siebold, and Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony. After him are Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Ang Duong, David Roberts, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, and Karl Ernst Claus. Among people deceased in 1836, James Bowie ranks 24. Before him are Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Aaron Burr, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, and William Henry. After him are Betsy Ross, Carle Vernet, Andrey Razumovsky, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Karel Hynek Mácha, and John Loudon McAdam.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Bowie ranks 2,186 out of 18,182. Before him are Henry J. Heinz (1844), Maria Mitchell (1818), Neil Sedaka (1939), Robert Gallo (1937), Lisa Bonet (1967), and Prescott Bush (1895). After him are Karen Uhlenbeck (1942), Kim Hunter (1922), King C. Gillette (1855), Moondog (1916), The Undertaker (1965), and Edward Zwick (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Bowie ranks 36. Before him are P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Abner Doubleday (1819), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), Paul Revere (1735), and Doc Holliday (1851). After him are Henry H. Arnold (1886), Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), Philip Sheridan (1831), Charlie Wilson (1933), George B. McClellan (1826), and David Farragut (1801).

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