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 3,035,408 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. James Bowie is the 710th most popular military personnel (up from 722nd in 2019), the 2,057th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,184th in 2019) and the 29th most popular American Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.67

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, James Bowie ranks 710 out of 2,058. Before him are Takeo Kurita, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Stanisław Sosabowski, Nikolai Ogarkov, Momčilo Đujić, and Iphicrates. After him are Won Gyun, Mikhail Miloradovich, Peithon, Inés Suárez, Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este, and Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, James Bowie ranks 14. Before him are Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Jakob Steiner, Peter Fendi, Philipp Franz von Siebold, Carl Loewe, and Ang Duong. After him are Giovanni Pacini, Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony, and Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz. Among people deceased in 1836, James Bowie ranks 23. Before him are Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Anthony of Saxony, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Aaron Burr, and William Henry. After him are Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Carle Vernet, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Andrey Razumovsky, Karel Hynek Mácha, and Betsy Ross.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Bowie ranks 2,057 out of 20,380. Before him are Ry Cooder (1947), Tim Allen (1953), King Vidor (1894), Warren Christopher (1925), Robert Mapplethorpe (1946), and Reinhold Niebuhr (1892). After him are Marisa Tomei (1964), Ashley Judd (1968), Liberace (1919), Wayne Shorter (1933), Lin Shaye (1943), and Robert F. Engle (1942).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, James Bowie ranks 29. Before him are William Tecumseh Sherman (1820), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Mark W. Clark (1896), William Halsey Jr. (1882), and Abner Doubleday (1819). After him are Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George B. McClellan (1826), Doc Holliday (1851), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), Frank Jack Fletcher (1885), and Henry H. Arnold (1886).

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