1827 - 1864
Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and officer in the British Indian Army who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hanning Speke has received more than 516,384 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). John Hanning Speke is the 441st most popular military personnel (up from 490th in 2019), the 837th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 967th in 2019) and the 14th most popular British Military Personnel.
John Hanning Speke was most famous for discovering the source of the Nile River.
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Among military personnels, John Hanning Speke ranks 441 out of 1,468. Before him are Yoshiko Kawashima, Leopold Joseph von Daun, Mikhail Kirponos, Stonewall Jackson, Petre Dumitrescu, and Josef Harpe. After him are Matthäus Hetzenauer, Osman Nuri Pasha, Yonatan Netanyahu, Karl von Bülow, John Hawkins, and Levin August von Bennigsen.
1907 - 1948
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 435
1705 - 1766
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 436
1892 - 1941
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 437
1824 - 1863
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 438
1882 - 1950
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 439
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 440
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 441
1924 - 2004
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 442
1832 - 1900
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 443
1946 - 1976
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 444
1846 - 1921
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 445
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 446
1745 - 1826
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 447
Among people born in 1827, John Hanning Speke ranks 12. Before him are Heonjong of Joseon, Francisco Solano López, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia, Marcellin Berthelot, Deodoro da Fonseca, and Jyotirao Phule. After him are Mangal Pandey, William Holman Hunt, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Charles De Coster, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, and Mihály Zichy. Among people deceased in 1864, John Hanning Speke ranks 13. Before him are Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, Hong Xiuquan, Vuk Karadžić, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, William I of Württemberg, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois. After him are Leo von Klenze, Princess Charlotte of Denmark, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Hong Tianguifu, and Aimable Pélissier.
1827 - 1849
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 6
1827 - 1870
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 7
1827 - 1892
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 8
1827 - 1907
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 9
1827 - 1892
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 10
1827 - 1890
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 11
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1827 - 1857
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 13
1827 - 1910
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 14
1827 - 1875
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 15
1827 - 1879
HPI: 59.94
Rank: 16
1827 - 1871
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 17
1827 - 1906
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 18
1799 - 1864
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 7
1814 - 1864
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 8
1787 - 1864
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 9
1793 - 1864
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 10
1781 - 1864
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 11
1819 - 1864
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 12
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 13
1784 - 1864
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 14
1789 - 1864
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 15
1825 - 1864
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 16
1800 - 1864
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 17
1849 - 1864
HPI: 57.47
Rank: 18
1794 - 1864
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hanning Speke ranks 837 out of 7,765. Before him are Daniel Rutherford (1749), Pete Townshend (1945), Petula Clark (1932), Osborne Reynolds (1842), Joseph Chamberlain (1836), and Malcolm IV of Scotland (1141). After him are William Webb Ellis (1806), Colin Maclaurin (1698), Owen Tudor (1400), Peter Finch (1916), Robert Graves (1895), and Richard Hamilton (1922).
1749 - 1819
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 831
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 832
1932 - Present
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 833
1842 - 1912
HPI: 60.62
Rank: 834
1836 - 1914
HPI: 60.61
Rank: 835
1141 - 1165
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 836
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 837
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 838
1698 - 1746
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 839
1400 - 1461
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 840
1916 - 1977
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 841
1895 - 1985
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 842
1922 - 2011
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 843
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Hanning Speke ranks 14. Before him are Rudolf Abel (1903), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), John Franklin (1786), and Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861). After him are John Hawkins (1532), James Paul Moody (1887), William Bligh (1754), Harold Lowe (1882), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Jack Phillips (1887).
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 8
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 9
1650 - 1722
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 10
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 12
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 13
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 14
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 15
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 16
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 17
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 18
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 19
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 20