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John Hanning Speke

1827 - 1864

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Captain John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and military officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in Luganda). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hanning Speke has received more than 571,189 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). John Hanning Speke is the 583rd most popular military personnel (down from 441st in 2019), the 1,049th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 837th in 2019) and the 19th 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

Among military personnels, John Hanning Speke ranks 583 out of 2,058. Before him are William Tecumseh Sherman, Giorgio Basta, Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Deng Ai, Aleksei Antonov, and Elyesa Bazna. After him are Gusztáv Jány, Milunka Savić, Anton Dostler, Joseph Gallieni, Taira no Masakado, and Henri Gatien Bertrand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, John Hanning Speke ranks 17. Before him are William Holman Hunt, Charles De Coster, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Wilhelm von Tegetthoff, Mangal Pandey, and Jyotirao Phule. After him are Oswald Achenbach, Jules Breton, Frederick Abel, Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Mihály Zichy, and Henry Gray. Among people deceased in 1864, John Hanning Speke ranks 16. Before him are William I of Württemberg, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve, Leo von Klenze, Konstanty Kalinowski, Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, and Princess Charlotte of Denmark. After him are Juan José Flores, Hong Tianguifu, Princess Hildegard of Bavaria, Jean-Jacques Ampère, Aimable Pélissier, and Antoinette de Mérode.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hanning Speke ranks 1,049 out of 8,785. Before him are James Stirling (1926), John Nettles (1943), Glenn Hughes (1951), Robbie Williams (1974), Twiggy (1949), and Robert Browning (1812). After him are Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Inigo Jones (1573), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Reginald Pole (1500), and Joseph Bell (1837).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Hanning Speke ranks 19. Before him are John Franklin (1786), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), John Hawkins (1532), and Woodes Rogers (1679). After him are Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Harold Lowe (1882), William Bligh (1754), Joseph Boxhall (1884), and Bertram Ramsay (1883).

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