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MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Hawkins

1532 - 1595

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Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hawkins has received more than 91,277 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). John Hawkins is the 446th most popular military personnel (down from 428th in 2019), the 858th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 852nd in 2019) and the 15th most popular British Military Personnel.

John Hawkins is most famous for his book, "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates."

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  • 91k

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  • 60.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.97

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Hawkins ranks 446 out of 1,468. Before him are Josef Harpe, John Hanning Speke, Matthäus Hetzenauer, Osman Nuri Pasha, Yonatan Netanyahu, and Karl von Bülow. After him are Levin August von Bennigsen, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Hasdrubal Gisco, George Maniakes, Oghul Qaimish, and Saburō Sakai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, John Hawkins ranks 4. Before him are Tulsidas, Yermak Timofeyevich, and Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester. After him are Francis Walsingham, Maerten de Vos, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Archduchess Magdalena of Austria, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Luís Fróis, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, and Marino Grimani. Among people deceased in 1595, John Hawkins ranks 9. Before him are Philip Neri, Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Mohammad Khodabanda, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and António, Prior of Crato. After him are Thoinot Arbeau, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Louis Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, John Frederick II, Duke of Saxony, Pasquale Cicogna, and Thomas Digges.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hawkins ranks 858 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), Billy Idol (1955), and Harthacnut I of Denmark (880). After him are Kevin Keegan (1951), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Bernard Hill (1944), Charles George Gordon (1833), and Rosamunde Pilcher (1924).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Hawkins ranks 15. Before him are Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738), John Franklin (1786), Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), and John Hanning Speke (1827). After him are James Paul Moody (1887), William Bligh (1754), Harold Lowe (1882), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), Jack Phillips (1887), and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891).

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