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John Paul Jones

1747 - 1792

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John Paul Jones (born John Paul; July 6, 1747 – July 18, 1792) was a Scottish American naval captain who was a naval commander in the American Revolutionary War. Often called the "Father of the American Navy", a title sometimes also credited to John Barry, John Adams, and sometimes Joshua Humphreys, Jones is highly regarded as one of the greatest naval commanders in the history of the United States. Jones was a Freemason and made many friends among U.S. political elites, including John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, and even his enemies, who accused him of piracy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Paul Jones has received more than 4,163,294 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Paul Jones is the 1,020th most popular military personnel (down from 898th in 2019), the 1,903rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,745th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 29

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  • 4.47

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Paul Jones ranks 1,020 out of 1,468. Before him are Constantin Prezan, Justinian, William Brown, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, and Otto Ciliax. After him are Pierre André de Suffren, Max von Gallwitz, Gregor MacGregor, Bardas Phokas the Younger, Magnia Urbica, and John Alcock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1747, John Paul Jones ranks 12. Before him are Roger Ducos, Gottfried August Bürger, Princess Wilhelmina Caroline of Denmark, Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe, Leopold Koželuch, and Infante Philip, Duke of Calabria. After him are Armand Louis de Gontaut, Józef Wybicki, Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel, George I, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Grigory Shelikhov, and Franz von Paula Schrank. Among people deceased in 1792, John Paul Jones ranks 24. Before him are Denis Fonvizin, Antonio Rosetti, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, Antoine Louis, Maximilian Hell, and Guillaume Le Gentil. After him are Johann Andreas Stein, John Smeaton, Yazid of Morocco, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Charles Simon Favart, and Adam Gottlob Moltke.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Paul Jones ranks 1,903 out of 7,765. Before him are John Mills (1908), Ray Winstone (1957), Robert Palmer (1949), Robert Conquest (1917), Cynric (450), and Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883). After him are Centwine of Wessex (643), William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), William Buckland (1784), Ine of Wessex (700), Anne Conway (1631), and Gregor MacGregor (1786).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Paul Jones ranks 43. Before him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), J. F. C. Fuller (1878), John Fastolf (1380), Arthur Percival (1887), Henry Tandey (1891), and William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729). After him are Gregor MacGregor (1786), John Alcock (1892), Captain Tom (1920), Henry Allingham (1896), James Wolfe (1727), and Claude Auchinleck (1884).

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