MILITARY PERSONNEL

John Sullivan

1740 - 1795

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Major-General John Sullivan (February 17, 1740 – January 23, 1795) was a Continental Army officer, politician and judge who fought in the American Revolutionary War and participated several key events of the conflict, including most notably George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress, where Sullivan signed the Continental Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Sullivan has received more than 109,438 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Sullivan is the 1,935th most popular military personnel (down from 1,626th in 2019), the 9,717th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,352nd in 2019) and the 164th most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.08

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  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Sullivan ranks 1,935 out of 2,058. Before him are George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Oleg Mityaev, Hubert Gough, Abu Omar al-Shishani, Salman Raduyev, and Rudolf Stöger-Steiner von Steinstätten. After him are Elmo Zumwalt, Adrianos Komnenos, Stepan Poltorak, Keith Park, Julian Byng, 1st Viscount Byng of Vimy, and Thomas Blamey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, John Sullivan ranks 27. Before him are Juan Ignacio Molina, J. F. Oberlin, Anders Johan Lexell, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Johan Andreas Murray, and Samuel Arnold. After him are Ivan Lepyokhin, William Paca, and Alexander Martin. Among people deceased in 1795, John Sullivan ranks 34. Before him are Ranieri de' Calzabigi, Maruyama Ōkyo, Eugenio Espejo, Ivan Betskoy, Johan Henric Kellgren, and William Bradford. After him is Josiah Bartlett.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Sullivan ranks 9,717 out of 20,380. Before him are Les Brown (1912), Johnny Moss (1907), Mary L. Good (1931), Lawrence Tibbett (1896), Lola Glaudini (1971), and Faran Tahir (1963). After him are Charles Sibley (1917), Gardner Fox (1911), Cristin Milioti (1985), Roger Kingdom (1962), Billy Beane (1962), and Norman Johnson (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, John Sullivan ranks 164. Before him are Joseph Dunford (1955), James Wilkinson (1757), William Hood Simpson (1888), John Schofield (1831), Gail Halvorsen (1920), and Thomas C. Hart (1877). After him are Elmo Zumwalt (1920), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), John Sedgwick (1813), Zebulon Pike (1779), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), and George Rogers Clark (1752).

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