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John Trumbull

1756 - 1843

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John Trumbull (June 6, 1756 – November 10, 1843) was an American painter and military officer best known for his historical paintings of the American Revolutionary War, of which he was a veteran. He has been called the "Painter of the Revolution". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Trumbull has received more than 1,040,951 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. John Trumbull is the 1,376th most popular painter (down from 1,230th in 2019), the 4,621st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,453rd in 2019) and the 58th most popular American Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, John Trumbull ranks 1,376 out of 2,023. Before him are Edwin Landseer, Amasis Painter, Vitale da Bologna, Julie Wilhelmine Hagen-Schwarz, Fanny Brate, and Rudolf von Alt. After him are Amélie Lundahl, Daniele Crespi, Edgar Ende, Henri Regnault, Charles-Antoine Coypel, and Chen Hongshou.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1756, John Trumbull ranks 30. Before him are Christian Frederik Hansen, Heinrich von Bellegarde, Jean-Antoine Chaptal, Vincent-Marie Viénot, Count of Vaublanc, Karl Philipp Moritz, and Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg. After him are François Chabot, Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros, Herman of Alaska, Jan Śniadecki, Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve, and Henry Raeburn. Among people deceased in 1843, John Trumbull ranks 21. Before him are Charles Macintosh, Alexis Bouvard, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Ippolito Rosellini, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, and Casimir Delavigne. After him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, Francis Scott Key, Kazim Rashti, John Biscoe, Hirata Atsutane, and Sylvestre François Lacroix.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Trumbull ranks 4,621 out of 20,380. Before him are Chuck Daly (1930), Roy J. Plunkett (1910), Courtney Hodges (1887), Kevin Hart (1979), Dan O'Bannon (1946), and Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835). After him are John Wesley Hardin (1853), James Tiptree Jr. (1915), Patti LuPone (1949), Joey Jordison (1975), Shemar Moore (1970), and Kathleen Quinlan (1954).

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Among PAINTERS In United States

Among painters born in United States, John Trumbull ranks 58. Before him are Childe Hassam (1859), Lilla Cabot Perry (1848), Joseph Cornell (1903), Martin Johnson Heade (1819), George Segal (1924), and Frank Frazetta (1928). After him are Ellsworth Kelly (1923), Adolph Gottlieb (1903), John Singleton Copley (1738), George Bellows (1882), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), and Haddon Sundblom (1899).

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