MILITARY PERSONNEL

Joseph Hooker

1814 - 1879

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Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879) was an American Civil War general for the Union, chiefly remembered for his decisive defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863. Hooker had served in the Seminole Wars and the Mexican–American War, receiving three brevet promotions, before resigning from the Army. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Hooker has received more than 1,229,935 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Hooker is the 1,577th most popular military personnel (down from 1,266th in 2019), the 4,941st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,317th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 27

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  • 4.07

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Joseph Hooker ranks 1,577 out of 2,058. Before him are Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Erich Buschenhagen, Rudolf von Bünau, Friedrich von Ingenohl, Jean Decoux, and Vang Pao. After him are Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, Christopher Cradock, Datames, Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Henri Dentz, and Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Joseph Hooker ranks 50. Before him are Girolamo de Rada, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Johann Georg Halske, Amalia Lindegren, Gustav Hartlaub, and Daniel Kirkwood. After him are James Paget, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Hervé Faye, Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan, Hermann, Prince of Wied, and Adolph Tidemand. Among people deceased in 1879, Joseph Hooker ranks 42. Before him are Joseph Poelaert, Nikolai Zaremba, Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Anthony Panizzi, Paul Gervais, and Aleksandr Baryatinsky. After him are Peter Michal Bohúň, Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Lyuben Karavelov, Rowland Hill, William Lloyd Garrison, and Johann von Lamont.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Hooker ranks 4,941 out of 20,380. Before him are Chester Conklin (1886), Jack Haley (1898), Bessie Love (1898), Lennie Tristano (1919), Antoine Fuqua (1966), and Dean Jagger (1903). After him are Gene Clark (1944), Walter De Maria (1935), Ted Post (1918), Aron Ralston (1975), Jack DeJohnette (1942), and Eddie Lawson (1958).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Joseph Hooker ranks 82. Before him are Courtney Hodges (1887), Braxton Bragg (1817), Herman Kahn (1922), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Benjamin Briggs (1835), and Melvin Purvis (1903). After him are William D. Leahy (1875), Eugene Sledge (1923), Mark Milley (1958), Carl Spaatz (1891), Smedley Butler (1881), and Richmond K. Turner (1885).

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