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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 1,122,820 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Joseph Hooker is the 1,267th most popular military personnel (down from 1,198th in 2019), the 4,329th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,432nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Joseph Hooker ranks 1,267 out of 1,468Before him are James Longstreet, Wehib Pasha, Aleksander Zawadzki, Miguel Ricardo de Álava, Dmitry Lelyushenko, and Jean Reynier. After him are Miguel Grau Seminario, Karl Decker, Xie Lingyun, Erich Bey, Katō Yoshiaki, and August Kork.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Joseph Hooker ranks 44Before him are Pierre Wantzel, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Auguste Clésinger, Felix Lichnowsky, Amalia Lindegren, and Prince Karl of Auersperg. After him are Miklós Ybl, Jules Simon, Daniel Kirkwood, James Paget, Edmond Frémy, and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda. Among people deceased in 1879, Joseph Hooker ranks 36Before him are Ludwig Reichenbach, Michel Chevalier, Sergey Solovyov, Nikolai Zaremba, Joseph Poelaert, and William Kingdon Clifford. After him are Miguel Grau Seminario, Anthony Panizzi, Jeanne Jugan, Johann von Lamont, Jakob Dubs, and Aleksandr Baryatinsky.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Hooker ranks 4,329 out of 18,182Before him are William Steig (1907), David Butler (1894), Jim Beaver (1950), David Koresh (1959), Lysander Spooner (1808), and Julianna Margulies (1966). After him are George Duke (1946), Sylvester (1947), Sienna Miller (1981), Tommy Flanagan (1930), Charley Patton (1891), and Bryan Singer (1965).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Joseph Hooker ranks 76Before him are Robert Gould Shaw (1837), Herman Kahn (1922), Eddie Slovik (1920), Frank Serpico (1936), Carlos Hathcock (1942), and James Longstreet (1821). After him are Braxton Bragg (1817), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Courtney Hodges (1887), Christine Jorgensen (1926), Hal Moore (1922), and Carl Spaatz (1891).