MILITARY PERSONNEL

Lewis Powell

1844 - 1865

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Lewis Thornton Powell (April 22, 1844 – July 7, 1865) was an American Confederate soldier who attempted to assassinate William Henry Seward as part of the Lincoln assassination plot. Wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg, he later served in Mosby's Rangers before working with the Confederate Secret Service in Maryland. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lewis Powell has received more than 42,026 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Lewis Powell is the 1,747th most popular military personnel (down from 1,434th in 2019), the 6,220th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,549th in 2019) and the 106th most popular American Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Lewis Powell ranks 1,747 out of 2,058. Before him are James Van Fleet, Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, Hyman G. Rickover, Ludwig von Falkenhausen, John Kourkouas, and James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. After him are Flora Sandes, Karl Freiherr von Müffling, Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, Ali Aaltonen, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, and Nadezhda Popova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Lewis Powell ranks 87. Before him are Mutsu Munemitsu, Camille Lemonnier, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Vladan Đorđević, Ludwig von Falkenhausen, and Miguel Ángel Juárez Celman. After him are Franziskus von Paula Graf von Schönborn, Verney Lovett Cameron, Georgios Theotokis, Dankmar Adler, Leonid Sobolev, and Ahmet Mithat. Among people deceased in 1865, Lewis Powell ranks 61. Before him are Mary Surratt, Stephen Allen Benson, Léon Jean Marie Dufour, Otto Ludwig, Kitsos Tzavelas, and Nicholas Wiseman. After him are Eugène Devéria, Samuel Cunard, Edward Everett, John Richardson, Manuel Isidoro Belzu, and Isabella Beeton.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lewis Powell ranks 6,220 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Reed (1925), Dana White (1969), Tiny Sandford (1894), Jamie Gillis (1943), Bellamy Young (1970), and Freddie Spencer (1961). After him are Art Buchwald (1925), Peter Riegert (1947), John Piper (1946), Shirley Booth (1898), Gene Pitney (1940), and Jason Patric (1966).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Lewis Powell ranks 106. Before him are Mickey Marcus (1901), Nelson A. Miles (1839), Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), George Pickett (1825), James Joseph Dresnok (1941), and James Van Fleet (1892). After him are Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), James Jesus Angleton (1917), John Pope (1822), Richard Bong (1920), and Robert Anderson (1805).

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