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Nathanael Greene

1742 - 1786

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Major-General Nathanael Greene (August 7, [O.S. July 27] 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as one of George Washington's most talented and dependable officers, and is known for his successful command in the Southern theater of the conflict. Born into a prosperous Quaker family in Warwick, Rhode Island, Greene became active in the colonial opposition to British revenue policies in the early 1770s and helped establish the Kentish Guards, a state militia unit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathanael Greene has received more than 1,670,917 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Nathanael Greene is the 1,420th most popular military personnel (down from 1,291st in 2019), the 5,421st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,299th in 2019) and the 92nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nathanael Greene ranks 1,420 out of 1,468. Before him are Arnold Meri, Dmitry Senyavin, Juan Martín Díez, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, Andrew Scott Waugh, and François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie. After him are Roy Urquhart, Pyotr Gavrilov, Kiyotake Kawaguchi, Alexander von Krobatin, Jean-Baptiste Marchand, and Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Nathanael Greene ranks 22. Before him are Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Johan Herman Wessel, David Bushnell, Anders Jahan Retzius, and Félix de Azara. After him are Joseph Brant and James Wilson. Among people deceased in 1786, Nathanael Greene ranks 19. Before him are John Byron, Thomas Wright, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Pierre Poivre, Jean-Étienne Guettard, and Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar. After him are Gaspar de Portolá, Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch, and William Duesbury.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathanael Greene ranks 5,421 out of 18,182. Before him are Adam Brody (1979), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Louis Brandeis (1856), Robert Kerman (1947), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), and Luther Vandross (1951). After him are Aron Ralston (1975), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), Dusty Rhodes (1945), Lauryn Hill (1975), Gary Cole (1956), and Robert Henri (1865).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Nathanael Greene ranks 92. Before him are William D. Leahy (1875), Richard Marcinko (1940), Walter Bedell Smith (1895), Anthony McAuliffe (1898), George Pickett (1825), and Irvin McDowell (1818). After him are Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845), Moe Berg (1902), Lewis Powell (1844), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Richard S. Ewell (1817), and William Guarnere (1923).

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