MILITARY PERSONNEL

Nathaniel Lyon

1818 - 1861

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Nathaniel Lyon (July 14, 1818 – August 10, 1861) was a United States Army officer who was the first Union general to be killed in the American Civil War. He is noted for his actions in Missouri in 1861, at the beginning of the conflict, to forestall secret secessionist plans of the governor Claiborne Jackson. He had fought in the Second Seminole War in Florida and the Mexican–American War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nathaniel Lyon has received more than 322,529 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nathaniel Lyon is the 1,984th most popular military personnel (down from 1,624th in 2019), the 11,380th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,263rd in 2019) and the 180th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Nathaniel Lyon ranks 1,984 out of 2,058. Before him are John O'Connor, Kenneth Anderson, Richard Myers, Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, Konstantinos Miliotis-Komninos, and Redvers Buller. After him are Aytaç Yalman, William J. Hardee, Benjamin Bonneville, Comandanta Ramona, John Kirby, and Alif Hajiyev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Nathaniel Lyon ranks 99. Before him are Don Carlos Buell, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Johan Lange, José Amador de los Ríos, Elizabeth F. Ellet, and Charles J. Folger. After him are John Henninger Reagan, Wade Hampton III, and George S. Boutwell. Among people deceased in 1861, Nathaniel Lyon ranks 66. Before him are José María Linares, Jorge Córdova, Robert O'Hara Burke, Pierre Bosquet, Eliphalet Remington, and William Lyon Mackenzie. After him is Edward Dickinson Baker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nathaniel Lyon ranks 11,380 out of 20,380. Before him are Bonnie Bassler (1962), Alyson Noël (1965), Jeremy Lin (1988), McG (1968), Clayton Moore (1914), and Eddie Kaye Thomas (1980). After him are Andrew Wood (1966), Heather Hunter (1969), Matthew Morrison (1978), Stephen Walt (1955), Nick Cannon (1980), and Chris Weitz (1969).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Nathaniel Lyon ranks 180. Before him are George Henry Thomas (1816), John Buford (1826), Leonidas Polk (1806), James L. Jones (1943), John O'Connor (1920), and Richard Myers (1942). After him are William J. Hardee (1815), John Kirby (1963), Earl Van Dorn (1820), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), and Crispus Attucks (1723).

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