MILITARY PERSONNEL

Oliver Hazard Perry

1785 - 1819

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Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was a United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Perry served in the West Indies during the Quasi War of 1798–1800 against France, in the Mediterranean during the Barbary Wars of 1801–1815, and in the Caribbean fighting piracy and the slave trade, but is most noted for his role in the War of 1812 during the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Oliver Hazard Perry has received more than 1,082,371 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Hazard Perry is the 1,823rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,499th in 2019), the 7,182nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,442nd in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 1,823 out of 2,058. Before him are Stefan Toshev, Stephen Decatur, Captain Tom, Rahim Ademi, Jacob L. Devers, and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe. After him are Berenguer de Palou II, George Milne, 1st Baron Milne, Mariya Polivanova, Axel von dem Bussche, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, and Nathan Hale.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 53. Before him are Étienne Constantin de Gerlache, David Wilkie, William Beaumont, Ján Hollý, Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann, and Arvid August Afzelius. After him are Thomas Love Peacock, Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Per Georg Scheutz, Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, and John Oxley. Among people deceased in 1819, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 30. Before him are Valentin Vodnik, Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Josepha Weber, John Marshall, Hannah Van Buren, and Mary Moser. After him are Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg, John Jeffries, Oliver Evans, John Langdon, William Samuel Johnson, and Caleb Strong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 7,182 out of 20,380. Before him are Peter Del Monte (1943), Willis H. O'Brien (1886), K. Eric Drexler (1955), A Martinez (1948), Calvin Smith (1961), and Sgt. Slaughter (1948). After him are John Geiger (1873), Piper Perabo (1976), Steve Forbes (1947), Susan Anspach (1942), Leslie Uggams (1943), and Stoya (1986).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 123. Before him are Richard S. Ewell (1817), Richard Marcinko (1940), John Eisenhower (1922), Martin Dempsey (1952), Stephen Decatur (1779), and Jacob L. Devers (1887). After him are Nathan Hale (1755), George Crook (1828), Israel Putnam (1718), Frederick C. Weyand (1916), John Bell Hood (1831), and Hugh S. Johnson (1882).

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