MILITARY PERSONNEL

Patrick Gordon

1635 - 1699

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Patrick Leopold Gordon of Auchleuchries (31 March 1635 – 29 November 1699) was a general and rear admiral in Russia, of Scottish origin. He was descended from a family of Aberdeenshire, holders of the estate of Auchleuchries, near Ellon. The family was connected with the noble branch of Haddo. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Gordon has received more than 126,861 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Gordon is the 1,521st most popular military personnel (down from 1,239th in 2019), the 2,576th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,362nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 51.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.17

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Patrick Gordon ranks 1,521 out of 2,058. Before him are Gaius Cassius Longinus, Honoré Charles Reille, Santiago de Liniers, 1st Count of Buenos Aires, Kijirō Nambu, Alvin York, and Courtney Hodges. After him are Johann von Werth, Dmitry Milyutin, Braxton Bragg, Józef Chłopicki, Murat Karayılan, and Douglas Bader.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1635, Patrick Gordon ranks 16. Before him are Philippe Quinault, Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons, Princess Margaret Yolande of Savoy, Alexander Farnese, Prince of Parma, Frans van Mieris the Elder, and Isabella d'Este, Duchess of Parma. After him are Francis Willughby, and George Etherege. Among people deceased in 1699, Patrick Gordon ranks 12. Before him are Mattia Preti, Hortense Mancini, Marco d'Aviano, Lucrezia Barberini, Albert V, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, and François Le Fort. After him are Simon Arnauld, Marquis de Pomponne, Mary Beale, and Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Gordon ranks 2,576 out of 8,785. Before him are Bryan Robson (1957), I. A. Richards (1893), Simon Phillips (1957), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Flora Finch (1867), and Edmund Gwenn (1877). After him are Tom Finney (1922), Paul Bernays (1888), Paul Nurse (1949), Jon Finch (1942), Jack Greenwell (1884), and Morris Travers (1872).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Patrick Gordon ranks 65. Before him are David Stirling (1915), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet (1772), Sidney Smith (1764), John Alcock (1892), and Bruce Fraser, 1st Baron Fraser of North Cape (1888). After him are Douglas Bader (1910), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Thomas Gage (1719), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), James Somerville (1882), and Charles Warren (1840).

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