1831 - 1888
General of the Army Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command of an infantry division in the Western Theater to lead the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac in the East. In 1864, he defeated Confederate forces under General Jubal Early in the Shenandoah Valley and his destruction of the economic infrastructure of the Valley, called "The Burning" by residents, was one of the first uses of scorched-earth tactics in the war. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philip Sheridan has received more than 1,334,462 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Philip Sheridan is the 794th most popular military personnel (up from 798th in 2019), the 2,542nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,631st in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Philip Sheridan ranks 794 out of 1,466. Before him are Max Simon, Meliton Kantaria, Henry H. Arnold, Chabrias, Jack Churchill, and Khalil al-Wazir. After him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Takeo Takagi, Reinhard Hardegen, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Gunichi Mikawa, and Radko Dimitriev.
1899 - 1961
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 788
1920 - 1993
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 789
1886 - 1950
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 790
500 BC - 357 BC
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 791
1906 - 1996
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 792
1935 - 1988
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 793
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 794
1809 - 1885
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 795
1892 - 1944
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 796
1913 - 2018
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 797
1898 - 1970
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 798
1888 - 1981
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 799
1859 - 1918
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 800
Among people born in 1831, Philip Sheridan ranks 40. Before him are Othniel Charles Marsh, Wilhelm Raabe, Siegfried Marcus, Princess Helena of Nassau, Ankō Itosu, and George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. After him are Princess Charlotte of Prussia, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Daniele Comboni, Heinrich Anton de Bary, and George Pullman. Among people deceased in 1888, Philip Sheridan ranks 34. Before him are Dora d'Istria, Charles Cros, Jean-Marie Guyau, Princess Helena of Nassau, Gustave Boulanger, and Matthew Arnold. After him are Vsevolod Garshin, Auguste Maquet, Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, Josif Pančić, Eugène Marin Labiche, and Heinrich Anton de Bary.
1831 - 1899
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 34
1831 - 1910
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 35
1831 - 1898
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 36
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 37
1831 - 1915
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 38
1831 - 1893
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 39
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 40
1831 - 1855
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 41
1831 - 1904
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 42
1831 - 1873
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 43
1831 - 1881
HPI: 65.02
Rank: 44
1831 - 1888
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 45
1831 - 1897
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 46
1828 - 1888
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 28
1842 - 1888
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 29
1854 - 1888
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 30
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 31
1824 - 1888
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 32
1822 - 1888
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 33
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 34
1855 - 1888
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 35
1813 - 1888
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 36
1817 - 1888
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 37
1814 - 1888
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 38
1815 - 1888
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 39
1831 - 1888
HPI: 64.66
Rank: 40
Among people born in United States, Philip Sheridan ranks 2,542 out of 15,968. Before him are James M. Cain (1892), William Labov (1927), Paul Robeson (1898), David Strathairn (1949), Neil Postman (1931), and Henry Silva (1928). After him are Bill Gates Sr. (1925), Margaret Fuller (1810), Jo Van Fleet (1915), Billy Preston (1946), John L. Sullivan (1858), and Kate Millett (1934).
1892 - 1977
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,536
1927 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,537
1898 - 1976
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,538
1949 - Present
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 2,539
1931 - 2003
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,540
1928 - Present
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 2,541
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,542
1925 - 2020
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,543
1810 - 1850
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,544
1915 - 1996
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,545
1946 - 2006
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 2,546
1858 - 1918
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 2,547
1934 - 2017
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 2,548
Among military personnels born in United States, Philip Sheridan ranks 39. Before him are Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Matthew Ridgway (1895), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Joseph Stilwell (1883), and Henry H. Arnold (1886). After him are Alexander Haig (1924), Walton Walker (1889), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), George B. McClellan (1826), John Basilone (1916), and Ernest King (1878).
1886 - 1945
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 33
1818 - 1893
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 34
1895 - 1993
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 35
1882 - 1959
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 36
1883 - 1946
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 37
1886 - 1950
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 38
1831 - 1888
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 39
1924 - 2010
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 40
1889 - 1950
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 41
1807 - 1891
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 42
1826 - 1885
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 43
1916 - 1945
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 44
1878 - 1956
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 45