1726 - 1799
Admiral of the Fleet Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, (8 March 1726 – 5 August 1799), was a British naval officer. After serving throughout the War of the Austrian Succession, he gained a reputation for his role in amphibious operations against the French coast as part of Britain's policy of naval descents during the Seven Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe has received more than 420,940 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe is the 1,447th most popular military personnel (down from 1,309th in 2019), the 3,063rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,056th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 1,447 out of 1,468. Before him are Alexander Gorbatov, John Moore, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Richard S. Ewell, Conrad Albrecht, and Mariya Oktyabrskaya. After him are Ian Hamilton, William Guarnere, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, David Stirling, Dietrich Kraiss, and Harold Rainsford Stark.
1891 - 1973
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 1,441
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 1,442
1465 - 1530
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 1,443
1817 - 1872
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 1,444
1880 - 1969
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 1,445
1905 - 1944
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 1,446
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 1,447
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 1,448
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 1,449
1724 - 1816
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 1,450
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 1,451
1889 - 1944
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 1,452
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 1,453
Among people born in 1726, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 17. Before him are Daniel Chodowiecki, Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este, Alexander Ypsilantis, Charles Burney, Princess Wilhelmina of Hesse-Kassel, and Katsukawa Shunshō. After him are Vasily Chichagov, Eggert Ólafsson, Alexander Kokorinov, Benjamin Harrison V, Thomas Pennant, and George Wythe. Among people deceased in 1799, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 35. Before him are Giuseppe Parini, Francesco Mario Pagano, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal, Johann Julius Walbaum, and William Withering. After him are Vasily Bazhenov, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, and William Paca.
1726 - 1801
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 11
1726 - 1754
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 12
1726 - 1807
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 13
1726 - 1814
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 14
1726 - 1808
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 15
1726 - 1793
HPI: 50.17
Rank: 16
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 17
1726 - 1809
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 18
1726 - 1768
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 19
1726 - 1772
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 20
1726 - 1791
HPI: 43.03
Rank: 21
1726 - 1798
HPI: 41.11
Rank: 22
1726 - 1806
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 23
1729 - 1799
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 29
1748 - 1799
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 30
1725 - 1799
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 31
1761 - 1799
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 32
1724 - 1799
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 33
1741 - 1799
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 34
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 35
1737 - 1799
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 36
1731 - 1799
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 37
1740 - 1799
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 38
Among people born in United Kingdom, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 3,063 out of 7,765. Before him are Simeon Solomon (1840), Dora Carrington (1893), Thomas Girtin (1775), Mary Millar (1936), Neil Murray (1950), and Mary Norton (1903). After him are Matt Smith (1982), Chris Lowe (1959), Pamela Colman Smith (1878), Ian Rankin (1960), Brian Hart (1936), and Graham Hancock (1950).
1840 - 1905
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 3,057
1893 - 1932
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 3,058
1775 - 1802
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 3,059
1936 - 1998
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 3,060
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 3,061
1903 - 1992
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,062
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 3,063
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 3,064
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,065
1878 - 1951
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 3,066
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,067
1936 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,068
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 3,069
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe ranks 82. Before him are George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Christopher Cradock (1862), Roy Urquhart (1901), Thomas Gage (1719), Tom Phillips (1888), and John Moore (1761). After him are Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), David Stirling (1915), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Charles Lee (1731), Timothy Laurence (1955), and Guy Simonds (1903).
1697 - 1762
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 76
1862 - 1914
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 77
1901 - 1988
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 78
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 79
1888 - 1941
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 80
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 81
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 82
1724 - 1816
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 83
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 84
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 85
1731 - 1782
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 86
1955 - Present
HPI: 47.49
Rank: 87
1903 - 1974
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 88