1805 - 1871
Robert Anderson (June 14, 1805 – October 26, 1871) was a United States Army officer during the American Civil War. He was the Union commander in the first battle of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter in April 1861 when the Confederates bombarded the fort and forced its surrender to start the war. Anderson was celebrated as a hero in the North and promoted to brigadier general and given command of Union forces in Kentucky. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Anderson has received more than 54,918 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Anderson is the 1,466th most popular military personnel (down from 1,232nd in 2019), the 5,924th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,716th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Robert Anderson ranks 1,466 out of 1,468. Before him are Eugene Sledge, Smedley Butler, Fritz Julius Kuhn, Władysław Raginis, Guo Boxiong, and Esmail Ghaani. After him are J. D. Tippit, John Frost, Charles Lee, Mark Milley, Cort Adeler, and Frederick Townsend Ward.
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 1,460
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 1,461
1896 - 1951
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 1,462
1908 - 1939
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 1,463
1942 - Present
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 1,464
1957 - Present
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 1,465
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 1,466
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 1,467
1912 - 1993
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 1,468
1731 - 1782
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 1,469
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,470
1622 - 1675
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 1,471
1831 - 1862
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 1,472
Among people born in 1805, Robert Anderson ranks 57. Before him are Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Victor Baltard, William Lloyd Garrison, Jean-Baptiste Nothomb, Karl Ferdinand Sohn, and Louise Bertin. After him are Gabriel Bibron, Infanta Maria da Assunção of Braganza, Tomás Villalba, José Ballivián, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, and John O. Westwood. Among people deceased in 1871, Robert Anderson ranks 57. Before him are Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Josef Mánes, Willibald Alexis, Paul Kane, İbrahim Şinasi, and Jan Jacob Rochussen. After him are Adolph Strecker, Castro Alves, Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough, Charles Antoine Lemaire, José Mármol, and Martín Carrera.
1805 - 1887
HPI: 48.29
Rank: 51
1805 - 1874
HPI: 48.19
Rank: 52
1805 - 1879
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 53
1805 - 1881
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 54
1805 - 1867
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 55
1805 - 1877
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 56
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 57
1805 - 1848
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 58
1805 - 1834
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 59
1805 - 1886
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 60
1805 - 1852
HPI: 46.66
Rank: 61
1805 - 1867
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 62
1805 - 1893
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 63
1805 - 1871
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 51
1820 - 1871
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 52
1798 - 1871
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 53
1810 - 1871
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 54
1826 - 1871
HPI: 47.96
Rank: 55
1797 - 1871
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 56
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 57
1822 - 1871
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 58
1847 - 1871
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 59
1790 - 1871
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 60
1800 - 1871
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 61
1817 - 1871
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 62
1806 - 1871
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 63
Among people born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 5,924 out of 18,182. Before him are Lil Peep (1996), R. G. Armstrong (1917), Carol Morris (1936), Frank Elmore Ross (1874), Miriam Stevenson (1933), and Jon Brion (1963). After him are Robert Barro (1944), J. D. Tippit (1924), John Norman (1931), Gregg Toland (1904), Brent Scowcroft (1925), and Honus Wagner (1874).
1996 - 2017
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,918
1917 - 2012
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,919
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,920
1874 - 1960
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,921
1933 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,922
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,923
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,924
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 5,925
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 5,926
1931 - Present
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 5,927
1904 - 1948
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 5,928
1925 - 2020
HPI: 47.69
Rank: 5,929
1874 - 1955
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 5,930
Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Anderson ranks 102. Before him are Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), Richard S. Ewell (1817), William Guarnere (1923), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), Eugene Sledge (1923), and Smedley Butler (1881). After him are J. D. Tippit (1924), Mark Milley (1958), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), John Bell Hood (1831), Richard Bong (1920), and Richmond K. Turner (1885).
1883 - 1953
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 96
1817 - 1872
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 97
1923 - 2014
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 98
1880 - 1972
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 99
1923 - 2001
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 100
1881 - 1940
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 101
1805 - 1871
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 102
1924 - 1963
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 103
1958 - Present
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 104
1831 - 1862
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 105
1831 - 1879
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 106
1920 - 1945
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 107
1885 - 1961
HPI: 46.97
Rank: 108