MILITARY PERSONNEL

Robert Gould Shaw

1837 - 1863

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Robert Gould Shaw (October 10, 1837 – July 18, 1863) was an American officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Born into an abolitionist family from the Boston upper class, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Gould Shaw has received more than 3,109,536 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Robert Gould Shaw is the 1,134th most popular military personnel (up from 1,225th in 2019), the 3,326th most popular biography from United States (up from 4,086th in 2019) and the 54th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 1,134 out of 2,058. Before him are Petar Bojović, Nadezhda Durova, Pierre André de Suffren, Arthur Rostron, Edward Vernon, and Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho. After him are Doris Miller, Grigory Shtern, Drogo of Hauteville, Huijong of Goryeo, Bardas Phokas the Younger, and Anton Haus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 56. Before him are George Dewey, Liu Yongfu, Tippu Tip, John Wesley Hyatt, Hans von Marées, and Zhang Zhidong. After him are Moritz Kaposi, Sanjō Sanetomi, Walter Hauser, Michele Rua, Franz Overbeck, and Yohannes IV. Among people deceased in 1863, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 25. Before him are Dost Mohammad Khan, Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Giovanni Battista Amici, Mangas Coloradas, and Lalla Fatma N'Soumer. After him are Kamehameha IV, Peter Andreas Munch, C. L. Gloger, Ignacio Comonfort, Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Christian von Steven.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 3,326 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Marchand (1928), Tom Bosley (1927), Earl Warren (1891), Alfre Woodard (1952), Patty Hearst (1954), and William Conrad (1920). After him are Doris Miller (1919), Neil Simon (1927), Orson Scott Card (1951), Winslow Homer (1836), Franz Kline (1910), and Linda Nochlin (1931).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 54. Before him are Carl Brashear (1931), George Dewey (1837), Walton Walker (1889), Ernest King (1878), Wesley Clark (1944), and David Petraeus (1952). After him are Doris Miller (1919), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Arleigh Burke (1901), Holland Smith (1882), and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1887).

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