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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 a Boston upper class abolitionist family, 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 2,934,461 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Robert Gould Shaw is the 1,226th most popular military personnel (up from 1,260th in 2019), the 4,097th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,020th in 2019) and the 70th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 1,226 out of 1,468Before him are Pavel Batov, Stefan Rowecki, Paul Gorguloff, Maurice d'Elbée, Andrés Avelino Cáceres, and Albert Sidney Johnston. After him are Alfred Saalwächter, Georgi Todorov, Alfredo Astiz, José de Palafox y Melci, 1st Duke of Zaragoza, Paul Kray, and Mundus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 62Before him are Hans von Marées, Zhang Zhidong, Nicolás Avellaneda, Dwight L. Moody, Kabayama Sukenori, and Horace Parnell Tuttle. After him are Henry Becque, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Ernst Ziller, Tigran Chukhajian, Walter Hauser, and Altaf Hussain Hali. Among people deceased in 1863, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 29Before him are Auguste Bravais, Peter Andreas Munch, Kamehameha IV, Giovanni Battista Amici, Alexander Karl, Duke of Anhalt-Bernburg, and James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin. After him are Edward Robinson, Ignacio Comonfort, August Beer, Michel Garicoïts, Giuseppe Gioachino Belli, and Ferdinand, Hereditary Prince of Denmark.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 4,097 out of 18,182Before him are Bill Bryson (1951), Albert Sidney Johnston (1803), Gladys Knight (1944), Arielle Dombasle (1953), John Perkins (1945), and Angélica María (1943). After him are Stephen Breyer (1938), Martha Chase (1927), James P. Allison (1948), Michael Buffer (1944), Robert Crumb (1943), and Brad Bird (1957).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Gould Shaw ranks 70Before him are William Calley (1943), Alvin York (1887), James Jesus Angleton (1917), Walter Short (1880), Hugh Thompson Jr. (1943), and Albert Sidney Johnston (1803). After him are Herman Kahn (1922), Eddie Slovik (1920), Frank Serpico (1936), Carlos Hathcock (1942), James Longstreet (1821), and Joseph Hooker (1814).