1856 - 1920
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Peary has received more than 1,121,213 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Peary is the 102nd most popular military personnel (up from 108th in 2019), the 264th most popular biography from United States (up from 301st in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Military Personnel.
Robert Peary is most famous for being the first person to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Among military personnels, Robert Peary ranks 102 out of 1,468. Before him are Konstantin Rokossovsky, Hephaestion, Hermann Hoth, Heinrich Müller, Vasily Chuikov, and Võ Nguyên Giáp. After him are Ubba, Klaus Barbie, Nestor Makhno, Gaius Julius Caesar, Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas, and Zhang Fei.
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 96
356 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 97
1885 - 1971
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 98
1900 - 1945
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 99
1900 - 1982
HPI: 70.06
Rank: 100
1911 - 2013
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 101
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 102
1000 - 878
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 103
1913 - 1991
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 104
1888 - 1934
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 105
135 BC - 85 BC
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 106
595 - 674
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 107
167 - 221
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 108
Among people born in 1856, Robert Peary ranks 10. Before him are Woodrow Wilson, Philippe Pétain, J. J. Thomson, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Louis Sullivan, and Archduchess Gisela of Austria. After him are Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, Georgi Plekhanov, Tongzhi Emperor, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg. Among people deceased in 1920, Robert Peary ranks 7. Before him are Max Weber, Amedeo Modigliani, Wilhelm Wundt, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Eugénie de Montijo, and Peter Carl Fabergé. After him are Alexander Kolchak, Max Bruch, Alexander of Greece, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Princess Margaret of Connaught, and Jeanne Hébuterne.
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 4
1856 - 1951
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 5
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 8
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 9
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 10
1856 - 1879
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 11
1856 - 1926
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 12
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 13
1856 - 1875
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 14
1856 - 1920
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 15
1856 - 1921
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 16
1864 - 1920
HPI: 86.05
Rank: 1
1884 - 1920
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 2
1832 - 1920
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 3
1887 - 1920
HPI: 74.93
Rank: 4
1826 - 1920
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 5
1846 - 1920
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 6
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 7
1874 - 1920
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 8
1838 - 1920
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 9
1893 - 1920
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 10
1856 - 1920
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 11
1882 - 1920
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 12
1898 - 1920
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 13
Among people born in United States, Robert Peary ranks 264 out of 18,182. Before him are Gwyneth Paltrow (1972), John Dillinger (1903), Nina Simone (1933), Christopher Lloyd (1938), Mary Cassatt (1844), and B.B. King (1925). After him are Margaret Mitchell (1900), Leonard Bernstein (1918), John Quincy Adams (1767), Claude Shannon (1916), Robert Andrews Millikan (1868), and Rachel Carson (1907).
1972 - Present
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 258
1903 - 1934
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 259
1933 - 2003
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 260
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 261
1844 - 1926
HPI: 69.97
Rank: 262
1925 - 2015
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 263
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 264
1900 - 1949
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 265
1918 - 1990
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 266
1767 - 1848
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 267
1916 - 2001
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 268
1868 - 1953
HPI: 69.87
Rank: 269
1907 - 1964
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 270
Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Peary ranks 4. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Robert E. Lee (1807), and Desmond Doss (1919). After him are George S. Patton (1885), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Omar Bradley (1893), John J. Pershing (1860), and Albert Pike (1809).
1880 - 1964
HPI: 75.02
Rank: 1
1807 - 1870
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 2
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 3
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 4
1885 - 1945
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 5
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 6
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1809 - 1891
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 12