1856 - 1920
Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer 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 672,330 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Robert Peary is the 108th most popular military personnel (up from 111th in 2019), the 301st most popular biography from United States (down from 299th 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 108 out of 1,466. Before him are Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Theodor Eicke, Michael Wittmann, Vasily Chuikov, Klaus Barbie, and Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist. After him are Narses, Cimon, Abu Muslim, Nestor Makhno, Werner von Blomberg, and Ludwig Beck.
1742 - 1819
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 102
1892 - 1943
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 103
1914 - 1944
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 104
1900 - 1982
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 105
1913 - 1991
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 106
1881 - 1954
HPI: 76.52
Rank: 107
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 108
478 - 574
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 109
510 BC - 450 BC
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 110
718 - 755
HPI: 76.44
Rank: 111
1888 - 1934
HPI: 76.37
Rank: 112
1878 - 1946
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 113
1880 - 1944
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 114
Among people born in 1856, Robert Peary ranks 10. Before him are Philippe Pétain, J. J. Thomson, Woodrow Wilson, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Louis Sullivan, and Archduchess Gisela of Austria. After him are Emil Kraepelin, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Georgi Plekhanov, Tongzhi Emperor, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Robert Nivelle. Among people deceased in 1920, Robert Peary ranks 7. Before him are Max Weber, Amedeo Modigliani, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Wilhelm Wundt, Peter Carl Fabergé, and Eugénie de Montijo. After him are Alexander Kolchak, Alexander of Greece, Max Bruch, Anders Zorn, Princess Margaret of Connaught, and Jeanne Hébuterne.
1856 - 1951
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 4
1856 - 1940
HPI: 80.46
Rank: 5
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 78.17
Rank: 8
1856 - 1932
HPI: 76.63
Rank: 9
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 10
1856 - 1926
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 11
1856 - 1879
HPI: 75.54
Rank: 12
1856 - 1918
HPI: 75.41
Rank: 13
1856 - 1875
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 14
1856 - 1920
HPI: 73.11
Rank: 15
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.21
Rank: 16
1864 - 1920
HPI: 88.73
Rank: 1
1884 - 1920
HPI: 83.91
Rank: 2
1887 - 1920
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 3
1832 - 1920
HPI: 81.02
Rank: 4
1846 - 1920
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 5
1826 - 1920
HPI: 78.67
Rank: 6
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 7
1874 - 1920
HPI: 76.18
Rank: 8
1893 - 1920
HPI: 75.60
Rank: 9
1838 - 1920
HPI: 74.78
Rank: 10
1860 - 1920
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 11
1882 - 1920
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 12
1898 - 1920
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 13
Among people born in United States, Robert Peary ranks 301 out of 15,968. Before him are William G. Morgan (1870), John Ford (1894), John R. Bolton (1948), Liza Minnelli (1946), Cameron Diaz (1972), and Truman Capote (1924). After him are Margaret Mitchell (1900), Ella Fitzgerald (1917), Sandra Bullock (1964), Eminem (1972), William Jennings Bryan (1860), and Geraldine Chaplin (1944).
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 295
1894 - 1973
HPI: 76.55
Rank: 296
1948 - Present
HPI: 76.53
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 298
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 299
1924 - 1984
HPI: 76.50
Rank: 300
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 301
1900 - 1949
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 302
1917 - 1996
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 303
1964 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 304
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 305
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 306
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 307
Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Peary ranks 4. Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), George S. Patton (1885), and Desmond Doss (1919). After him are Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Omar Bradley (1893), John J. Pershing (1860), and Yonatan Netanyahu (1946).
1880 - 1964
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 1
1885 - 1945
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 2
1919 - 2006
HPI: 77.03
Rank: 3
1856 - 1920
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 4
1885 - 1966
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 5
1807 - 1870
HPI: 75.75
Rank: 6
1839 - 1876
HPI: 75.56
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 71.41
Rank: 11
1946 - 1976
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 12