MILITARY PERSONNEL

Stephen Decatur

1779 - 1820

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Commodore Stephen Decatur Jr. (; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen Decatur has received more than 967,837 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Stephen Decatur is the 1,817th most popular military personnel (down from 1,580th in 2019), the 7,127th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,555th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 970k

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  • 47.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Stephen Decatur ranks 1,817 out of 2,058. Before him are Stanley Maude, Mikhail Yefremov, Martin Dempsey, Marie Ljalková, Aurélio de Lira Tavares, and Stefan Toshev. After him are Captain Tom, Rahim Ademi, Jacob L. Devers, Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe, Oliver Hazard Perry, and Berenguer de Palou II.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Stephen Decatur ranks 33. Before him are Louis de Freycinet, Augustin Saint-Hilaire, Johann Schweigger, Tabitha Babbitt, Washington Allston, and José Bernardo de Tagle y Portocarrero, 4th Marquess of Torre Tagle. After him are Joel Roberts Poinsett, Peter Mark Roget, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Zebulon Pike, and Benjamin Silliman. Among people deceased in 1820, Stephen Decatur ranks 37. Before him are Karl Ludwig Sand, Ivan Gudovich, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Louise Caroline of Hochberg, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, and Charles Blagden. After him are Claudine Picardet, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Palisot de Beauvois, Levi Lincoln Sr., William Wyatt Bibb, and William Ellery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Decatur ranks 7,127 out of 20,380. Before him are Jessica Jaymes (1979), Chad Michael Murray (1981), Little Crow (1810), Jason Biggs (1978), Robert Carradine (1954), and Vinny Appice (1957). After him are Dale Dye (1944), Nancy Cartwright (1957), J. E. Freeman (1946), Steve Aoki (1977), Gregory La Cava (1892), and Katie Ledecky (1997).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Stephen Decatur ranks 121. Before him are Peter Pace (1945), John F. Reynolds (1820), Richard S. Ewell (1817), Richard Marcinko (1940), John Eisenhower (1922), and Martin Dempsey (1952). After him are Jacob L. Devers (1887), Oliver Hazard Perry (1785), Nathan Hale (1755), George Crook (1828), Israel Putnam (1718), and Frederick C. Weyand (1916).

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