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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Stephen Decatur

1779 - 1820

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Stephen Decatur Jr. (; January 5, 1779 – March 22, 1820) was a U.S. naval officer and commodore. 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 917,172 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Stephen Decatur is the 1,583rd most popular military personnel (down from 1,339th in 2019), the 8,573rd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,230th in 2019) and the 141st most popular American Military Personnel.

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  • 43.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Stephen Decatur ranks 1,583 out of 1,468. Before him are Mohammad Ali Jafari, Leonid Khabarov, Carl Gustav Fleischer, Mikhail Tolstykh, John André, and Chesty Puller. After him are Sam Manekshaw, Keith Park, Mahamat Déby, Arnold Jackson, Frank Buckles, and Anthony Wayne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1779, Stephen Decatur ranks 35. Before him are Mountstuart Elphinstone, Washington Allston, Louis de Freycinet, Joel Roberts Poinsett, Peter Mark Roget, and Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough. After him are Zebulon Pike, Joseph Story, and Samuel D. Ingham. Among people deceased in 1820, Stephen Decatur ranks 38. Before him are Ivan Gudovich, Alexis Thérèse Petit, Nicolaus Michael Oppel, Palisot de Beauvois, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, and Charles Blagden. After him are William Wyatt Bibb, Levi Lincoln Sr., and William Ellery.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Decatur ranks 8,573 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary Boland (1882), Steve Prefontaine (1951), Paul Winchell (1922), Richard Denning (1914), Lindsey Graham (1955), and Max Weinberg (1951). After him are William C. deMille (1878), Howard Ashman (1950), Chris Barnes (1967), Jason Lewis (1971), Coleen Gray (1922), and DJ Yella (1967).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Stephen Decatur ranks 141. Before him are John Sedgwick (1813), John Abizaid (1951), John C. Pemberton (1814), Christy Mathewson (1880), William Rosecrans (1819), and Chesty Puller (1898). After him are Frank Buckles (1901), Anthony Wayne (1745), Daniel Harvey Hill (1821), Joseph Dunford (1955), Thomas C. Hart (1877), and Willis Augustus Lee (1888).

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