MILITARY PERSONNEL

Sterling Price

1809 - 1867

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Sterling Price (September 14, 1809 – September 29, 1867) was an American politician and military officer who was a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, fighting in both the Western and Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War. He rose to prominence during the Mexican–American War and served as governor of Missouri from 1853 to 1857. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sterling Price has received more than 595,175 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Sterling Price is the 1,961st most popular military personnel (down from 1,615th in 2019), the 10,432nd most popular biography from United States (down from 10,024th in 2019) and the 171st most popular American Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 600k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.09

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Sterling Price ranks 1,961 out of 2,058. Before him are Thomas J. Hudner Jr., George Rogers Clark, Constand Viljoen, Isa Munayev, Leonid Khabarov, and Ruslan Gelayev. After him are John Hunt, Baron Hunt, David Dixon Porter, Frederick E. Morgan, Naomi Parker Fraley, Charles James Napier, and Maues.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Sterling Price ranks 72. Before him are Thomas Campbell Eyton, Ștefan Golescu, George Engelmann, Juan Antonio Pezet, Wilhelm Ferdinand Erichson, and Svend Foyn. After him are Fanny Kemble, Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Francis Walker, Robert M. T. Hunter, and Achille Guenée. Among people deceased in 1867, Sterling Price ranks 61. Before him are Charles John Andersson, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Ira Aldridge, Robert Smirke, and Nathaniel Parker Willis. After him are Prideaux John Selby, and Thomas Francis Meagher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sterling Price ranks 10,432 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Mifflin (1744), Marie Maynard Daly (1921), Evelyn Venable (1913), Jimmy Carl Black (1938), Claudia Kolb (1949), and Jeremy Allen White (1991). After him are Debbi Peterson (1961), Bill Plympton (1946), Peyton Reed (1964), Barry Diller (1942), Birt Acres (1854), and Walker Percy (1916).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Sterling Price ranks 171. Before him are Elmo Zumwalt (1920), Lewis H. Brereton (1890), John Sedgwick (1813), Zebulon Pike (1779), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), and George Rogers Clark (1752). After him are David Dixon Porter (1813), Naomi Parker Fraley (1921), George Henry Thomas (1816), John Buford (1826), Leonidas Polk (1806), and James L. Jones (1943).

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