1719 - 1787
General Thomas Gage (10 March 1718/19 – 2 April 1787) was a British Army general officer and colonial official best known for his many years of service in North America, including his role as British commander-in-chief in the early days of the American Revolution. Being born into an aristocratic family in England, he entered military service, seeing action in the French and Indian War, where he served alongside his future opponent George Washington in the 1755 Battle of the Monongahela. After the fall of Montreal in 1760, he was named its military governor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Gage has received more than 1,152,374 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Gage is the 1,432nd most popular military personnel (down from 1,269th in 2019), the 2,995th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,805th in 2019) and the 79th most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Thomas Gage ranks 1,432 out of 1,468. Before him are Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Otto von Emmich, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt, Bazilio Olara-Okello, Alfred Keller, and Jalil Zandi. After him are Arthur MacArthur Jr., Aleksei Evert, Moe Berg, Lewis Powell, Tom Phillips, and Yekaterina Zelenko.
1922 - 2013
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,426
1848 - 1915
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,427
1669 - 1705
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1,428
1929 - 1990
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 1,429
1882 - 1974
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 1,430
1951 - 2001
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 1,431
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 1,432
1845 - 1912
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 1,433
1857 - 1918
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 1,434
1902 - 1972
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 1,435
1844 - 1865
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 1,436
1888 - 1941
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 1,437
1916 - 1941
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 1,438
Among people born in 1719, Thomas Gage ranks 16. Before him are Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, Pierre Poivre, Christian Mayer, and Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes. After him are Michel-Jean Sedaine, Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani, and Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim. Among people deceased in 1787, Thomas Gage ranks 17. Before him are Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau, William Watson, Johann Karl August Musäus, Charles, Prince of Soubise, Philip II, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe, and Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes.
1719 - 1763
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 10
1719 - 1798
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 11
1719 - 1800
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 12
1719 - 1786
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 13
1719 - 1783
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 14
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 15
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 16
1719 - 1797
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 17
1719 - 1796
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 18
1719 - 1803
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 19
1743 - 1787
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 11
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 12
1735 - 1787
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 13
1715 - 1787
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 14
1723 - 1787
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 15
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 16
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gage ranks 2,995 out of 7,765. Before him are Gemma Chan (1982), Ashley Cole (1980), Capability Brown (1716), Quentin Crisp (1908), William Smith (1790), and Andrew Latimer (1949). After him are Thomas Nashe (1567), Sarah Siddons (1755), John Peckham (1227), William Wilson (1844), John Scott Haldane (1860), and Milo Yiannopoulos (1984).
1982 - Present
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 2,989
1980 - Present
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 2,990
1716 - 1783
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 2,991
1908 - 1999
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,992
1790 - 1847
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,993
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,994
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 2,995
1567 - 1601
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 2,996
1755 - 1831
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 2,997
1227 - 1292
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2,998
1844 - 1912
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2,999
1860 - 1936
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 3,000
1984 - Present
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 3,001
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Thomas Gage ranks 79. Before him are Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), Edward Braddock (1695), Boston Corbett (1832), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), Christopher Cradock (1862), and Roy Urquhart (1901). After him are Tom Phillips (1888), John Moore (1761), Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (1724), David Stirling (1915), and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718).
1436 - 1464
HPI: 49.05
Rank: 73
1695 - 1755
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 74
1832 - 1894
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 75
1697 - 1762
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 76
1862 - 1914
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 77
1901 - 1988
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 78
1719 - 1787
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 79
1888 - 1941
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 80
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 81
1726 - 1799
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 82
1724 - 1816
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 83
1915 - 1990
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 84
1718 - 1792
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 85