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William B. Travis

1809 - 1836

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William Barret "Buck" Travis (August 1, 1809 – March 6, 1836) was a 19th-century American lawyer and soldier. He is known for helping set the Texas Revolution in motion during the Anahuac disturbances and commanding the Misión San Antonio de Valero (aka "The Alamo") as a lieutenant colonel in the Texian Army. During the Alamo siege, Travis wrote a letter pleading for reinforcements that became known as the "Victory or Death" letter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William B. Travis has received more than 1,422,313 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. William B. Travis is the 12,602nd most popular politician (down from 10,620th in 2019), the 5,522nd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,380th in 2019) and the 344th most popular American Politician.

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  • 17

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William B. Travis ranks 12,602 out of 15,577. Before him are Ida Saxton McKinley, Friedrich Wilhelm III, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Marduk-kabit-ahheshu, Cai Xiang, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, and Raúl Cubas Grau. After him are Marouf al-Bakhit, Oddbjørn Hagen, Luigi Pelloux, Daniel Kablan Duncan, Rudolf Walden, and Gaius Calpurnius Piso.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, William B. Travis ranks 53. Before him are Manuel Montt, James David Forbes, Johann Heinrich Blasius, Benjamin Peirce, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, and Oswald Heer. After him are Karl Bodmer, Santiago Derqui, Aleksey Koltsov, Nestor Kukolnik, Nicolaas Pieneman, and Thomas Campbell Eyton. Among people deceased in 1836, William B. Travis ranks 39. Before him are Orest Kiprensky, Ferdinand Raimund, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Heinrich Schrader, Martha Jefferson Randolph, and Adolf Stieler. After him are Edward Livingston, Edward Turner Bennett, Stephen F. Austin, Miguel Barragán, John Pond, and William Elford Leach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William B. Travis ranks 5,522 out of 18,182. Before him are Sean Patrick Flanery (1965), Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939), Niles Eldredge (1943), Muhtar Kent (1952), Richard Hatch (1945), and Nancy Olson (1928). After him are Clark Terry (1920), Bobby Bland (1930), Harry James (1916), Tom Hamilton (1951), Barbara La Marr (1896), and Scott Travis (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William B. Travis ranks 344. Before him are Roger Sherman (1721), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), and Ida Saxton McKinley (1847). After him are Henry Knox (1750), Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Daniel Webster (1782), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Joseph Brant (1742), and Joshua Chamberlain (1828).

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