1820 - 1891
William Tecumseh Sherman ( tih-KUM-sə; February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), achieving recognition for his command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched-earth policies that he implemented against the Confederate States. British military theorist and historian B. H. Liddell Hart declared that Sherman was "the most original genius of the American Civil War" and "the first modern general".Born in Ohio into a politically prominent family, Sherman graduated in 1840 from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Tecumseh Sherman has received more than 6,903,508 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). William Tecumseh Sherman is the 398th most popular military personnel (up from 463rd in 2019), the 1,110th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,373rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Military Personnel.
He was a Union general during the Civil War. He is most famous for leading the March to the Sea, in which he led his troops to Savannah, Georgia and destroyed everything in his path.
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Among military personnels, William Tecumseh Sherman ranks 398 out of 1,468. Before him are Nicolas Chauvin, Ban Chao, Peter Townsend, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Vasily Sokolovsky, and Nikolai Kuznetsov. After him are Roman Shukhevych, Honda Tadakatsu, Erasmo of Narni, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, Hermann Balck, and Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad.
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 392
32 - 102
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 393
1914 - 1995
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 394
1787 - 1862
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 395
1897 - 1968
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 396
1904 - 1974
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 397
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 398
1907 - 1950
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 399
1548 - 1610
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 400
1370 - 1443
HPI: 61.39
Rank: 401
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 402
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 403
648 - 685
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 404
Among people born in 1820, William Tecumseh Sherman ranks 16. Before him are Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Multatuli, Heungseon Daewongun, Henri Vieuxtemps, Susan B. Anthony, and Božena Němcová. After him are Princess Alexandrine of Baden, Lewis A. Swift, William John Macquorn Rankine, John Tyndall, Mathilde Bonaparte, and John Tenniel. Among people deceased in 1891, William Tecumseh Sherman ranks 20. Before him are Leopold Kronecker, Ivan Goncharov, Jules Grévy, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Albert Pike, and Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia. After him are Georges Ernest Boulanger, Princess Alexandra of Greece and Denmark, Jan Neruda, Charles I of Württemberg, Franz Miklosich, and Princess Cecilie of Baden.
1820 - 1873
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 10
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 11
1820 - 1898
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 12
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 14
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 15
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 16
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 17
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 18
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 19
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 20
1820 - 1904
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 21
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 22
1823 - 1891
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 14
1812 - 1891
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 15
1807 - 1891
HPI: 63.84
Rank: 16
1822 - 1891
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 17
1809 - 1891
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 18
1831 - 1891
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 19
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 20
1837 - 1891
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 21
1870 - 1891
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 22
1834 - 1891
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 23
1823 - 1891
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 24
1813 - 1891
HPI: 60.09
Rank: 25
1839 - 1891
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 26
Among people born in United States, William Tecumseh Sherman ranks 1,110 out of 18,182. Before him are Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Mary Ainsworth (1913), Harry Dean Stanton (1926), Haldan Keffer Hartline (1903), Richard Barthelmess (1895), and David Scott (1932). After him are Bob Kane (1915), Kyle MacLachlan (1959), Jonathan Banks (1947), Vint Cerf (1943), Jill Biden (1951), and Alfred Thayer Mahan (1840).
1934 - 2015
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 1,104
1913 - 1999
HPI: 61.51
Rank: 1,105
1926 - 2017
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,106
1903 - 1983
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,107
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 1,108
1932 - Present
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 1,109
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 1,110
1915 - 1998
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,111
1959 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1,112
1947 - Present
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1,113
1943 - Present
HPI: 61.40
Rank: 1,114
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 1,115
1840 - 1914
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 1,116
Among military personnels born in United States, William Tecumseh Sherman ranks 13. Before him are George Armstrong Custer (1839), Paul Tibbets (1915), Matthew C. Perry (1794), Omar Bradley (1893), John J. Pershing (1860), and Albert Pike (1809). After him are Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821), Stonewall Jackson (1824), Yonatan Netanyahu (1946), Raymond A. Spruance (1886), Richard Winters (1918), and Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934).
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 7
1915 - 2007
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 8
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 9
1893 - 1981
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 10
1860 - 1948
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 11
1809 - 1891
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 12
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 13
1821 - 1877
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 14
1824 - 1863
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 15
1946 - 1976
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 16
1886 - 1969
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 17
1918 - 2011
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 18
1934 - 2012
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 19