1824 - 1860
William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing slaveholding colonies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Walker has received more than 54,100 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). William Walker is the 4,722nd most popular politician (down from 4,056th in 2019), the 1,583rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,358th in 2019) and the 104th most popular American Politician.
William Walker was most famous for his filibustering expeditions in Central America and Nicaragua. He led four filibustering expeditions, three of which he led to victory.
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Among politicians, William Walker ranks 4,722 out of 15,577. Before him are Bagrat III of Georgia, Kerbogha, Jaunutis, Alain Poher, Maximilian de Beauharnais, 3rd Duke of Leuchtenberg, and Vera Zasulich. After him are Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena, İslâm III Giray, Samuel Adams, Siamun, and Diane de France.
960 - 1014
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 4,716
1100 - 1102
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 4,717
1300 - 1366
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 4,718
1909 - 1996
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 4,719
1817 - 1852
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 4,720
1849 - 1919
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 4,721
1824 - 1860
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,722
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,723
1610 - 1658
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,724
1604 - 1654
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,725
1722 - 1803
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,726
1050 BC - 959 BC
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,727
1538 - 1619
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 4,728
Among people born in 1824, William Walker ranks 18. Before him are Wilkie Collins, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Stonewall Jackson, Carl Reinecke, Dayananda Saraswati, and William Huggins. After him are Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, Tokugawa Iesada, Ludwig Büchner, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, and Nana Sahib. Among people deceased in 1860, William Walker ranks 11. Before him are Alexandra Feodorovna, Charles Goodyear, János Bolyai, Miloš Obrenović, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, and Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are István Széchenyi, Julia Pastrana, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, George, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Thomas Addison.
1824 - 1889
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 12
1824 - 1890
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 13
1824 - 1863
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 14
1824 - 1910
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 15
1824 - 1883
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 16
1824 - 1910
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 17
1824 - 1860
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 18
1824 - 1897
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 19
1824 - 1882
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 20
1824 - 1858
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 21
1824 - 1899
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 22
1824 - 1914
HPI: 57.20
Rank: 23
1824 - 1859
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 24
1798 - 1860
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 5
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 6
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 7
1780 - 1860
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 8
1789 - 1860
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 9
1781 - 1860
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 10
1824 - 1860
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 11
1791 - 1860
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 12
1834 - 1860
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 13
1826 - 1860
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 14
1812 - 1860
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 15
1779 - 1860
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 16
1793 - 1860
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, William Walker ranks 1,583 out of 18,182. Before him are Eazy-E (1964), Donald J. Cram (1919), Grant Wood (1891), Reed Hastings (1960), Mike Powell (1963), and Art Tatum (1909). After him are Michael Rooker (1955), Arthur Penn (1922), Samuel Adams (1722), Bruce Nauman (1941), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and Edgar Mitchell (1930).
1964 - 1995
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,577
1919 - 2001
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,578
1891 - 1942
HPI: 59.04
Rank: 1,579
1960 - Present
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 1,580
1963 - Present
HPI: 59.02
Rank: 1,581
1909 - 1956
HPI: 59.01
Rank: 1,582
1824 - 1860
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,583
1955 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,584
1922 - 2010
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,585
1722 - 1803
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,586
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,587
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 1,588
1930 - 2016
HPI: 58.99
Rank: 1,589
Among politicians born in United States, William Walker ranks 104. Before him are Allen Dulles (1893), John Dickinson (1732), George Papandreou (1952), Conrad Hilton (1887), Janet Yellen (1946), and Chief Seattle (1786). After him are Samuel Adams (1722), George Clinton (1739), Elijah Muhammad (1897), Hiram Bingham III (1875), Walter Mondale (1928), and Cochise (1805).
1893 - 1969
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 98
1732 - 1808
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 99
1952 - Present
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 100
1887 - 1979
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 101
1946 - Present
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 102
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 103
1824 - 1860
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 104
1722 - 1803
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 105
1739 - 1812
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 106
1897 - 1975
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 107
1875 - 1956
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 108
1928 - 2021
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 109
1805 - 1874
HPI: 58.83
Rank: 110