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William Walker

1824 - 1860

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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

Among politicians, William Walker ranks 4,722 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, William Walker ranks 18Before 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 11Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Walker ranks 1,583 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Walker ranks 104Before 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).