1824 - 1860
William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist and mercenary who organized several private military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of occupying the local nations and establishing slave-hold colonies, an enterprise then known as "filibustering". Walker usurped the presidency of Nicaragua in July 1856 at the request of Liberal Democratic Party of Nicaragua and ruled until May 1, 1857, when he was forced out of the presidency and the country by a coalition of Central American armies. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Walker has received more than 46,166 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). William Walker is the 4,063rd most popular politician (up from 4,135th in 2019), the 1,359th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,336th in 2019) and the 94th 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 4,063 out of 15,710. Before him are Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Artaphernes, Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, Machaon, and Chen Shou. After him are Sancho I of León, Ana Pauker, Juan Almeida Bosque, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Malcolm IV of Scotland, and Emperor Zhezong.
1012 - 1067
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,057
1903 - 1983
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,058
600 BC - 493 BC
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,059
1292 - 1353
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,060
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,061
233 - 297
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,062
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,063
932 - 966
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 4,064
1893 - 1960
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 4,065
1927 - 2009
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 4,066
1594 - 1612
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 4,067
1141 - 1165
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 4,068
1076 - 1100
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 4,069
Among people born in 1824, William Walker ranks 16. Before him are Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Wilkie Collins, Pierre Janssen, Marie Duplessis, Carl Reinecke, and Antoine, Duke of Montpensier. After him are William Huggins, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, Stonewall Jackson, Ludwig Büchner, Karl-Maria Kertbeny, and Tokugawa Iesada. Among people deceased in 1860, William Walker ranks 12. Before him are Charles Goodyear, János Bolyai, Miloš Obrenović, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Julia Pastrana, and Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, István Széchenyi, Ang Duong, Thomas Addison, and Ernst Moritz Arndt.
1824 - 1898
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 10
1824 - 1889
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 11
1824 - 1907
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 12
1824 - 1847
HPI: 69.72
Rank: 13
1824 - 1910
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 14
1824 - 1890
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 15
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 16
1824 - 1910
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 17
1824 - 1897
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 18
1824 - 1863
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 19
1824 - 1899
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 20
1824 - 1882
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 21
1824 - 1858
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 22
1800 - 1860
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 6
1802 - 1860
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 7
1780 - 1860
HPI: 72.29
Rank: 8
1789 - 1860
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 9
1834 - 1860
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 10
1781 - 1860
HPI: 69.33
Rank: 11
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 12
1775 - 1860
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 13
1826 - 1860
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 14
1791 - 1860
HPI: 67.35
Rank: 15
1796 - 1860
HPI: 67.00
Rank: 16
1793 - 1860
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 17
1769 - 1860
HPI: 66.31
Rank: 18
Among people born in United States, William Walker ranks 1,359 out of 15,968. Before him are Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Robert Conrad (1935), Paul L. Smith (1936), Sequoyah (1770), Marilyn Manson (1969), and Tom Morello (1964). After him are Hal Holbrook (1925), William Westmoreland (1914), Jeremy Rifkin (1945), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), and Nicholas Ray (1911).
1925 - 1990
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,353
1935 - 2020
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,354
1936 - 2012
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,355
1770 - 1843
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,356
1969 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 1,357
1964 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,358
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,359
1925 - Present
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 1,360
1914 - 2005
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,361
1945 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,362
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,363
1927 - 2012
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 1,364
1911 - 1979
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 1,365
Among politicians born in United States, William Walker ranks 94. Before him are Condoleezza Rice (1954), Red Cloud (1822), Tecumseh (1768), Cordell Hull (1871), Rudy Giuliani (1944), and Mike Pompeo (1963). After him are Mitt Romney (1947), Conrad Hilton (1887), Pontiac (1714), George Papandreou (1952), Steve Bannon (1953), and Caroline Kennedy (1957).
1954 - Present
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 88
1822 - 1909
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 89
1768 - 1813
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 90
1871 - 1955
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 91
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 92
1963 - Present
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 93
1824 - 1860
HPI: 69.09
Rank: 94
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 95
1887 - 1979
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 96
1714 - 1769
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 97
1952 - Present
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 98
1953 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 99
1957 - Present
HPI: 68.61
Rank: 100