1679 - 1732
Woodes Rogers (c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader and colonial administrator who served the governor of the Bahamas from 1718 to 1721 and again from 1728 to 1732. He is remembered as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe's novel Robinson Crusoe. Rogers came from an experienced seafaring family, grew up in Poole and Bristol, and served a marine apprenticeship to a Bristol sea captain. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Woodes Rogers has received more than 1,577,763 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Woodes Rogers is the 584th most popular military personnel (down from 511th in 2019), the 1,096th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 992nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Military Personnel.
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Among military personnels, Woodes Rogers ranks 584 out of 1,468. Before him are Kurt Franz, Valery Gerasimov, Creighton Abrams, Huang Gai, Kirill Moskalenko, and Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard. After him are Ernst Barkmann, Nobutake Kondō, Fritz Bayerlein, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, and Adam Ludwig Lewenhaupt.
1914 - 1998
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 578
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.46
Rank: 579
1914 - 1974
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 580
145 - 222
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 581
1902 - 1985
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 582
1476 - 1524
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 583
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 584
1919 - 2009
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 585
1886 - 1953
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 586
1899 - 1970
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 587
598 - 636
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 588
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 589
1659 - 1719
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 590
Among people born in 1679, Woodes Rogers ranks 5. Before him are Christian Wolff, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jan Dismas Zelenka, and Antonio Farnese, Duke of Parma. After him are Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Princess Magdalena Augusta of Anhalt-Zerbst, Pierre Fauchard, Jean François de Troy, Firmin Abauzit, Pietro Filippo Scarlatti, and Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen. Among people deceased in 1732, Woodes Rogers ranks 5. Before him are Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia, Emperor Reigen, André Charles Boulle, and Louis Marchand. After him are Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.
1679 - 1754
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 1
1679 - 1729
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 2
1679 - 1745
HPI: 63.89
Rank: 3
1679 - 1731
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 4
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 5
1679 - 1738
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 6
1679 - 1740
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 7
1679 - 1761
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 8
1679 - 1752
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 9
1679 - 1767
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 10
1679 - 1750
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 11
1679 - 1746
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 12
1666 - 1732
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 1
1654 - 1732
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 2
1642 - 1732
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 3
1669 - 1732
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 4
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 5
1690 - 1732
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 6
1685 - 1732
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 7
1703 - 1732
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 8
1676 - 1732
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 9
1664 - 1732
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 10
1666 - 1732
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 11
1659 - 1732
HPI: 53.11
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Woodes Rogers ranks 1,096 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Cole (1801), John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), Isabella Bird (1831), Matilda of Scotland (1080), John Dryden (1631), and Henry (1100). After him are Eunice Gayson (1928), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Samantha Fox (1966), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), and Rod Evans (1947).
1801 - 1848
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 1,090
1389 - 1435
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 1,091
1831 - 1904
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 1,092
1080 - 1118
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1,093
1631 - 1700
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 1,094
1100 - 1156
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 1,095
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,096
1928 - 2018
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 1,097
1971 - Present
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 1,098
1158 - 1186
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,099
1966 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,100
1870 - 1945
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,101
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 1,102
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Woodes Rogers ranks 22. Before him are James Paul Moody (1887), William Bligh (1754), Harold Lowe (1882), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), Jack Phillips (1887), and Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis (1891). After him are Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Melita Norwood (1912), Joseph Boxhall (1884), and Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775).
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 16
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 17
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 18
1921 - 2012
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 19
1887 - 1912
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 20
1891 - 1969
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 21
1679 - 1732
HPI: 58.33
Rank: 22
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 23
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 24
1911 - 1987
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 25
1912 - 2005
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 26
1884 - 1967
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 27
1775 - 1860
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 28