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MILITARY PERSONNEL

Woodes Rogers

1679 - 1732

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Woodes Rogers (c. 1679 – 15 July 1732) was an English sea captain, privateer, slave trader and, from 1718, the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas. 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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  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.08

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

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.

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Contemporaries

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.

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In United Kingdom

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).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

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).

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