MILITARY PERSONNEL

Crispus Attucks

1723 - 1770

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Crispus Attucks (c. 1723 – March 5, 1770) was an American whaler, sailor, and stevedore of African and Native American descent who is traditionally regarded as the first person killed in the Boston Massacre, and as a result the first American killed in the American Revolution. Although he is widely remembered as the first American casualty of the American Revolutionary War, 11-year-old Christopher Seider was shot a few weeks earlier by customs officer Ebenezer Richardson on February 22, 1770. Historians disagree on whether Attucks was a free man or an escaped slave, but most agree that he was of Wampanoag and African descent. Two major sources of eyewitness testimony about the Boston Massacre published in 1770 did not refer to him as black or as a Negro; it appears he was instead viewed by Bostonians as being of mixed ethnicity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Crispus Attucks is the 1,997th most popular military personnel (up from 1,999th in 2019), the 12,651st most popular biography from United States (down from 12,273rd in 2019) and the 189th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Crispus Attucks ranks 1,997 out of 2,058. Before him are Stanley A. McChrystal, Richard Myers, Sékouba Konaté, Leonidas Polk, Oleg Mityaev, and Isaac Shelby. After him are Denys Prokopenko, Khattiya Sawasdipol, William J. Hardee, Andrey Mordvichev, Denis Berezovsky, and Henry Warner Slocum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1723, Crispus Attucks ranks 31. Before him are John Byron, Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet, Peter Ascanius, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Richard Price, and William Livingston.  Among people deceased in 1770, Crispus Attucks ranks 20. Before him are Carl Gustaf Tessin, Georg Dionysius Ehret, Francesco Araja, Charles Avison, Christopher Middleton, and Mark Akenside.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Crispus Attucks ranks 12,655 out of 20,380. Before him are Mauri Rose (1906), Julie Carmen (1954), Slide Hampton (1932), Jim Wynorski (1950), Esther Rolle (1920), and Wayne Thiebaud (1920). After him are Leon Wilkeson (1952), T. J. McConnell (1992), Jeremy Allen White (1991), Steven Klein (1965), Cass Sunstein (1954), and Derek Richardson (1976).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Crispus Attucks ranks 189. Before him are George Rogers Clark (1752), John Buford (1826), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), Richard Myers (1942), Leonidas Polk (1806), and Isaac Shelby (1750). After him are William J. Hardee (1815), Henry Warner Slocum (1827), John S. Bull (1934), Henry Heth (1825), H. R. McMaster (1962), and Lynndie England (1982).

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