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David Farragut

1801 - 1870

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David Glasgow Farragut (; also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in U.S. Navy tradition for his bold order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually abbreviated to "Damn the torpedoes ... full speed ahead." Farragut was born in Knoxville, Tennessee and raised by naval officer David Porter after the death of his mother. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Farragut is the 790th most popular military personnel (up from 826th in 2019), the 2,677th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,418th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, David Farragut ranks 790 out of 2,058. Before him are Iphicrates, Hua Xiong, Oswald Boelcke, Sergey Gorshkov, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, and Rudolf Schmundt. After him are Helmuth von Pannwitz, Nikolay Gumilyov, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, John Hanning Speke, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, and Hans von Salmuth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1801, David Farragut ranks 28. Before him are Prince Charles of Prussia, Albert Lortzing, Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza, William H. Seward, Thomas Cole, and Moritz von Jacobi. After him are Rifa'a al-Tahtawi, Julius Plücker, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Justo José de Urquiza, Fredrika Bremer, and Karl Baedeker. Among people deceased in 1870, David Farragut ranks 26. Before him are Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich of Russia, Charles Auguste de Bériot, Jules de Goncourt, Ignaz Moscheles, Juan Prim, 1st Count of Reus, and Louise Lehzen. After him are Justo José de Urquiza, Konstantin Ushinsky, Friedrich Boie, Victor de Broglie, Paul-Émile Botta, and Charles Xavier Thomas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Farragut ranks 2,677 out of 20,380. Before him are James Whitmore (1921), Patty McCormack (1945), James Newton Howard (1951), Scott McKenzie (1939), David Crosby (1941), and Yaphet Kotto (1939). After him are George Antheil (1900), Elizabeth Bishop (1911), Frances Conroy (1953), Wilbur Scoville (1865), Walter A. Shewhart (1891), and Alan Menken (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, David Farragut ranks 45. Before him are John Pope (1822), Abner Doubleday (1819), Hugh S. Johnson (1882), Mark W. Clark (1896), Husband E. Kimmel (1882), and Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. (1886). After him are John Sullivan (1740), Paul Revere (1735), Doc Holliday (1851), Henry H. Arnold (1886), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), and Joseph Dunford (1955).

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