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Ethan Allen

1738 - 1789

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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen. Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s, he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ethan Allen is the 166th most popular businessperson (down from 106th in 2019), the 1,939th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,201st in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Ethan Allen ranks 166 out of 847. Before him are Ratan Tata, Stanley Ho, John McAfee, Chaleo Yoovidhya, Harvey S. Firestone, and Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche. After him are Chandrashekhar Agashe, Yingluck Shinawatra, Johann Friedrich Böttger, Madam C. J. Walker, Basil Zaharoff, and Josep Maria Bartomeu.

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Among people born in 1738, Ethan Allen ranks 10. Before him are Cesare Beccaria, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, and Thomas Abbt. After him are Arthur Phillip, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Hermann, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Thomas Nelson Jr.. Among people deceased in 1789, Ethan Allen ranks 7. Before him are Abdul Hamid I, Baron d'Holbach, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Claude Joseph Vernet, and Jean-Étienne Liotard. After him are Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Franz Xaver Richter, Petrus Camper, Thomas Nelson Jr., and Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ethan Allen ranks 1,939 out of 20,380. Before him are Steve Ditko (1927), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Jack Lew (1955), Diana Gabaldon (1952), Travis Scott (1991), and Nicholas Ray (1911). After him are Carl Wieman (1951), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), Nora Roberts (1950), Helen Hayes (1900), June Carter Cash (1929), and George Dantzig (1914).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ethan Allen ranks 60. Before him are William Randolph Hearst (1863), Henry J. Heinz (1844), Martha Stewart (1941), Larry Flynt (1942), Cyrus West Field (1819), and Harvey S. Firestone (1868). After him are Madam C. J. Walker (1867), Owen D. Young (1874), Phil Knight (1938), Bernard Baruch (1870), Sheldon Adelson (1933), and Walter Chrysler (1875).

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