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Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben

1730 - 1794

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Friedrich Wilhelm August Heinrich Ferdinand Freiherr von Steuben ( STEW-bən or stew-BEN, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm fɔn ˈʃtɔʏbn̩]; born Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Louis Freiherr von Steuben; September 17, 1730 – November 28, 1794), also referred to as Baron von Steuben, was a German-born American army officer who played a leading role in the American Revolutionary War by reforming the Continental Army into a disciplined and professional fighting force. His contributions marked a significant improvement in the performance of U.S. troops. Born into a military family, Steuben was exposed to war from an early age; at 14 years old, he observed his father directing Prussian engineers in the 1744 siege of Prague. At age 16 or 17, he enlisted in the Prussian Army, which was considered the most professional and disciplined in Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben is the 831st most popular military personnel (up from 885th in 2019), the 2,086th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,166th in 2019) and the 148th most popular German Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 831 out of 2,058. Before him are Doc Holliday, Hydarnes II, Chen Youliang, Mikhail Miloradovich, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, and Nikolay Voronov. After him are Paddy Roy Bates, Iosif Gurko, Kemal Reis, Georg Lindemann, Fyodor Kuznetsov, and Henry H. Arnold.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1730, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 11. Before him are Étienne Bézout, Jan Ingenhousz, Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Pieter Boddaert, Josiah Wedgwood, and Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia. After him are Prince Francis Xavier of Saxony, James Bruce, Otto Friedrich Müller, Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, Antonio Sacchini, and Motoori Norinaga. Among people deceased in 1794, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 33. Before him are Henri de la Rochejaquelein, Jean-Baptiste Carrier, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Jacques Roux, Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, and Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach. After him are Fabre d'Églantine, James Bruce, Paisius Velichkovsky, Pierre Gaspard Chaumette, Lucile Desmoulins, and Florimond Claude, Comte de Mercy-Argenteau.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 2,087 out of 7,253. Before him are Margarete Buber-Neumann (1901), Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755), Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (1807), Frederick III, Landgrave of Thuringia (1332), Frederick Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1591), and Felix Bernstein (1878). After him are John Albert I, Duke of Mecklenburg (1525), Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1722), Maria Reiter (1911), Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel (1720), Carl Laemmle (1867), and Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Germany

Among military personnels born in Germany, Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben ranks 148. Before him are Oswald Boelcke (1891), Hermann Priess (1901), Wilhelm Souchon (1864), Rudolf Schmidt (1886), Theodor Wisch (1907), and Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow (1755). After him are Georg Lindemann (1884), Gerhard Schmidhuber (1894), Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin (1891), Bruno Loerzer (1891), Fritz Witt (1908), and Heinrich von Plauen (1370).

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