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General Tom Thumb

1838 - 1883

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Charles Sherwood Stratton (January 4, 1838 – July 15, 1883), better known by his stage name "General Tom Thumb", was an American with dwarfism who achieved great fame as a performer under circus pioneer P. T. Barnum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. General Tom Thumb is the 5,664th most popular actor (down from 5,219th in 2024), the 8,781st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,612th in 2019) and the 2,599th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, General Tom Thumb ranks 5,664 out of 13,578. Before him are Alexis Denisof, Luis Tosar, Minka Kelly, Anna Massey, Estelle, and Poppy. After him are Kazuya Nakai, Hunter Tylo, Charles S. Dutton, Regina Bianchi, Noah Taylor, and Corey Haim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, General Tom Thumb ranks 100. Before him are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Oswald Schmiedeberg, Marc Delafontaine, Stefanos Skouloudis, Margaret E. Knight, and Walter Buller. After him are Henry Hobson Richardson, Joseph F. Smith, Octavia Hill, and John Wanamaker. Among people deceased in 1883, General Tom Thumb ranks 66. Before him are Samo Chalupka, Yevfimiy Putyatin, Sven Nilsson, Alexandros Koumoundouros, Victor Puiseux, and Philipp Christoph Zeller. After him are Jeremiah S. Black, Matthew Webb, William Spottiswoode, John Lawrence LeConte, Lot M. Morrill, and Henry John Stephen Smith.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, General Tom Thumb ranks 8,783 out of 20,380. Before him are Poppy (1995), Christina Milian (1981), Elizabeth Gertrude Britton (1858), Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835), Tom Florie (1897), and Tori Black (1988). After him are Coco Gauff (2004), Jerry Cantrell (1966), Osamu Hayaishi (1920), Hunter Tylo (1962), Loren Murchison (1898), and Johnnie Parsons (1918).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, General Tom Thumb ranks 2,600. Before him are Bill Farmer (1952), Mary Badham (1952), Guy Madison (1922), Alexis Denisof (1966), Minka Kelly (1980), and Poppy (1995). After him are Hunter Tylo (1962), Charles S. Dutton (1951), Wendell Corey (1914), Nana Visitor (1957), Fredric Lehne (1959), and Laura San Giacomo (1962).

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