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George Crook

1828 - 1890

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George R. Crook (September 8, 1828 – March 21, 1890) was a career United States Army officer who served in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He is best known for commanding U.S. forces in the 1886 campaign that led to the defeat of the Apache leader Geronimo. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Crook is the 1,857th most popular military personnel (down from 1,834th in 2019), the 8,473rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,435th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Crook ranks 1,857 out of 2,058. Before him are James Wilkinson, Afanasy Beloborodov, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Hemedti, Richard Marcinko, and Richard S. Ewell. After him are A. P. Hill, Miles Dempsey, Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba, Boston Corbett, Musa Gareyev, and Marcellinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, George Crook ranks 62. Before him are Júlia Szendrey, Désiré Charnay, Luiza Pesjak, Adelardo López de Ayala y Herrera, Andrew Murray, and Morten Müller. After him are Kanō Hōgai, Joshua Chamberlain, Ignacio de Veintemilla, Charles Allston Collins, Balfour Stewart, and Thomas F. Bayard. Among people deceased in 1890, George Crook ranks 63. Before him are Johanne Luise Heiberg, Apollonie Sabatier, Joseph Hergenröther, Alexander Litovchenko, Jacob van Zuylen van Nijevelt, and Oskar Kolberg. After him are Mihkel Veske, John Francis Davis, Catherine Booth, Émile Léonard Mathieu, Carl Jacob Löwig, and Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Crook ranks 8,475 out of 20,380. Before him are Jackie DeShannon (1941), John Morton (1725), Michael Nesmith (1942), Edward O. Thorp (1932), John Bennett Perry (1941), and Jeannie Berlin (1949). After him are Arthur Lee (1945), Trey Parker (1969), Dave Loebsack (1952), Joe Ranft (1960), Jeffrey Combs (1954), and Richard Hell (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Crook ranks 133. Before him are John F. Reynolds (1820), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), John Eisenhower (1922), James Wilkinson (1757), Richard Marcinko (1940), and Richard S. Ewell (1817). After him are A. P. Hill (1825), Martin Dempsey (1952), Israel Putnam (1718), Michael Mullen (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), and Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962).

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