MILITARY PERSONNEL

George Dewey

1837 - 1917

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George Dewey (December 26, 1837 – January 16, 1917) was Admiral of the Navy, the only person in United States history to have attained that rank. He is best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War, with the loss of only a single crewman on the American side. Dewey was born in Montpelier, Vermont. At age 15, Dewey's father enrolled him at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Dewey is the 1,234th most popular military personnel (down from 1,015th in 2019), the 4,198th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,926th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Dewey ranks 1,234 out of 2,058. Before him are Philippicus, Claude François de Malet, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, Juan Yagüe, Claude Choules, and Bardas Phokas the Younger. After him are Maximilian Njegovan, Roussel de Bailleul, Adolphe Pégoud, Nina Lobkovskaya, Hans Graf von Sponeck, and Peisander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, George Dewey ranks 60. Before him are Zhang Zhidong, Hans von Marées, Moritz Kaposi, Franz Overbeck, Ion Creangă, and Princess Maria Anna of Anhalt-Dessau. After him are Wilhelm Kühne, Kabayama Sukenori, John Wesley Hyatt, Tippu Tip, Ernst Ziller, and Dwight L. Moody. Among people deceased in 1917, George Dewey ranks 62. Before him are Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Émile Boirac, Marian Smoluchowski, Joseph B. Foraker, Teresa Carreño, and Friedrich Robert Helmert. After him are Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Frank Muller, Ber Borochov, Andrew Taylor Still, Maksim Bahdanovič, and Madge Syers.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Dewey ranks 4,198 out of 20,380. Before him are Nancy Spungen (1958), Chris O'Donnell (1970), Gordon Mitchell (1923), George Mikan (1924), David Huddleston (1930), and Charles Barton (1902). After him are William Stevenson (1900), Muse Watson (1948), Parry O'Brien (1932), William Bates (1860), Jerry Unser Jr. (1932), and Robert Indiana (1928).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, George Dewey ranks 72. Before him are Chelsea Manning (1987), Carl Brashear (1931), Kit Carson (1809), Monte Melkonian (1957), John Basilone (1916), and Lucius D. Clay (1898). After him are David Petraeus (1952), John C. Woods (1911), Charles Robert Jenkins (1940), Alexander Vandegrift (1887), William Calley (1943), and Albert Sidney Johnston (1803).

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