MILITARY PERSONNEL

Israel Putnam

1718 - 1790

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Israel Putnam (January 7, 1718 – May 29, 1790), popularly known as "Old Put", was an American military officer and landowner who fought with distinction at the Battle of Bunker Hill during the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783). He also served as an officer with Rogers' Rangers during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), when he was captured by Mohawk warriors. He was saved from the ritual burning given to enemies by the intervention of French officer Molang, with whom the Mohawks were allied. Putnam's courage and fighting spirit became known far beyond his home of Connecticut's borders through the circulation of folk legends in the American colonies and states celebrating his exploits. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Israel Putnam is the 1,867th most popular military personnel (down from 1,835th in 2019), the 8,636th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,441st in 2019) and the 136th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Israel Putnam ranks 1,867 out of 2,058. Before him are Boston Corbett, Musa Gareyev, Marcellinus, Martin Dempsey, Johannes Block, and Mariya Smirnova. After him are Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer, Michael Mullen, Adasi, Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton, and John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1718, Israel Putnam ranks 21. Before him are Antoine de Chézy, Nikita Ivanovich Panin, Antoine Darquier de Pellepoix, William Hunter, Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, and Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg. After him are John Roebuck, Elizabeth Montagu, Hugh Blair, and Salabat Jung. Among people deceased in 1790, Israel Putnam ranks 19. Before him are Johann II Bernoulli, Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha, Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, and Marmaduke Tunstall. After him are William Livingston, Thomas Warton, and William Hooper.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Israel Putnam ranks 8,638 out of 20,380. Before him are Anthony Denison (1949), Bill Carr (1909), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Sam Lloyd (1963), Tom Hayden (1939), and Busby Berkeley (1895). After him are Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Jenna Fischer (1974), Natalie Coughlin (1982), Outram Bangs (1863), and Claudia Kolb (1949).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Israel Putnam ranks 136. Before him are James Wilkinson (1757), Richard Marcinko (1940), Richard S. Ewell (1817), George Crook (1828), A. P. Hill (1825), and Martin Dempsey (1952). After him are Michael Mullen (1946), Robert L. Eichelberger (1886), Charles Q. Brown Jr. (1962), Elmo Zumwalt (1920), James Stockdale (1923), and Nathan Hale (1755).

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