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John Hanning Speke

1827 - 1864

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John Hanning Speke (4 May 1827 – 15 September 1864) was an English explorer and army officer who made three exploratory expeditions to Africa. He is most associated with the search for the source of the Nile and was the first European to reach Lake Victoria (known to locals as Nam Lolwe in Dholuo and Nnalubaale or Ukerewe in Luganda). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hanning Speke is the 794th most popular military personnel (down from 583rd in 2019), the 1,638th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,050th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Military Personnel.

John Hanning Speke was most famous for discovering the source of the Nile River.

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Among military personnels, John Hanning Speke ranks 794 out of 2,058. Before him are Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Rudolf Schmundt, David Farragut, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Nikolay Gumilyov, and Hans Karl von Diebitsch. After him are Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Hans von Salmuth, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, and Soemu Toyoda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, John Hanning Speke ranks 24. Before him are Mangal Pandey, Henry Gray, Frederick Abel, William Burges, Prince Gustaf, Duke of Uppland, and Mihály Zichy. After him are Konstantin Pobedonostsev, Sandford Fleming, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Lew Wallace, Hiram Rhodes Revels, and Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky. Among people deceased in 1864, John Hanning Speke ranks 24. Before him are Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois, Konstanty Kalinowski, David Sassoon, Juan José Flores, Hong Tianguifu, and Princess Hildegard of Bavaria. After him are Giovanni Antonio Amedeo Plana, Christian Ludwig Brehm, George M. Dallas, Aimable Pélissier, Karl Ernst Claus, and Stephen Foster.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hanning Speke ranks 1,638 out of 8,785. Before him are Peter Shaffer (1926), Dave Sexton (1930), George Grenville (1712), George Bentham (1800), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), and Anthony Trollope (1815). After him are Julian Glover (1935), James Cosmo (1947), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Lucinda Riley (1965), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), and Walafrid Strabo (808).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Hanning Speke ranks 33. Before him are James Paul Moody (1887), George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney (1718), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), Frederick Browning (1896), Arnold Jackson (1891), and Harold Lowe (1882). After him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Woodes Rogers (1679), John Moore (1761), and Bertram Ramsay (1883).

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