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John Hawkins

1532 - 1595

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Admiral Sir John Hawkins (also spelled Hawkyns) (1532 – 12 November 1595) was an English naval commander, naval administrator, privateer and slave trader. Hawkins pioneered, and was an early promoter of, English involvement in the Atlantic slave trade. He is considered to be the first English merchant to profit from the Triangle Trade, selling enslaved people from Africa to the Spanish colonies in the West Indies in the late 16th century. In 1588, Hawkins served as a Vice-Admiral and fought in the victory over the Spanish Armada, for which he was knighted for gallantry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hawkins is the 152nd most popular military personnel (up from 539th in 2019), the 409th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 982nd in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Military Personnel.

John Hawkins is most famous for his book, "A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates."

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Hawkins ranks 152 out of 2,058. Before him are Erwin von Witzleben, Yakov Dzhugashvili, Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Erich von Falkenhayn, Helmuth Weidling, and Perdiccas. After him are Pyotr Bagration, Zhang Fei, Hermann Fegelein, Michael Wittmann, Pancho Villa, and Matilda of Tuscany.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1532, John Hawkins ranks 1. After him are Tulsidas, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, Yermak Timofeyevich, Maerten de Vos, Francis Walsingham, Luís Fróis, Anne of Denmark, Electress of Saxony, Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, William IV, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Jean-Antoine de Baïf, and Menocchio. Among people deceased in 1595, John Hawkins ranks 4. Before him are Murad III, Torquato Tasso, and Philip Neri. After him are Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, Archduke Ernest of Austria, Mohammad Khodabanda, António, Prior of Crato, Jeremias II of Constantinople, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, and Thoinot Arbeau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hawkins ranks 409 out of 8,785. Before him are John Galsworthy (1867), John Kendrew (1917), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), Ian Fleming (1908), Nigel Farage (1964), and Alfred North Whitehead (1861). After him are John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Bedford (1389), John Hurt (1940), Harthacnut (1018), Edward Burnett Tylor (1832), Liz Truss (1975), and William Lassell (1799).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Hawkins ranks 8. Before him are William Wallace (1270), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), T. E. Lawrence (1888), Edward Smith (1850), and Claude Auchinleck (1884). After him are Alexander Selkirk (1676), William Stuart-Houston (1911), Gertrude Bell (1868), Captain Tom (1920), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), and Rudolf Abel (1903).

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