MILITARY PERSONNEL

Kit Carson

1809 - 1868

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Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent and U.S. Army officer. He became an American frontier legend in his own lifetime through biographies and news articles; exaggerated versions of his exploits were the subject of dime novels. His understated nature belied confirmed reports of his fearlessness, combat skills, tenacity, as well as profound effect on the westward expansion of the United States. Although he was famous for much of his life, historians in later years have written that Kit Carson did not like, want, or even fully understand the fame that he experienced during his life. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kit Carson is the 1,189th most popular military personnel (up from 1,330th in 2019), the 4,031st most popular biography from United States (down from 3,913th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Kit Carson ranks 1,189 out of 2,058. Before him are Nikolay Krylov, Richard Ruoff, Hajo Herrmann, Adolf Diekmann, Karl Koller, and Ivan Tyulenev. After him are Jure Francetić, Hans Joachim von Zieten, Pavel Grachev, Mehmed IV Giray, Monte Melkonian, and Ōtomo no Otomaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1809, Kit Carson ranks 41. Before him are Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Nikolay Muravyov-Amursky, Jules Favre, Jean-Hippolyte Flandrin, Oswald Heer, and Heinrich Hoffmann. After him are Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Constantin von Alvensleben, Ernst Rudolf von Trautvetter, Bénédict Morel, Benjamin Peirce, and Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán. Among people deceased in 1868, Kit Carson ranks 34. Before him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Venancio Flores, Bhanubhakta Acharya, Carlo Matteucci, Emanuel Leutze, and Peter Julian Eymard. After him are Wilhelm Griesinger, Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, Dmitry Pisarev, Moritz Hauptmann, Giuseppe Abbati, and Antonio Bertoloni.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kit Carson ranks 4,031 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond Smith Dugan (1878), Charles Whitman (1941), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Tony Robbins (1960), William Joyce (1906), and Stewart Copeland (1952). After him are Tallulah Bankhead (1902), Alan Hale Sr. (1892), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), Chris Tucker (1971), Frederic Edwin Church (1826), and George McGovern (1922).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Kit Carson ranks 68. Before him are Philip Sheridan (1831), John O'Connor (1920), Thomas Nelson Jr. (1738), Wesley Clark (1944), Chelsea Manning (1987), and Carl Brashear (1931). After him are Monte Melkonian (1957), John Basilone (1916), Lucius D. Clay (1898), George Dewey (1837), David Petraeus (1952), and John C. Woods (1911).

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