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Miguel Grau Seminario

1834 - 1879

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Miguel María Grau Seminario (27 July 1834 – 8 October 1879) was a Peruvian Navy officer and politician best known for his actions during the War of the Pacific. He was nicknamed "Gentleman of the Seas" for his kind and chivalrous treatment of defeated enemies and is held in high esteem by both Peruvians and Chileans. Grau is an iconic figure for the Peruvian navy, and one of the most famous naval officers from the Americas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Miguel Grau Seminario is the 1,678th most popular military personnel (down from 1,422nd in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Peru (down from 56th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Peruvian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Miguel Grau Seminario ranks 1,678 out of 2,058. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Marchand, Franciszek Kleeberg, Tang Enbo, Aleksandr Baryatinsky, Vladimir Tributs, and Tomás de Zumalacárregui. After him are J. Lawton Collins, Thomas Gage, Ma Zhongying, Nikolay Shchors, Alexander Gorbatov, and Eddie Slovik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1834, Miguel Grau Seminario ranks 75. Before him are Étienne Laspeyres, Valtazar Bogišić, Friedrich Tietjen, Edmond Laguerre, John Wesley Powell, and Lyuben Karavelov. After him are Georg Hermann Quincke, Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, Felix Dahn, Wilhelm Sulpiz Kurz, Hermann Wilhelm Vogel, and Jacob Volhard. Among people deceased in 1879, Miguel Grau Seminario ranks 46. Before him are Sergey Solovyov, Nikolai Zaremba, Marguerite Bays, Jeanne Jugan, Lyuben Karavelov, and Aleksandr Baryatinsky. After him are Immanuel Hermann Fichte, Édouard Spach, Jakob Stämpfli, William Lloyd Garrison, Peter Michal Bohúň, and Joseph Hooker.

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In Peru

Among people born in Peru, Miguel Grau Seminario ranks 77 out of 287. Before him are Héctor Chumpitaz (1943), Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre (1895), José Pardo y Barreda (1864), José Bustamante y Rivero (1894), Mariano Ignacio Prado (1826), and José de la Riva Agüero (1783). After him are Susana Baca (1944), Ciro Alegría (1909), Susana Higuchi (1950), Ricardo Leoncio Elías Arias (1874), Hernando de Soto Polar (1941), and Plácido Galindo (1906).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Peru

Among military personnels born in Peru, Miguel Grau Seminario ranks 2. Before him are Andrés Avelino Cáceres (1836).

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