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Oliver Hazard Perry

1785 - 1819

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Oliver Hazard Perry (August 23, 1785 – August 23, 1819) was a United States Navy officer from South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry. Perry served in the West Indies during the Quasi War of 1798–1800 against France, in the Mediterranean during the Barbary Wars of 1801–1815, and in the Caribbean fighting piracy and the slave trade, but is most noted for his role in the War of 1812 during the 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. During the war against Britain, Perry supervised the building of a fleet at Erie, Pennsylvania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Oliver Hazard Perry is the 1,811th most popular military personnel (up from 1,823rd in 2019), the 7,729th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,181st in 2019) and the 123rd most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 1,811 out of 2,058Before him are Mizuno Tadakuni, Friedrich von Scholtz, Andy Green, Somnath Sharma, Jalil Zandi, and Aris Velouchiotis. After him are Tolmides, Gilad Shalit, Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Józef Kowalski, Mariya Polivanova, and Alberto Natusch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 51Before him are Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt, Abel de Pujol, William Beaumont, Karol Kurpiński, János Scitovszky, and Ján Hollý. After him are Manuel Basilio Bustamante, Arvid August Afzelius, Per Georg Scheutz, David Wilkie, Thomas Love Peacock, and Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann. Among people deceased in 1819, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 30Before him are Johann Peter Beaulieu, John Playfair, Josepha Weber, Princess Louise of Orange-Nassau, Hannah Van Buren, and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg. After him are John Jeffries, Mary Moser, John Langdon, Oliver Evans, William Samuel Johnson, and Caleb Strong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 7,731 out of 20,380Before him are Jane Curtin (1947), Demetrious Johnson (1986), Seth Gilliam (1968), Zack de la Rocha (1970), Dana Vespoli (1972), and Richard Murphy (1931). After him are Lindsay Davenport (1976), Fisher Stevens (1963), Laura Nyro (1947), Cindy Williams (1947), Doug Liman (1965), and Tom Wopat (1951).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Oliver Hazard Perry ranks 123Before him are Smedley Butler (1881), Mickey Marcus (1901), Matthew Fontaine Maury (1806), Samuel Ryan Curtis (1805), Frederick Townsend Ward (1831), and Eugene Sledge (1923). After him are Jacob L. Devers (1887), Peter Pace (1945), Richard Bong (1920), John F. Reynolds (1820), Jonathan M. Wainwright (1883), and John Eisenhower (1922).