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Otto von Kotzebue

1787 - 1846

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Otto von Kotzebue (Russian: О́тто Евста́фьевич Коцебу́; 30 December 1787 – 15 February 1846) was a Baltic German naval officer in the Imperial Russian Navy. He commanded two naval expeditions into the Pacific for the purposes of exploration and scientific investigation. The first expedition explored Oceania and the western coast of North America and passed through the Bering Strait in search of a passage across the Arctic Ocean. His second voyage was intended as a military resupply mission to Kamchatka but again included significant explorations of the west coast of North America and Oceania. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otto von Kotzebue is the 584th most popular military personnel (up from 609th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from Estonia (up from 29th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Estonian Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Otto von Kotzebue ranks 584 out of 2,058. Before him are Ibrahim Traoré, Antonio Tejero, Husein Gradaščević, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Ikrima ibn Abi Jahl, and Minamoto no Yoshinaka. After him are Ernst Lindemann, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Sotomayor, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, Pál Maléter, Kenji Doihara, Jisaburō Ozawa, and Walter Rauff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1787, Otto von Kotzebue ranks 14. Before him are Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz, Franz Xaver Gruber, Guillaume Henri Dufour, and Edmund Kean. After him are Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov, Nils Gabriel Sefström, Ludwig Uhland, Christian Ludwig Brehm, James Weddell, and Eléonore Denuelle de La Plaigne. Among people deceased in 1846, Otto von Kotzebue ranks 9. Before him are Friedrich Bessel, Emperor Ninkō, Friedrich List, Francis IV, Duke of Modena, Andrew Kim Taegon, and Rodolphe Töpffer. After him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Princess Maria Anna of Hesse-Homburg, Jean-Gaspard Deburau, Esaias Tegnér, Domenico Dragonetti, and Joseph Leopold Eybler.

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In Estonia

Among people born in Estonia, Otto von Kotzebue ranks 28 out of 351. Before him are Ernst Öpik (1893), Jacob De la Gardie (1583), Andrus Ansip (1956), Johan Laidoner (1884), Thomas Johann Seebeck (1770), and Jaan Kross (1920). After him are George Hackenschmidt (1877), Kersti Kaljulaid (1969), Lydia Koidula (1843), Adam Johann von Krusenstern (1770), Alexander Gorchakov (1798), and Ilon Wikland (1930).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Estonia

Among military personnels born in Estonia, Otto von Kotzebue ranks 3. Before him are Paul von Rennenkampf (1854), and Johan Laidoner (1884). After him are Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven (1914), August Kork (1887), Arnold Meri (1919), and Alfons Rebane (1908).

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