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Robert Peary

1856 - 1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (; May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer and officer in the United States Navy who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was long credited as being the discoverer of the geographic North Pole in April 1909, having led the first expedition to have claimed this achievement, although it is now considered unlikely that he actually reached the Pole. Peary was born in Cresson, Pennsylvania, but, following his father's death at a young age, was raised in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Peary is the 164th most popular military personnel (down from 138th in 2019), the 568th most popular biography from United States (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Military Personnel.

Robert Peary is most famous for being the first person to reach the geographic North Pole.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Robert Peary ranks 164 out of 2,058Before him are Matilda of Tuscany, Joseph Joffre, Dragut, Dong Zhuo, Jean Lannes, and Alexander Selkirk. After him are Draža Mihailović, Louis-Alexandre Berthier, William Stuart-Houston, Hans Krebs, Khalifa Haftar, and Antipater.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Robert Peary ranks 14Before him are Louis Sullivan, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, and Georgi Plekhanov. After him are Ivan Franko, Émile Picard, Robert Nivelle, Henry Morgenthau Sr., Svetozar Boroević, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Among people deceased in 1920, Robert Peary ranks 9Before him are Wilhelm Wundt, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Peter Carl Fabergé, Eugénie de Montijo, Alexander of Greece, and Max Bruch. After him are Alexander Kolchak, Anders Zorn, Princess Margaret of Connaught, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Rosalia Lombardo, and Svetozar Boroević.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Peary ranks 568 out of 20,380Before him are Dan Brown (1964), Shirley Temple (1928), Harper Lee (1926), Jodie Foster (1962), Vesto Slipher (1875), and Eugene O'Neill (1888). After him are Jeff Bridges (1949), Lauren Bacall (1924), Rock Hudson (1925), Charles Cooley (1864), Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), and Prince (1958).

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Robert Peary ranks 8Before him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. (1934), Wild Bill Hickok (1837), George S. Patton (1885), Robert E. Lee (1807), and Yonatan Netanyahu (1946). After him are George Armstrong Custer (1839), Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (1915), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), William Halsey Jr. (1882), Benedict Arnold (1741), and J. D. Tippit (1924).