RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Samuel Wilson

1766 - 1854

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Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 – July 31, 1854) was an American meat packer who lived in Troy, New York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Wilson is the 2,335th most popular religious figure (down from 1,666th in 2019), the 5,153rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,209th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Samuel Wilson ranks 2,335 out of 3,187. Before him are Parmenas, Arthur Roche, Michele Rua, Gennaro Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte, Louis Bourdaloue, and Antoine Kambanda. After him are Constantine Leichoudes, Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk, Joseph Asajiro Satowaki, Onesiphorus, Conrad of Parzham, and Michael Rohoza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1766, Samuel Wilson ranks 30. Before him are Alexander Wilson, Wilhelm Hisinger, Joseph Franz von Jacquin, Joseph Weigl, Emmanuel, comte de Las Cases, and John Leslie. After him are Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Johann Centurius Hoffmannsegg, Jacob Perkins, William Townsend Aiton, Benjamin Smith Barton, and Isaac D'Israeli. Among people deceased in 1854, Samuel Wilson ranks 37. Before him are Maria Wirtemberska, Joseph de Villèle, José Joaquín de Herrera, Jean Coralli, Henriette Sontag, and Józef Chłopicki. After him are José María Vargas, Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton, Philip Barker-Webb, Émile Souvestre, Joaquina Vedruna de Mas, and Caspar Georg Carl Reinwardt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Wilson ranks 5,153 out of 20,380. Before him are Charlie Christian (1916), George Seaton (1911), Kevin Hagen (1928), Marilyn French (1929), Cheryl Ladd (1951), and Al Jardine (1942). After him are Jessie Redmon Fauset (1882), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Pete Maravich (1947), Rocky Graziano (1919), William Conrad (1920), and Evelyn Furtsch (1914).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Samuel Wilson ranks 52. Before him are Dwight L. Moody (1837), Bill W. (1895), Emma Tillman (1892), David Wilkerson (1931), Robert Barron (1959), and Edwin Frederick O'Brien (1939). After him are David Koresh (1959), Michael Curry (1953), Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton (1757), Don Alden Adams (1925), Russell M. Nelson (1924), and John Wright (1909).

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