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Thomas Nelson Jr.

1738 - 1789

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Thomas Nelson Jr. (December 26, 1738 – January 4, 1789) was a Founding Father of the United States, general in the Revolutionary War, member of the Continental Congress, and a Virginia planter. In addition to serving many terms in the Virginia General Assembly, he twice represented Virginia in the Congress, where he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Fellow Virginia legislators elected him to serve as the commonwealth's governor in 1781, the same year he fought as a brigadier general in the siege of Yorktown, the final major battle of the war. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Nelson Jr. is the 1,078th most popular military personnel (up from 2,033rd in 2019), the 3,646th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,375th in 2019) and the 64th most popular American Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Thomas Nelson Jr. ranks 1,078 out of 2,058. Before him are Maximilian de Angelis, Wilhelm Falley, Arthur Rostron, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Manuel Erotikos Komnenos, and Charles Eugène de Croÿ. After him are Danylo Apostol, Max Pauly, Rasim Delić, August Schmidhuber, Khiuaz Dospanova, and Gaston Billotte.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Thomas Nelson Jr. ranks 16. Before him are Ethan Allen, Arthur Phillip, Adolphus Frederick IV, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Hermann, Aleijadinho, and William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland. After him are Jacques François Dugommier, Benjamin West, Richard Montgomery, John Singleton Copley, Jacques Delille, and Jacques-André Naigeon. Among people deceased in 1789, Thomas Nelson Jr. ranks 12. Before him are Jean-Étienne Liotard, Ethan Allen, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Franz Xaver Richter, and Petrus Camper. After him are Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, Paolo Renier, Jafar Khan, John Cleland, and Anders Dahl.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Thomas Nelson Jr. ranks 3,646 out of 20,380. Before him are Terence McKenna (1946), Alan Perlis (1922), Leonard Susskind (1940), John C. Bogle (1929), Nichelle Nichols (1932), and Robert Sean Leonard (1969). After him are Amy Irving (1953), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Jimmie Angel (1899), Mangas Coloradas (1792), Frank Wolff (1928), and Joe Don Baker (1936).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United States

Among military personnels born in United States, Thomas Nelson Jr. ranks 64. Before him are Frank Serpico (1936), Thomas J. Hudner Jr. (1924), P. G. T. Beauregard (1818), Charlie Wilson (1933), Philip Sheridan (1831), and John O'Connor (1920). After him are Wesley Clark (1944), Chelsea Manning (1987), Carl Brashear (1931), Kit Carson (1809), Monte Melkonian (1957), and John Basilone (1916).

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