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William Brown

1777 - 1857

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William Brown (also known in Spanish as Guillermo Brown or Almirante Brown) (22 June 1777 – 3 March 1857) was an Irish sailor, merchant, and naval commander who served in the Argentine Navy during the wars of the early 19th century. Brown's successes in the Argentine War of Independence, the Cisplatine War, and the Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata earned the respect and appreciation of the Argentine people, and he is regarded as one of Argentina's national heroes. The creator and first admiral of the country's maritime forces, he is commonly known as the "father of the Argentine Navy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Brown is the 1,208th most popular military personnel (down from 1,174th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 105th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Irish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, William Brown ranks 1,208 out of 2,058. Before him are Yang Kyoungjong, Katō Yoshiaki, Matteo I Visconti, Nikolai Linevich, Richard Montgomery, and Presian. After him are Wilhelm Batz, Stjepan Sarkotić, Johann von Aldringen, Rash Behari Bose, John Basilone, and Hasan Salama.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1777, William Brown ranks 31. Before him are Lorenzo Bartolini, Aleksander Orłowski, William II, Elector of Hesse, Christian Daniel Rauch, Hyacinth, and Aleksey Petrovich Yermolov. After him are Heinrich Marx, Casimir Pierre Périer, Marie Jules César Savigny, Heinrich Rudolf Schinz, Louis Hersent, and Antoine Risso. Among people deceased in 1857, William Brown ranks 37. Before him are Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Christian Daniel Rauch, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg. After him are Agustina de Aragón, Nasir-ud-Daulah, Johann Jakob Heckel, William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Manuel José Quintana, and Carl Ludwig Koch.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, William Brown ranks 135 out of 549. Before him are Constantine III of Scotland (971), George Allman (1812), Pat McDonald (1878), Edward Bransfield (1785), Richard Montgomery (1738), and Niall Horan (1993). After him are Anne de Mortimer (1390), Arthur Griffith (1871), Arthur Johnson (1879), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), Pat Cox (1952), and Thomas Romney Robinson (1792).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Ireland

Among military personnels born in Ireland, William Brown ranks 4. Before him are Peter Lacy (1678), Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope (1883), and Richard Montgomery (1738). After him are George Browne (1698), John de Robeck (1862), Alan Cunningham (1887), Garnet Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Sir Henry Wilson, 1st Baronet (1864).

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