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William Walker

1824 - 1860

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William Walker (May 8, 1824 – September 12, 1860) was an American physician, lawyer, journalist, and mercenary. In the era of the expansion of the United States, driven by the doctrine of "manifest destiny", Walker organized unauthorized military expeditions into Mexico and Central America with the intention of establishing colonies. Such an enterprise was known at the time as "filibustering". After settling in California, motivated by an earlier filibustering project of Gaston de Raousset-Boulbon, Walker attempted in 1853–54 to take Baja California and Sonora. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Walker is the 6,085th most popular politician (down from 5,590th in 2019), the 2,204th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,785th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular American Politician.

William Walker was most famous for his filibustering expeditions in Central America and Nicaragua. He led four filibustering expeditions, three of which he led to victory.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Walker ranks 6,085 out of 19,576. Before him are At-Ta'i, Paul van Zeeland, John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, Otto Hofmann, and Jean-Luc Dehaene. After him are Kit Bond, Zhao Mengfu, Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Hōjō Masako, Hamida Djandoubi, and Beatrice of Castile.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1824, William Walker ranks 25. Before him are Nana Sahib, Antoine, Duke of Montpensier, Ludwig Büchner, Princess Francisca of Brazil, Peter Cornelius, and Princess Sophie of the Netherlands. After him are Tokugawa Iesada, George Speck, Leland Stanford, Johann Wilhelm Hittorf, Jozef Israëls, and Adolphe Monticelli. Among people deceased in 1860, William Walker ranks 14. Before him are Miloš Obrenović, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, István Széchenyi, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Lady Byron, and Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, Julia Pastrana, Ang Duong, André Marie Constant Duméril, Thomas Addison, and Ernst Moritz Arndt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Walker ranks 2,204 out of 20,380. Before him are Alexander Haig (1924), Fredric Jameson (1934), Michael Massee (1952), Henry Steel Olcott (1832), Ken Kesey (1935), and Hilary Swank (1974). After him are Kit Bond (1939), John Hammond (1910), Alan Alda (1936), Dave Mustaine (1961), Blythe Danner (1943), and Nelly (1974).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Walker ranks 183. Before him are Jack Reed (1949), Conrad Hilton (1887), Spotted Elk (1826), Hubert Humphrey (1911), Oliver Otis Howard (1830), and William Wyatt Bibb (1781). After him are Kit Bond (1939), Jack Kemp (1935), Harvey Milk (1930), Richard Russell Jr. (1897), Chief Seattle (1786), and Samuel Huntington (1731).

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