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| Rank | Topic | Wikipedia views Oct 21 2010 |
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| 1 | William Bligh, captain of , botanist, governor of New South Wales, Royal Navy admiral | 959 |
| 2 | Wing Commander Guy Gibson of The Dambusters. | 601 |
| 3 | Rick Rescorla, U.S. war hero and 9/11 victim (1939-2001) | 300 |
| 4 | Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Royal Navy admiral | 194 |
| 5 | Geoffrey Wellum, DFC, fighter pilot and author | 137 |
| 6 | Edward Boscawen, Royal Navy admiral | 73 |
| 7 | Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet (or Granville) (1600–1658), Cornish Royalist leader during the English Civil War | 41 |
| 8 | Stephen Trigg, brother of John, politician and officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War | 41 |
| 9 | James Trevenen, captain in the Russian Navy | 31 |
| 10 | John Johns Trigg, officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War | 29 |
| 11 | Mark Versallion, lieutenant, RNR | 21 |
| 12 | Bevil Grenville, Cornish Royalist commander | 21 |
| 13 | Sir Walter Gilbert, 1st Baronet, general | 19 |
| 14 | Robert Peverell Hichens, DSO, DSC, lieutenant commander, RNVR | 17 |
| 15 | James Fynn VC, British soldier | 17 |
| 16 | John Trevanion, Cornish Royalist commander | 15 |
| 17 | Robert Davies, Lieutenant of the Royal Engineers awarded the G.C. for bomb-disposal in 1940 saving St. Paul's Cathedral. | 15 |
| 18 | Richard Trant (d. 2007), general in the British army | 15 |
| 19 | William Scawen, Royalist commander in the English Civil War | 13 |
| 20 | Admiral Barrington Reynolds, RN, notable for an anti-slavery expedition | 13 |
| 21 | Joseph Trewavas, VC, seaman in the Royal Navy | 12 |
| 22 | Charles Reep, airman and inventor of the long ball in soccer | 11 |
| 23 | James Erisey, privateer | 11 |
| 24 | Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet, soldier in the English Civil War | 11 |
| 25 | David Tyacke, GOC Singapore District, last Commanding Officer of the DCLI | 10 |
| 26 | Spry family, of St Antony in Roseland: several members of the family were commanders in the Royal Navy | 10 |
| 27 | Sir John Arundell, Cornish Royalist commander | 10 |
| 28 | Sir Bartholomew Sulivan, Royal Navy admiral and hydrographer | 10 |
| 29 | Sir Edward Nicholl, commander, RNR | 9 |
| 30 | William Odgers, VC, sailor in New Zealand | 7 |
| 31 | Philip Melvill, Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth | 7 |
| 32 | Arthur Tremayne, soldier in the Crimean War | 7 |
| 33 | Sir John Arundell, admiral, known as 'Jack of Tilbury' | 6 |
| 34 | John Enys, British soldier during the American Revolution. | 5 |
| 35 | Sir Frank Hopkins, a former captain of the aircraft carrier | < 5 |
| 36 | Sergeant Steven Roberts, the first solder to die in the invasion of Iraq | < 5 |
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