Oliver Hazard Perry

Oliver Hazard Perry was an American naval commander, born in South Kingstown, Rhode Island. A prominent member of the Perry family naval dynasty, he was the son of Sarah Wallace Alexander and United States Navy Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, and older brother of Commodore Matthew C. Perry.

23 August 1785

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Born in the same month (August 1785): Agustín Gamarra • Thomas De Quincey