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Calamity Jane

American frontierswoman

1852 - 1903

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Calamity Jane

Her biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Calamity Jane is the 120th most popular explorer (down from 97th in 2024), the 1,730th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,270th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Explorer.

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800k

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Past 12 months

66.84

HPI

Historical Popularity Index

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25

Calamity Jane is one of only 25 women among the 498 Explorers in Pantheon.

33

Calamity Jane's biography appears in 33 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 78% of all Explorers.

May 1

Calamity Jane shares a May 1 birthday with Rudolf I of Germany, Joseph Heller, and Magnus VI of Norway.

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Among Explorers

Among explorers, Calamity Jane ranks 120 out of 498. Before her are Carsten Niebuhr, Thomas Cavendish, Sacagawea, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Juan de la Cosa, and René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle. After her are Lope de Aguirre, Hugh Glass, Michael Rockefeller, Chris McCandless, George Vancouver, and Alvise Cadamosto.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

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Carsten Niebuhr
1733 - 1815
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 114
Thomas Cavendish
1560 - 1592
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 115
Sacagawea
1780 - 1812
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 116
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
1492 - 1584
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 117
Juan de la Cosa
1460 - 1510
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 118
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle
1643 - 1687
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 119
Calamity Jane
1852 - 1903
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 120
Lope de Aguirre
1518 - 1561
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 121
Hugh Glass
1783 - 1833
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 122
Michael Rockefeller
1938 - 1963
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 123
Chris McCandless
1968 - 1992
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 124
George Vancouver
1757 - 1798
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 125
Alvise Cadamosto
1432 - 1488
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 126

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1852, Calamity Jane ranks 30. Before her are Hipólito Yrigoyen, Tewfik Pasha, John Louis Emil Dreyer, Paul Bourget, Pietro Gasparri, and Julius Richard Petri. After her are Daniel Burley Woolfall, Victor Adler, Terauchi Masatake, Arnold Toynbee, Hans Vaihinger, and Edmund Leighton. Among people deceased in 1903, Calamity Jane ranks 19. Before her are Otto Weininger, Gemma Galgani, Gotse Delchev, George Gissing, Alexander Bain, and Draga Mašin. After her are Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Vasily Dokuchaev, Marcel Renault, Sabino Arana, Camillo Sitte, and Richard Jordan Gatling.

Others Born in 1852

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Hipólito Yrigoyen
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1933
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 24
Tewfik Pasha
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1892
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 25
John Louis Emil Dreyer
ASTRONOMER
1852 - 1926
HPI: 67.78
Rank: 26
Paul Bourget
WRITER
1852 - 1935
HPI: 67.69
Rank: 27
Pietro Gasparri
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1852 - 1934
HPI: 67.47
Rank: 28
Julius Richard Petri
BIOLOGIST
1852 - 1921
HPI: 67.21
Rank: 29
Calamity Jane
EXPLORER
1852 - 1903
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 30
Daniel Burley Woolfall
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1918
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 31
Victor Adler
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1918
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 32
Terauchi Masatake
POLITICIAN
1852 - 1919
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 33
Arnold Toynbee
HISTORIAN
1852 - 1883
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 34
Hans Vaihinger
PHILOSOPHER
1852 - 1933
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 35
Edmund Leighton
PAINTER
1852 - 1922
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 36

Others Deceased in 1903

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Otto Weininger
PHILOSOPHER
1880 - 1903
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 13
Gemma Galgani
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1878 - 1903
HPI: 69.83
Rank: 14
Gotse Delchev
POLITICIAN
1872 - 1903
HPI: 68.48
Rank: 15
George Gissing
WRITER
1857 - 1903
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 16
Alexander Bain
PSYCHOLOGIST
1818 - 1903
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 17
Draga Mašin
COMPANION
1864 - 1903
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 18
Calamity Jane
EXPLORER
1852 - 1903
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 19
Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria
POLITICIAN
1831 - 1903
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 20
Vasily Dokuchaev
GEOLOGIST
1846 - 1903
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 21
Marcel Renault
ENGINEER
1872 - 1903
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 22
Sabino Arana
WRITER
1865 - 1903
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 23
Camillo Sitte
ARCHITECT
1843 - 1903
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 24
Richard Jordan Gatling
INVENTOR
1818 - 1903
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 25