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Ada Blackjack

1898 - 1983

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Ada Blackjack (née Delutuk; May 10, 1898 – May 29, 1983) was an Iñupiat woman who lived for two years as a castaway on the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ada Blackjack has received more than 361,645 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ada Blackjack is the 283rd most popular explorer, the 3,943rd most popular biography from United States and the 17th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 52.65

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ada Blackjack ranks 283 out of 498. Before her are João da Nova, Richard Chancellor, João Fernandes Lavrador, Annie Londonderry, Adolf Lüderitz, and Charles Wilkes. After her are Wilfred Thesiger, Otto Finsch, Freya Stark, Aleksei Chirikov, Henricus Martellus Germanus, and Douglas Mawson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Ada Blackjack ranks 128. Before her are Vilhelm Moberg, José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones, Warren Sturgis McCulloch, Lucius D. Clay, Ben Shahn, and Ira Sprague Bowen. After her are Walther von Hünersdorff, Leopold Okulicki, Pavel Urysohn, Helen B. Taussig, Erich Bey, and Dámaso Alonso. Among people deceased in 1983, Ada Blackjack ranks 113. Before her are Manuel Ferreira, Louise Weiss, Johan Grøttumsbråten, Paul de Man, Ira Gershwin, and Earl Hines. After her are József Takács, Gunta Stölzl, Werner Egk, Fritz Machlup, Alan Cunningham, and Paolo Pedretti.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ada Blackjack ranks 3,943 out of 20,380. Before her are Dabney Coleman (1932), Deke Slayton (1924), Steve Berry (1955), Frank Sinatra Jr. (1944), Robert Bilott (1965), and Henrietta Szold (1860). After her are Arnold Palmer (1929), Mike Mentzer (1951), Bob Balaban (1945), Billy Sheehan (1953), Brad Bird (1957), and David Boreanaz (1969).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Ada Blackjack ranks 17. Before her are Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), George W. De Long (1844), Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), Jim Bridger (1804), and Charles Wilkes (1798). After her are Charles Francis Hall (1821), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), and Nathaniel Palmer (1799).

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