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Ann Bancroft

1955 - Today

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Ann Bancroft (born September 29, 1955) is an American author, teacher, adventurer, and public speaker. She was the first woman to finish a number of expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ann Bancroft has received more than 410,904 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ann Bancroft is the 490th most popular explorer (down from 444th in 2019), the 13,868th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,793rd in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 410k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ann Bancroft ranks 490 out of 498. Before her are William Lashly, John Oxley, Bartholomew Gosnold, James Wordie, John Forrest, and Ellen MacArthur. After her are Laura Dekker, Hamilton Hume, Thomas Mitchell, Ezra Meeker, Marek Kamiński, and Sue Hendrickson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Ann Bancroft ranks 651. Before her are Steve Coppell, Gernot Jurtin, Adam Curtis, Jacques N'Guea, Carol Ann Duffy, and Steven Wright. After her are Rosario Fernández, Roberto Rojas, Boris Alexandrov, Nikolay Solodukhin, Jack Sikma, and Bruce Altman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ann Bancroft ranks 13,868 out of 20,380. Before her are Mitch Daniels (1949), Bill Davis (2000), John Carney (1956), Inspectah Deck (1970), Steven Wright (1955), and Wally Hickel (1919). After her are Anne Lockhart (1953), Lane Garrison (1980), Jason Mantzoukas (1972), Mitchell Baker (1957), Billy Gardell (1969), and Al Freeman Jr. (1934).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Ann Bancroft ranks 37. Before her are John Colter (1774), Matthew Henson (1866), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Adolphus Greely (1844), Wiley Post (1898), and Elisha Kent Kane (1820). After her are Ezra Meeker (1830), and Sue Hendrickson (1949).

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