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Betsy Ross

1752 - 1836

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Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the second official U.S. flag, accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag. Though most historians dismiss the story, Ross family tradition holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee—Robert Morris and George Ross—visited Mrs. Ross in 1776. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Betsy Ross has received more than 2,652,264 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Betsy Ross is the 44th most popular designer (down from 38th in 2019), the 2,972nd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,270th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Designer.

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  • 54.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Betsy Ross ranks 44 out of 104. Before her are Jeanne Lanvin, Mariano Fortuny, Adrian Frutiger, Andokides painter, Jimmy Choo, and Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.. After her are Otl Aicher, Luigi Colani, Margarete Steiff, John Baskerville, Eiko Ishioka, and Syd Mead.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Betsy Ross ranks 19. Before her are Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Infante Gabriel of Spain, Sébastien Érard, John Nash, Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Andrey Razumovsky. After her are Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Torii Kiyonaga, Anton Walter, Alexander Tormasov, and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Among people deceased in 1836, Betsy Ross ranks 29. Before her are James Bowie, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, Carle Vernet, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Andrey Razumovsky, and Karel Hynek Mácha. After her are John Loudon McAdam, Norbert Burgmüller, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Orest Kiprensky, Heinrich Schrader, and Christian Dietrich Grabbe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy Ross ranks 2,972 out of 20,380. Before her are Bo Derek (1956), Lois Chiles (1947), John Derek (1926), Katherine MacGregor (1925), Bob Iger (1951), and Jack Welch (1935). After her are Bruce Campbell (1958), Karol J. Bobko (1937), GG Allin (1956), Joe Turkel (1927), Sam Loyd (1841), and Ralph Rose (1885).

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Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Betsy Ross ranks 3. Before her are Steve Jobs (1955), and Iris Apfel (1921). After her are Syd Mead (1933), Milton Glaser (1929), Paul Rand (1914), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Ollie Johnston (1912), Alan Freed (1921), Marc Davis (1913), Colleen Atwood (1948), and Norman Bel Geddes (1893).

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