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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 2,489,674 page views. Her biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Betsy Ross is the 38th most popular designer (up from 55th in 2019), the 2,272nd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,353rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Designer.

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  • 2.5M

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  • 56.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Betsy Ross ranks 38 out of 86Before her are Pierre Balmain, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Giambattista Bodoni, Alexander McQueen, Jimmy Choo, and Jeanne Lanvin. After her are Beau Brummell, Andokides painter, Josiah Wedgwood, Mariano Fortuny, Adrian Frutiger, and Nicolas Jenson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Betsy Ross ranks 17Before her are Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt, Nguyễn Huệ, Sébastien Érard, Infante Gabriel of Spain, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, and Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria. After her are John Nash, Andrey Razumovsky, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Torii Kiyonaga, François Isaac de Rivaz, and Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld. Among people deceased in 1836, Betsy Ross ranks 25Before her are Aaron Burr, Maria Cristina of Savoy, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Johann I Joseph, Prince of Liechtenstein, William Henry, and James Bowie. After her are Carle Vernet, Andrey Razumovsky, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Karel Hynek Mácha, John Loudon McAdam, and Norbert Burgmüller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy Ross ranks 2,272 out of 18,182Before her are Brad Davis (1949), Delphine LaLaurie (1787), Tonya Harding (1970), Lorenzo Lamas (1958), Frank McCourt (1930), and Nick Castle (1947). After her are Esther Williams (1921), Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919), Michael Parks (1940), Geraldine Page (1924), Estelle Getty (1923), and Kate Jackson (1948).

Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Betsy Ross ranks 3Before her are Steve Jobs (1955) and Iris Apfel (1921). After her are Syd Mead (1933), Milton Glaser (1929), Paul Rand (1914), Virgil Abloh (1980), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Colleen Atwood (1948), Ollie Johnston (1912), and Norman Bel Geddes (1893).