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Charles Wilkes

1798 - 1877

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Charles Wilkes (April 3, 1798 – February 8, 1877) was an American naval officer, ship's captain, and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Wilkes has received more than 301,005 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Charles Wilkes is the 282nd most popular explorer (up from 314th in 2019), the 3,873rd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,978th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Charles Wilkes ranks 282 out of 498. Before him are Nikolai Spathari, João da Nova, Richard Chancellor, João Fernandes Lavrador, Annie Londonderry, and Adolf Lüderitz. After him are Ada Blackjack, Wilfred Thesiger, Otto Finsch, Freya Stark, Aleksei Chirikov, and Henricus Martellus Germanus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1798, Charles Wilkes ranks 25. Before him are Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Andries Pretorius, Dionysios Solomos, Massimo d'Azeglio, Jules Armand Dufaure, and Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. After him are Jacques Leroy de Saint-Arnaud, Sophronius IV of Alexandria, Willibald Alexis, Carl Blechen, Macedonio Melloni, and Alexei Lvov. Among people deceased in 1877, Charles Wilkes ranks 35. Before him are Pōmare IV, Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine, Johann Christian Poggendorff, Alexandre Herculano, Louise Bertin, and Alexander Braun. After him are José de Alencar, Wilhelm Emmanuel von Ketteler, Nikolay Ogarev, Nathaniel Palmer, Errico Petrella, and Wilhelm Hofmeister.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Wilkes ranks 3,873 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronnie Spector (1943), Jim Gray (1944), Kyra Sedgwick (1965), Timothy Dexter (1747), Michael McKean (1947), and David Lewis (1941). After him are David Robinson (1965), Sheryl Crow (1962), Winnaretta Singer (1865), Doug Savant (1964), James Quinn (1906), and Emily Warren Roebling (1843).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Charles Wilkes ranks 16. Before him are Jimmie Angel (1899), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), George W. De Long (1844), Daniel Boone (1734), Jedediah Smith (1799), and Jim Bridger (1804). After him are Ada Blackjack (1898), Charles Francis Hall (1821), Meriwether Lewis (1774), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Chris McCandless (1968), and Roy Chapman Andrews (1884).

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