POLITICIAN

Chief Seattle

1786 - 1866

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Seattle (c. 1780~86 – June 7, 1866; Lushootseed: siʔaɬ, IPA: [ˈsiʔaːɬ]; usually styled as Chief Seattle) was a leader of the Duwamish and Suquamish peoples. A leading figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with Doc Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chief Seattle has received more than 2,530,322 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Chief Seattle is the 5,357th most popular politician (down from 4,571st in 2019), the 1,726th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,540th in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chief Seattle ranks 5,357 out of 19,576Before him are Michał Kleofas Ogiński, Osorkon II, Rami Hamdallah, Yang You, Butvydas, and Julius Paulus Prudentissimus. After him are José López Portillo y Pacheco, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, Walter Warlimont, Christian Wulff, Robert III of Worms, and Archduke Eugen of Austria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Chief Seattle ranks 16Before him are Davy Crockett, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Franklin, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Friedrich Kuhlau, and Guadalupe Victoria. After him are Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Kunisada, Ludwig Börne, François-Édouard Picot, William George Horner, and Julius Jacob von Haynau. Among people deceased in 1866, Chief Seattle ranks 9Before him are George Everest, Miguel I of Portugal, Karl Ludwig Hencke, Tokugawa Iemochi, William Whewell, and Hermann Goldschmidt. After him are Philipp Franz von Siebold, Adolph Diesterweg, Friedrich Rückert, Paul Gavarni, Thomas Hodgkin, and Rikard Nordraak.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chief Seattle ranks 1,726 out of 20,380Before him are Gene Roddenberry (1921), Fred Ward (1942), Larry Page (1973), John Forsythe (1918), Lou Ferrigno (1951), and Husband E. Kimmel (1882). After him are Lance Armstrong (1971), Edward Snowden (1983), Mark Felt (1913), Dean Stockwell (1936), John Densmore (1944), and Roger Ebert (1942).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Chief Seattle ranks 117Before him are Alben W. Barkley (1877), Henry L. Stimson (1867), Conrad Hilton (1887), Harvey Milk (1930), Caroline Kennedy (1957), and Mitt Romney (1947). After him are Mark Felt (1913), Mitch McConnell (1942), Hiram Bingham III (1875), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Clement Greenberg (1909), and Spiro Agnew (1918).