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Chris McCandless

1968 - 1992

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Christopher Johnson McCandless (; February 12, 1968 – c. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym "Alexander Supertramp", was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris McCandless has received more than 7,457,580 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris McCandless is the 236th most popular explorer (down from 202nd in 2019), the 3,403rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,897th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 7.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Chris McCandless ranks 236 out of 405. Before him are Juan de Garay, Alexandrine Tinné, Edward Bransfield, Carl Anton Larsen, John Byron, and Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. After him are Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, Samuel Baker, Ma Huan, Francis Garnier, Jorge Álvares, and Annie Londonderry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Chris McCandless ranks 72. Before him are Oleg Deripaska, Damon Albarn, Thom Yorke, Toni Kukoč, Daniel Dae Kim, and Paolo Di Canio. After him are Helena Christensen, Slaven Bilić, Michael Kiske, César Sampaio, Anna Gunn, and Euronymous. Among people deceased in 1992, Chris McCandless ranks 108. Before him are Gaston Reiff, Rihei Sano, Suleiman Frangieh, Lusine Zakaryan, Ernst Schäfer, and Seichō Matsumoto. After him are Dana Andrews, Abbas al-Musawi, Walter Andreas Schwarz, Frederick William Franz, Angela Carter, and John Ireland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Chris McCandless ranks 3,403 out of 18,182. Before him are Fred Quimby (1886), Richard Bright (1937), Dan Gurney (1931), Lynne Cheney (1941), Dave Grusin (1934), and Willie Garson (1964). After him are Bill Nelson (1942), Elmore Leonard (1925), Dennis Weaver (1924), Nancy Roman (1925), Chuck Feeney (1931), and Josh Radnor (1974).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Chris McCandless ranks 15. Before him are Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Don Walsh (1931), Jimmie Angel (1899), George W. De Long (1844), Daniel Boone (1734), and Jedediah Smith (1799). After him are Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), William Clark (1770), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Meriwether Lewis (1774), John C. Frémont (1813), and Charles Wilkes (1798).

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