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Daniel Boone

1734 - 1820

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Daniel Boone (November 2, [O.S. October 22] 1734 – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap and into Kentucky, in the face of resistance from American Indians, for whom the area was a traditional hunting ground. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Daniel Boone has received more than 5,885,291 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Daniel Boone is the 194th most popular explorer (down from 177th in 2019), the 2,776th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,588th in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Daniel Boone ranks 194 out of 405Before him are Fernão do Pó, Alexander Andreyevich Baranov, Oscar Wisting, Henri Mouhot, George W. De Long, and Nuno Tristão. After him are Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, John Rolfe, Helmer Hanssen, and Jedediah Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Daniel Boone ranks 18Before him are Shahrokh Shah, Nicolas-Edme Rétif, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti. After him are Ueda Akinari, Duchess Maria Anna Josepha of Bavaria, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, and Francisco Bayeu y Subías. Among people deceased in 1820, Daniel Boone ranks 22Before him are Alexander Mackenzie, Jean-Lambert Tallien, Clement Mary Hofbauer, Augustin Barruel, Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia, and Nguyễn Du. After him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Arthur Young, Anders Sparrman, Princess Adelheid of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Benjamin West, and Antonín Vranický.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Daniel Boone ranks 2,776 out of 18,182Before him are William Henry Pickering (1858), Patrick Duffy (1949), Michael J. Smith (1945), Harold Bloom (1930), Carl Andre (1935), and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (1981). After him are Suzanne Collins (1962), James Remar (1953), Heather Locklear (1961), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Susan Wojcicki (1968), and Clair Cameron Patterson (1922).

Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Daniel Boone ranks 13Before him are Sacagawea (1780), Jim Bridger (1804), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Don Walsh (1931), Jimmie Angel (1899), and George W. De Long (1844). After him are Jedediah Smith (1799), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), William Clark (1770), Edward S. Curtis (1868), and Meriwether Lewis (1774).