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Davy Crockett

1786 - 1836

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Colonel David Crockett (August 17, 1786 – March 6, 1836) was an American politician, militia officer and frontiersman. Often referred to in popular culture as the "King of the Wild Frontier", he represented Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives and fought in the Texas Revolution. Crockett grew up in East Tennessee, where he gained a reputation for hunting and storytelling. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Davy Crockett has received more than 8,532,410 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Davy Crockett is the 65th most popular explorer (up from 71st in 2019), the 807th most popular biography from United States (up from 918th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Explorer.

Davy Crockett is most famous for his role in the Battle of the Alamo.

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  • 8.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 45

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.61

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Davy Crockett ranks 65 out of 498. Before him are Henry Hudson, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Diogo Dias, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, and Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar. After him are Nikolay Przhevalsky, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, John Davis, Xu Fu, Alonso de Ojeda, and Willem Schouten.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1786, Davy Crockett ranks 10. Before him are Wilhelm Grimm, Marie Walewska, Ludwig I of Bavaria, François Arago, Michel Eugène Chevreul, and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, John Franklin, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Friedrich Kuhlau, Guadalupe Victoria, and Chief Seattle. Among people deceased in 1836, Davy Crockett ranks 9. Before him are Letizia Ramolino, James Madison, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, William Godwin, and Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. After him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, Maria Malibran, Claude-Louis Navier, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, James Mill, and Princess Wilhelmine of Baden.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Davy Crockett ranks 807 out of 20,380. Before him are Raymond Davis Jr. (1914), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Ted Kennedy (1932), Wendell Meredith Stanley (1904), Pat Morita (1932), and Renée Zellweger (1969). After him are Robert Wagner (1930), Halle Berry (1966), Robert E. Howard (1906), George F. Kennan (1904), Gloria Swanson (1899), and William Hurt (1950).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Davy Crockett ranks 2. Before him are Richard E. Byrd (1888). After him are Hugh Glass (1783), Calamity Jane (1852), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Sacagawea (1780), Frederick Cook (1865), Don Walsh (1931), Simon Fraser (1776), Jimmie Angel (1899), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), and George W. De Long (1844).

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