1795 - 1858
Dred Scott (c. 1799 – September 17, 1858) was an enslaved African American man who, along with his wife, Harriet, unsuccessfully sued for the freedom of themselves and their two daughters, Eliza and Lizzie, in the Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857, popularly known as the "Dred Scott decision". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dred Scott has received more than 3,242,360 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dred Scott is the 3,468th most popular politician (down from 2,993rd in 2019), the 1,134th most popular biography from United States (down from 986th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Politician.
Dred Scott was a slave who sued for his freedom and that of his wife and children. The Supreme Court ruled that slaves were not citizens and therefore could not sue in federal court. This decision was overturned by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution, which abolished slavery.
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Among politicians, Dred Scott ranks 3,468 out of 15,577. Before him are Mihály Károlyi, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Theudebert II, Princess Louise of Prussia, Ambrosius Aurelianus, and Yolande of Aragon. After him are Sumu-abum, Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha, Prince Henry of Prussia, Kurt Zeitzler, Aelia Eudoxia, and Victor, Prince Napoléon.
1875 - 1955
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,462
1548 - 1626
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 3,463
585 - 612
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,464
1808 - 1870
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,465
500 - Present
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,466
1384 - 1442
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,467
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,468
2000 BC - 1960 BC
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 3,469
1601 - 1675
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 3,470
1862 - 1929
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 3,471
1895 - 1963
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 3,472
301 - 404
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 3,473
1862 - 1926
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 3,474
Among people born in 1795, Dred Scott ranks 11. Before him are Anna Pavlovna of Russia, Thomas Carlyle, Alexander Griboyedov, Pavel Jozef Šafárik, Antonio José de Sucre, and Ernst Heinrich Weber. After him are John William Polidori, Gabriel Lamé, Saverio Mercadante, Ary Scheffer, Johns Hopkins, and Vincent Pallotti. Among people deceased in 1858, Dred Scott ranks 11. Before him are Hiroshige, Karl Thomas Mozart, Matthew C. Perry, John Snow, Anton Diabelli, and Johannes Peter Müller. After him are Hermann Heinrich Gossen, Coenraad Jacob Temminck, Aimé Bonpland, Ary Scheffer, Princess Margaretha of Saxony, and Duchess Helene of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
1795 - 1865
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 5
1795 - 1881
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 6
1795 - 1829
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 7
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 8
1795 - 1830
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 9
1795 - 1878
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 10
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1795 - 1821
HPI: 61.13
Rank: 12
1795 - 1870
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 13
1795 - 1870
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 14
1795 - 1858
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 15
1795 - 1873
HPI: 59.49
Rank: 16
1795 - 1850
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 17
1797 - 1858
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 5
1784 - 1858
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 6
1794 - 1858
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 7
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 8
1781 - 1858
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 9
1801 - 1858
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 10
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 11
1810 - 1858
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 12
1778 - 1858
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 13
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 14
1795 - 1858
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 15
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 16
1814 - 1858
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 17
Among people born in United States, Dred Scott ranks 1,134 out of 18,182. Before him are Lance Henriksen (1940), Richard Matheson (1926), Ron Jeremy (1953), Louis Ignarro (1941), Stephen Crane (1871), and James Brendan Connolly (1868). After him are Marcheline Bertrand (1950), Robert Bruce Merrifield (1921), Donna Leon (1942), Sam Walton (1918), Martha Washington (1731), and Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1925).
1940 - Present
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 1,128
1926 - 2013
HPI: 61.30
Rank: 1,129
1953 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 1,130
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 1,131
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,132
1868 - 1957
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,133
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,134
1950 - 2007
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,135
1921 - 2006
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 1,136
1942 - Present
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,137
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 1,138
1731 - 1802
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 1,139
1925 - 2011
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 1,140
Among politicians born in United States, Dred Scott ranks 89. Before him are Michelle Obama (1964), Harvey Milk (1930), Cordell Hull (1871), Mark Felt (1913), Éamon de Valera (1882), and Jill Biden (1951). After him are Avery Brundage (1887), Condoleezza Rice (1954), Andrew Dickson White (1832), Aaron Burr (1756), John Foster Dulles (1888), and Mike Pence (1959).
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 83
1930 - 1978
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 84
1871 - 1955
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 85
1913 - 2008
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 86
1882 - 1975
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 87
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 88
1795 - 1858
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 89
1887 - 1975
HPI: 60.89
Rank: 90
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 91
1832 - 1918
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 92
1756 - 1836
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 93
1888 - 1959
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 94
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 95