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Ethan Allen

1738 - 1789

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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, writer, military officer and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutionary War, and was also the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Fanny Allen. Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ethan Allen has received more than 1,760,501 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Ethan Allen is the 106th most popular businessperson (up from 130th in 2019), the 1,201st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,447th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Businessperson.

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  • 61.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 11.29

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ethan Allen ranks 106 out of 847. Before him are Charlie Munger, Louis Chevrolet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, Christophe Plantin, Roy O. Disney, and Solomon R. Guggenheim. After him are Fred Trump, Joan Laporta, Carlos Ghosn, Christina Onassis, Lakshmi Mittal, and Ole Kirk Christiansen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1738, Ethan Allen ranks 9. Before him are Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Cesare Beccaria, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Túpac Amaru II, Albert Casimir, Duke of Teschen, and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis. After him are Thomas Abbt, Arthur Phillip, Jacques François Dugommier, Aleijadinho, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Johann Hermann. Among people deceased in 1789, Ethan Allen ranks 6. Before him are Abdul Hamid I, Baron d'Holbach, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, and Claude Joseph Vernet. After him are Jean-Étienne Liotard, Charles-Michel de l'Épée, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Franz Xaver Richter, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, and Paolo Renier.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ethan Allen ranks 1,201 out of 20,380. Before him are Little Richard (1932), Butch Cassidy (1866), Marshall Rosenberg (1934), Sam Shepard (1943), John Denver (1943), and Norman Rockwell (1894). After him are Robert Englund (1947), Fred Trump (1905), Aileen Wuornos (1956), Ben Stiller (1965), Lenny Kravitz (1964), and Loie Fuller (1862).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Ethan Allen ranks 36. Before him are Paul Allen (1953), Gordon Moore (1929), Charlie Munger (1924), Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794), Roy O. Disney (1893), and Solomon R. Guggenheim (1861). After him are Fred Trump (1905), Christina Onassis (1950), William Randolph Hearst (1863), William Boeing (1881), Madam C. J. Walker (1867), and Sam Walton (1918).

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