MILITARY PERSONNEL

Francis Pegahmagabow

1891 - 1952

Photo of Francis Pegahmagabow

Icon of person Francis Pegahmagabow

Francis Pegahmagabow MM & two bars ( peg-ə-MAG-ə-boh; March 9, 1891 – August 5, 1952) was an Ojibwe soldier, politician and activist in Canada. He was the most highly decorated Indigenous soldier in Canadian military history and the most effective sniper of the First World War. Three times awarded the Military Medal and seriously wounded, he was an expert marksman and scout, credited with killing 378 Germans and capturing 300 more. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Francis Pegahmagabow has received more than 890,250 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Francis Pegahmagabow is the 1,870th most popular military personnel, the 448th most popular biography from Canada and the 5th most popular Canadian Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 890k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.55

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Francis Pegahmagabow ranks 1,870 out of 2,058. Before him are Afanasy Beloborodov, A. P. Hill, Harry Crerar, Michael Mullen, Oskar Gripenberg, and Theodore Van Kirk. After him are John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, Lyman Lemnitzer, Don Carlos Buell, Andrew Scott Waugh, Stanley A. McChrystal, and Mariya Smirnova.

Most Popular Military Personnels in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Francis Pegahmagabow ranks 241. Before him are Earl Browder, Miriam Cooper, Erik Almlöf, V. Volodarsky, René Barbier, and Eva Kotchever. After him are Ernest Leonard Johnson, Boris Lavrenyov, Hendrik Adamson, Birbal Sahni, Oliverio Girondo, and Mamie Smith. Among people deceased in 1952, Francis Pegahmagabow ranks 154. Before him are Maryse Bastié, Forest Ray Moulton, Miina Sillanpää, Aleksandr Andronov, Jack Conway, and Concepción Aleixandre. After him are Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Susan Peters, Fartein Valen, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, and Jack Parsons.

Others Born in 1891

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1952

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Francis Pegahmagabow ranks 448 out of 1,622. Before him are George Campbell (1878), Hank Snow (1914), Harry Crerar (1888), Peaches (1966), Dean Butler (1956), and Guy Gavriel Kay (1954). After him are Jack Carson (1910), Cory Monteith (1982), Antonine Maillet (1929), Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (1879), Nia Vardalos (1962), and Alexis Smith (1921).

Others born in Canada

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Canada

Among military personnels born in Canada, Francis Pegahmagabow ranks 5. Before him are Henry Clinton (1730), George Lawrence Price (1892), Billy Bishop (1894), and Harry Crerar (1888).

Canadian born Military Personnels

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous