1820 - 1891
George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, miner, and politician. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Hearst has received more than 2,004,740 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Hearst is the 15,556th most popular politician (down from 13,319th in 2019), the 9,128th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,842nd in 2019) and the 587th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, George Hearst ranks 15,556 out of 15,577. Before him are Georges Trombert, Ruth First, Alois Schnabel, Guram Kostava, Emil Jónsson, and Eric Williams. After him are Michael Manley, John J. Sullivan, Rand Paul, Pia Cramling, Ann Richards, and Werner Kogler.
1874 - 1949
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 15,550
1925 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 15,551
1910 - 1982
HPI: 42.69
Rank: 15,552
1937 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 15,553
1902 - 1986
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 15,554
1911 - 1981
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 15,555
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 15,556
1924 - 1997
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 15,557
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 15,558
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 15,559
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 15,560
1933 - 2006
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 15,561
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 15,562
Among people born in 1820, George Hearst ranks 72. Before him are Johannes Rebmann, Anton Josef Gruscha, John F. Reynolds, Henry Jarvis Raymond, Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, and Elisha Kent Kane. After him are Thomas Baines, Earl Van Dorn, George Grove, and Anthony W. Gardiner. Among people deceased in 1891, George Hearst ranks 97. Before him are Pierre de Decker, George Bancroft, Emma Abbott, Charles Bradlaugh, Barbara Bodichon, and Joseph Bazalgette. After him are Ludvig Lorenz, Sarah Winnemucca, and William Windom.
1820 - 1876
HPI: 45.72
Rank: 66
1820 - 1911
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 67
1820 - 1863
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 68
1820 - 1869
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 69
1820 - 1882
HPI: 43.40
Rank: 70
1820 - 1857
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 71
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 72
1820 - 1875
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 73
1820 - 1863
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 74
1820 - 1900
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 75
1820 - 1885
HPI: 40.26
Rank: 76
1812 - 1891
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 91
1800 - 1891
HPI: 43.80
Rank: 92
1850 - 1891
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 93
1833 - 1891
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 94
1827 - 1891
HPI: 43.61
Rank: 95
1819 - 1891
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 96
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 97
1829 - 1891
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 98
1844 - 1891
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 99
1827 - 1891
HPI: 37.09
Rank: 100
Among people born in United States, George Hearst ranks 9,128 out of 18,182. Before him are Aurora Snow (1981), Jack Sholder (1945), Michael Ritchie (1938), Ryan Hurst (1976), Sean Murray (1977), and Walter Winchell (1897). After him are David Costabile (1967), John J. Sullivan (1959), Rand Paul (1963), Marisol Nichols (1973), David Brown (1916), and Ann Richards (1933).
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.68
Rank: 9,122
1945 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,123
1938 - 2001
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,124
1976 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,125
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,126
1897 - 1972
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,127
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,128
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 9,129
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,130
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,131
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,132
1916 - 2010
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,133
1933 - 2006
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 9,134
Among politicians born in United States, George Hearst ranks 587. Before him are Eric Adams (1960), Gordon B. Hinckley (1910), Michael D. Griffin (1949), Robert Elswit (1950), Gouverneur Morris (1752), and William R. Day (1849). After him are John J. Sullivan (1959), Rand Paul (1963), Ann Richards (1933), Gary Johnson (1953), Gaylord Nelson (1916), and Mark Esper (1964).
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 581
1910 - 2008
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 582
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.74
Rank: 583
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 584
1752 - 1816
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 585
1849 - 1923
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 586
1820 - 1891
HPI: 42.67
Rank: 587
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 588
1963 - Present
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 589
1933 - 2006
HPI: 42.66
Rank: 590
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.65
Rank: 591
1916 - 2005
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 592
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 593