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George Kennan

1845 - 1924

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George Kennan (February 16, 1845 – May 10, 1924) was an American explorer noted for his travels in the Kamchatka and Caucasus regions of the Russian Empire. He was a cousin twice removed of the American diplomat and historian George F. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Kennan has received more than 53,815 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. George Kennan is the 356th most popular explorer, the 5,977th most popular biography from United States and the 27th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, George Kennan ranks 356 out of 405Before him are Edward Belcher, Álvaro de Saavedra Cerón, Dirk Hartog, Louise Arner Boyd, Alexander Fersman, and Gaspar de Portolá. After him are Vasily Chichagov, Sámuel Teleki, Étienne Brûlé, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Teoberto Maler, and Edgar Evans.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1845, George Kennan ranks 75Before him are Quanah Parker, Jorge Montt, Arthur MacArthur Jr., André Bessette, Paul Deussen, and Pier Andrea Saccardo. After him are Sámuel Teleki, Antonin Mercié, William Christie, Franz Ehrle, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and Edward Douglass White. Among people deceased in 1924, George Kennan ranks 93Before him are Masujiro Nishida, Alois Riehl, Luigi Pelloux, William Pirrie, 1st Viscount Pirrie, Herman Georges Berger, and Viktor Nogin. After him are Herman Heijermans, Ivan Evstratiev Geshov, Hugo von Seeliger, Stefan Toshev, Teodor Teodorov, and William Hemsley.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Kennan ranks 5,977 out of 18,182Before him are Barry Newman (1938), Vince Carter (1977), Jonathan Davis (1971), Robert Pine (1941), Dylan O'Brien (1991), and Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820). After him are Jim Keltner (1942), Mark Milley (1958), Rick Aviles (1952), Norman Vincent Peale (1898), Michael R. Clifford (1952), and Alice Drummond (1928).

Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, George Kennan ranks 27Before him are Charles Wilkes (1798), Charles Francis Hall (1821), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Benjamin Morrell (1795), John Wesley Powell (1834), and Louise Arner Boyd (1887). After him are Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Wiley Post (1898), and Matthew Henson (1866).