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Geronimo

1829 - 1909

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Gerónimo (Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, lit. 'the one who yawns', Athapascan pronunciation: [kòjàːɬɛ́]; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the Tchihende, the Tsokanende (called Chiricahua by Americans) and the Nednhi – to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. Geronimo's raids and related combat actions were a part of the prolonged period of the Apache–United States conflict, which started with the Americans continuing to take land, including Apache lands, following the end of the war with Mexico in 1848. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geronimo has received more than 6,841,231 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 64 in 2019). Geronimo is the 608th most popular politician (up from 745th in 2019), the 180th most popular biography from United States (down from 5th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Politician.

Geronimo is most famous for being a Native American warrior who fought against the United States in the Apache Wars.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geronimo ranks 608 out of 19,576. Before him are Jeroboam, Oleg of Novgorod, Constantius Chlorus, Alija Izetbegović, Tolui, and Epaminondas. After him are Hong Taiji, Sweyn Forkbeard, Shinzō Abe, Abu Sufyan ibn Harb, Manuel I of Portugal, and Władysław IV Vasa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Geronimo ranks 3. Before him are Levi Strauss, and Oscar II of Sweden. After him are August Kekulé, Chester A. Arthur, Anton Rubinstein, John Everett Millais, Auguste Beernaert, Philip Sclater, Asaph Hall, Theodor Billroth, and Alfred Brehm. Among people deceased in 1909, Geronimo ranks 3. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium, and Cesare Lombroso. After him are Itō Hirobumi, Isaac Albéniz, Hermann Minkowski, Hermann Ebbinghaus, Francisco Tárrega, Peder Severin Krøyer, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Grand Duke Vladimir Alexandrovich of Russia, and Grand Duke Michael Nikolaevich of Russia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Geronimo ranks 180 out of 20,380. Before him are John Travolta (1954), Linus Pauling (1901), James Watson (1928), Ray Bradbury (1920), Clark Gable (1901), and Robert K. Merton (1910). After him are Gene Cernan (1934), Tim Cook (1960), Edwin McMillan (1907), Jane Fonda (1937), Sigourney Weaver (1949), and Robert Redford (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Geronimo ranks 37. Before him are Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927), Barack Obama (1961), John Adams (1735), James Monroe (1758), Herbert Hoover (1874), and Sitting Bull (1831). After him are James Madison (1751), Benjamin Harrison (1833), John Quincy Adams (1767), James A. Garfield (1831), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and George Marshall (1880).

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