1570 - 1611
Henry Hudson (c. 1565 – disappeared 23 June 1611) was an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Circle. In 1609, he landed in North America on behalf of the Dutch East India Company and explored the region around the modern New York metropolitan area. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Hudson has received more than 2,219,046 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Henry Hudson is the 47th most popular explorer (up from 48th in 2019), the 395th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 390th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Explorer.
Henry Hudson is most famous for his exploration of the Hudson River.
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Among explorers, Henry Hudson ranks 47 out of 405. Before him are Antonio Pigafetta, Giovanni da Verrazzano, Jacob Roggeveen, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Zhang Qian, and Robert Falcon Scott. After him are Sven Hedin, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Diego de Almagro, William Adams, and Ernest Shackleton.
1492 - 1531
HPI: 75.06
Rank: 41
1485 - 1528
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 42
1659 - 1729
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 43
1778 - 1852
HPI: 74.65
Rank: 44
200 BC - 114 BC
HPI: 74.38
Rank: 45
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 46
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 47
1865 - 1952
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 48
1741 - 1788
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 49
1832 - 1901
HPI: 73.90
Rank: 50
1475 - 1538
HPI: 73.63
Rank: 51
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 52
1874 - 1922
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 53
Among people born in 1570, Henry Hudson ranks 2. Before him is Guy Fawkes. After him are Hans Lippershey, Willem Janszoon, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Giorgi Saakadze, John Smyth, Péter Pázmány, Alessandro Salvio, Abraham Janssens, Salamone Rossi, and Melchior Vulpius. Among people deceased in 1611, Henry Hudson ranks 3. Before him are Charles IX of Sweden and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain. After him are Tomás Luis de Victoria, Bartholomeus Spranger, Eleanor de' Medici, Charles, Duke of Mayenne, Katō Kiyomasa, Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans, Sanada Masayuki, Antonio Possevino, and Jan Huyghen van Linschoten.
1570 - 1606
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 1
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 2
1570 - 1619
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 3
1570 - 1631
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 4
1570 - 1605
HPI: 67.44
Rank: 5
1570 - 1629
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1570 - 1612
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 7
1570 - 1637
HPI: 64.47
Rank: 8
1570 - 1640
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 9
1570 - 1632
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 10
1570 - 1630
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 11
1570 - 1615
HPI: 59.88
Rank: 12
1550 - 1611
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 1
1584 - 1611
HPI: 75.45
Rank: 2
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 3
1548 - 1611
HPI: 72.41
Rank: 4
1546 - 1611
HPI: 70.19
Rank: 5
1567 - 1611
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 6
1554 - 1611
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 7
1561 - 1611
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 8
1607 - 1611
HPI: 66.92
Rank: 9
1547 - 1611
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 10
1533 - 1611
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 11
1563 - 1611
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Hudson ranks 395 out of 6,924. Before him are Robert Falcon Scott (1868), Æthelred the Unready (968), Bobby Charlton (1937), Richard Wright (1943), William Laud (1573), and Philip Larkin (1922). After him are Francis William Aston (1877), Rudolf Abel (1903), Bonnie Tyler (1951), Angus Young (1955), Joshua Reynolds (1723), and Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837).
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 389
968 - 1016
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 390
1937 - Present
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 391
1943 - 2008
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 392
1573 - 1645
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 393
1922 - 1985
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 394
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 395
1877 - 1945
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 396
1903 - 1971
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 397
1951 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 398
1955 - Present
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 399
1723 - 1792
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 400
837 - 871
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 401
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Henry Hudson ranks 6. Before him are James Cook (1728), Francis Drake (1540), David Livingstone (1813), Henry Morton Stanley (1841), and Robert Falcon Scott (1868). After him are William Adams (1564), John Smith (1580), William Baffin (1584), Richard Francis Burton (1821), James Clark Ross (1800), and William Dampier (1651).
1728 - 1779
HPI: 86.48
Rank: 1
1540 - 1596
HPI: 84.23
Rank: 2
1813 - 1873
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 3
1841 - 1904
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 4
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 5
1570 - 1611
HPI: 74.16
Rank: 6
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 7
1580 - 1631
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 8
1584 - 1622
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 9
1821 - 1890
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 10
1800 - 1862
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 11
1651 - 1715
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 12