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Hiram Bingham III

1875 - 1956

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Hiram Bingham III (November 19, 1875 – June 6, 1956) was an American academic, explorer and politician. In 1911, he publicized the existence of the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu and rediscovered with the guidance of local indigenous farmers. Later, Bingham served as the 69th Governor of Connecticut for a single day in 1925—the shortest term in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiram Bingham III has received more than 925,716 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Hiram Bingham III is the 5,399th most popular politician (down from 4,784th in 2019), the 1,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,622nd in 2019) and the 120th most popular American Politician.

Hiram Bingham III is most famous for discovering the Inca city of Machu Picchu in 1911.

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  • 930k

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  • 58.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.81

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.13

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Hiram Bingham III has had the most page views in the with 119,073 views, followed by Spanish (23,094), and French (9,730). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Mingrelian (228.42%), French (78.70%), and Belarusian (78.41%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hiram Bingham III ranks 5,399 out of 19,576. Before him are Publius Valerius Publicola, Sekhemre Khutawy Sobekhotep, Sisowath of Cambodia, Aistulf, Tigranes I, and Emperor Nijō. After him are Gyanendra of Nepal, Halide Edib Adıvar, Magnus Barefoot, Sin-shumu-lishir, Thorvald Stoltenberg, and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Hiram Bingham III ranks 48. Before him are Birsa Munda, Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, Nobuyuki Abe, Ludwig Prandtl, Abd al-Hafid of Morocco, and Qiu Jin. After him are Fatali Khan Khoyski, Franz Xaver Schwarz, Rafael Sabatini, Walter Chrysler, Pedro de Alcântara, Prince of Grão-Pará, and Maurice de Broglie. Among people deceased in 1956, Hiram Bingham III ranks 51. Before him are Gianpiero Combi, Walter Sydney Adams, Art Tatum, Lyonel Feininger, Savielly Tartakower, and Erich Kleiber. After him are Infante Alfonso of Spain, Otto Schmidt, Max Emmerich, Drastamat Kanayan, Thomas J. Watson, and Pío Baroja.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hiram Bingham III ranks 1,737 out of 20,380. Before him are John Densmore (1944), Roger Ebert (1942), Jeffrey C. Hall (1945), Saul Kripke (1940), Alan Greenspan (1926), and Mitch McConnell (1942). After him are Joe Satriani (1956), Sammy Davis Jr. (1925), Ving Rhames (1959), Sol LeWitt (1928), Henry Ford II (1917), and John Fogerty (1945).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Hiram Bingham III ranks 120. Before him are Harvey Milk (1930), Caroline Kennedy (1957), Mitt Romney (1947), Chief Seattle (1786), Mark Felt (1913), and Mitch McConnell (1942). After him are Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Clement Greenberg (1909), Spiro Agnew (1918), William Walker (1824), Paul Wolfowitz (1943), and Sam Houston (1793).

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