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Hugh Glass

1783 - 1833

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Hugh Glass (c. 1783 – 1833) was an American frontiersman, fur trapper, trader, hunter and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Glass has received more than 12,358,868 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Hugh Glass is the 84th most popular explorer (down from 53rd in 2019), the 1,019th most popular biography from United States (down from 660th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Explorer.

Hugh Glass is most famous for being a frontiersman who was mauled by a grizzly bear in 1823.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Hugh Glass ranks 84 out of 498. Before him are Diego Columbus, Lope de Aguirre, Willem Janszoon, Stepan Makarov, Juan Díaz de Solís, and James Clark Ross. After him are Sebastian Cabot, Jean de Béthencourt, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Tristão da Cunha, Álvaro de Mendaña de Neira, and Benjamin of Tudela.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1783, Hugh Glass ranks 8. Before him are Simón Bolívar, Hortense de Beauharnais, Agustín de Iturbide, Washington Irving, Johann Heinrich von Thünen, and N. F. S. Grundtvig. After him are Vasily Zhukovsky, Friedrich Sertürner, Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia, Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Catharina of Württemberg, and Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg. Among people deceased in 1833, Hugh Glass ranks 10. Before him are Richard Trevithick, Marie-Antoine Carême, Adrien-Marie Legendre, Seraphim of Sarov, William Wilberforce, and Ram Mohan Roy. After him are Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach, Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, Pierre André Latreille, Abbas Mirza, and Michał Kleofas Ogiński.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Hugh Glass ranks 1,019 out of 20,380. Before him are Ed Wood (1924), Woody Harrelson (1961), Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), Walter Lippmann (1889), and Jerome Karle (1918). After him are Duff McKagan (1964), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909), John Searle (1932), W. Edwards Deming (1900), Paul Allen (1953), and Cass Elliot (1941).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Hugh Glass ranks 3. Before him are Richard E. Byrd (1888), and Davy Crockett (1786). After him are Calamity Jane (1852), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Sacagawea (1780), Frederick Cook (1865), Don Walsh (1931), Simon Fraser (1776), Jimmie Angel (1899), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), and George W. De Long (1844).

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