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Jesse James

1847 - 1882

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Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847 – April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the "Little Dixie" area of Missouri, James and his family maintained strong Southern sympathies. He and his brother Frank James joined pro-Confederate guerrillas known as "bushwhackers" operating in Missouri and Kansas during the American Civil War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jesse James has received more than 11,601,744 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Jesse James is the 8th most popular mafioso (down from 6th in 2019), the 418th most popular biography from United States (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular American Mafioso.

Jesse James was a notorious outlaw in the American west. He was born in Missouri in 1847 and died in 1882. He was most famous for robbing trains, banks, and stagecoaches.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.79

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 53

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.63

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Jesse James ranks 8 out of 70. Before him are Al Capone, Griselda Blanco, Salvatore Riina, Lucky Luciano, Billy the Kid, and Jack Ruby. After him are Bernardo Provenzano, Meyer Lansky, Frank Abagnale, Karl Gebhardt, John Dillinger, and Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Jesse James ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul von Hindenburg, Bram Stoker, Otto Wallach, and Maria Feodorovna. After him are Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, and Max Liebermann. Among people deceased in 1882, Jesse James ranks 7. Before him are Charles Darwin, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Friedrich Wöhler, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Arthur de Gobineau, and Theodor Schwann. After him are Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Bruno Bauer, William Stanley Jevons, Francesco Hayez, Léon Gambetta, and Louis Blanc.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jesse James ranks 418 out of 20,380. Before him are Willis Carrier (1876), Kurt Vonnegut (1922), Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), Charles Francis Richter (1900), Herman Hollerith (1860), and Melvin Calvin (1911). After him are William McKinley (1843), Kim Basinger (1953), Natalie Wood (1938), Ed Gein (1906), Jessica Lange (1949), and Peter Fonda (1940).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Jesse James ranks 4. Before him are Al Capone (1899), Billy the Kid (1859), and Jack Ruby (1911). After him are Frank Abagnale (1948), John Dillinger (1903), Mark David Chapman (1955), Wyatt Earp (1848), John Gotti (1940), Richard Kuklinski (1935), Frank Lucas (1930), and Sundance Kid (1867).

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