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John C. Frémont

1813 - 1890

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John Charles Frémont or Fremont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was an American explorer, military officer, and politician. He was a United States senator from California and was the first Republican nominee for president of the U.S. in 1856 and founder of the California Republican Party when he was nominated. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John C. Frémont has received more than 2,178,757 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). John C. Frémont is the 314th most popular explorer (up from 316th in 2019), the 4,969th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,053rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John C. Frémont ranks 314 out of 405Before him are Kristian Prestrud, Louis Jolliet, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Piet Retief, Isidore of Charax, and Edward John Eyre. After him are Charles Wilkes, Alexander Burnes, Pyotr Kozlov, Grímur Kamban, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, and Félix de Azara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, John C. Frémont ranks 51Before him are Prince August of Württemberg, József Eötvös, Jacob Georg Agardh, Theodor Kotschy, Nikolay Ogarev, and Otto Ludwig. After him are Jean Stas, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Otto Jahn, Stephen A. Douglas, Edmond de Sélys Longchamps, and Errico Petrella. Among people deceased in 1890, John C. Frémont ranks 44Before him are Ignaz von Döllinger, James Nasmyth, Prince Karl of Auersperg, William Gull, Marianne North, and Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury. After him are Lydia Becker, Louise-Victorine Ackermann, Jacques-Louis Soret, Johann Georg Halske, Johanne Luise Heiberg, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Frémont ranks 4,969 out of 18,182Before him are Jimmy Fallon (1974), Kathryn Morris (1969), Dr. John (1941), Richard C. Sarafian (1930), Sue Grafton (1940), and Harry Frankfurt (1929). After him are Hedda Hopper (1885), Alice Pike Barney (1857), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Sam Jaffe (1891), Richard Carpenter (1946), and Maxie Long (1878).

Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, John C. Frémont ranks 20Before him are Jedediah Smith (1799), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), William Clark (1770), Edward S. Curtis (1868), and Meriwether Lewis (1774). After him are Charles Wilkes (1798), Charles Francis Hall (1821), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Benjamin Morrell (1795), John Wesley Powell (1834), and Louise Arner Boyd (1887).