EXPLORER

John C. Frémont

1813 - 1890

Photo of John C. Frémont

Icon of person John C. Frémont

Major-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813 – July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, 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 2,361,677 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). John C. Frémont is the 333rd most popular explorer (down from 313th in 2019), the 5,004th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,957th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.61

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John C. Frémont ranks 333 out of 498. Before him are Grímur Kamban, Louise Arner Boyd, Friedrich Welwitsch, Louis de Freycinet, Pyotr Beketov, and Vilhjalmur Stefansson. After him are Félix de Azara, Philip Carteret, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, and Álvaro Fernandes.

Most Popular Explorers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1813, John C. Frémont ranks 51. Before him are József Eötvös, Ludwig Leichhardt, Moritz Wagner, Nikolay Ogarev, Frederick Scott Archer, and Errico Petrella. After him are Prince August of Württemberg, Stephen A. Douglas, Otto Ludwig, Aloys Sprenger, Giovanni Luppis, and Edmond de Sélys Longchamps. Among people deceased in 1890, John C. Frémont ranks 47. Before him are Otto August Rosenberger, Marianne North, Apollonie Sabatier, Prince Karl of Auersperg, Johann Georg Halske, and Ferdinando Petruccelli della Gattina. After him are Jacques-Louis Soret, Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Karl Friedrich Otto Westphal, Johanne Luise Heiberg, Spotted Elk, and Louise-Victorine Ackermann.

Others Born in 1813

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1890

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, John C. Frémont ranks 5,004 out of 20,380. Before him are Ronee Blakley (1945), Henry Gibson (1935), Leon Russell (1942), Richard Hatch (1945), Zakk Wylde (1967), and Joan Van Ark (1943). After him are Margaret Weis (1948), James Russo (1953), Michael C. Hall (1971), Stephen A. Schwarzman (1947), Martin Brest (1951), and Len Bias (1963).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, John C. Frémont ranks 26. Before him are Edward S. Curtis (1868), Chris McCandless (1968), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), Nathaniel Palmer (1799), William Clark (1770), and Louise Arner Boyd (1887). After him are John Wesley Powell (1834), George Kennan (1845), Benjamin Morrell (1795), Frederick Russell Burnham (1861), John Colter (1774), and Matthew Henson (1866).

American born Explorers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous