1774 - 1812
John Colter (c.1770–1775 – May 7, 1812 or November 22, 1813) was a member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806). Though party to one of the more famous expeditions in history, Colter is best remembered for explorations he made during the winter of 1807–1808, when he became the first known person of European descent to enter the region which later became Yellowstone National Park and to see the Teton Mountain Range. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Colter has received more than 713,246 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Colter is the 381st most popular explorer, the 6,833rd most popular biography from United States and the 29th most popular American Explorer.
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Among explorers, John Colter ranks 381 out of 405. Before him are Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, John Marshall, Jørgen Jørgensen, Pyotr Anjou, George Nares, and Jacques Labillardière. After him are Jean Louis Marie Poiret, Gennady Nevelskoy, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, Anthony de la Roché, Tobias Furneaux, and Boris Vilkitsky.
1936 - 2021
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 375
1748 - 1819
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 376
1780 - 1841
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 377
1796 - 1869
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 378
1831 - 1915
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 379
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 380
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 381
1755 - 1834
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 382
1813 - 1876
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 383
1680 - 1767
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 384
1700 - Present
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 385
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 386
1885 - 1961
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 387
Among people born in 1774, John Colter ranks 36. Before him are Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Juan Aldama, Johann Jakob Bernhardi, W. J. Coffee, and Luis Eduardo Pérez. After him are André Marie Constant Duméril and Robert Jameson. Among people deceased in 1812, John Colter ranks 25. Before him are Hugo Kołłątaj, Victor II, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym, Charles Cameron, Augustus Christian Frederick, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen, Joseph Woelfl, and Matvey Kazakov. After him are Isaac Brock, Joel Barlow, and Gunning Bedford Jr..
1774 - 1825
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 30
1774 - 1821
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 31
1774 - 1811
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 32
1774 - 1850
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 33
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 34
1774 - 1841
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 35
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 36
1774 - 1860
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 37
1774 - 1854
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 38
1750 - 1812
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 19
1767 - 1812
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 20
1746 - 1812
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 21
1769 - 1812
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 22
1773 - 1812
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 23
1738 - 1812
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 24
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 25
1769 - 1812
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 26
1754 - 1812
HPI: 40.17
Rank: 27
1747 - 1812
HPI: 34.96
Rank: 28
Among people born in United States, John Colter ranks 6,833 out of 18,182. Before him are January Jones (1978), Timothy B. Schmit (1947), Raymond T. Odierno (1954), John Norton (1893), Darryl Jones (1961), and Richard Dysart (1929). After him are Enoch L. Johnson (1883), Richard Scarry (1919), Reginald Rose (1920), Gavin MacLeod (1931), Karl Patterson Schmidt (1890), and Vondie Curtis-Hall (1950).
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 6,827
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 6,828
1954 - 2021
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,829
1893 - 1979
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,830
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,831
1929 - 2015
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,832
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,833
1883 - 1968
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,834
1919 - 1994
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,835
1920 - 2002
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,836
1931 - 2021
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 6,837
1890 - 1957
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 6,838
1950 - Present
HPI: 46.18
Rank: 6,839
Among explorers born in United States, John Colter ranks 29. Before him are Nathaniel Palmer (1799), Benjamin Morrell (1795), John Wesley Powell (1834), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), George Kennan (1845), and Frederick Russell Burnham (1861). After him are Isaac Israel Hayes (1832), Elisha Kent Kane (1820), Wiley Post (1898), Matthew Henson (1866), Adolphus Greely (1844), and Ann Bancroft (1955).
1799 - 1877
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 23
1795 - 1839
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 24
1834 - 1902
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 25
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 26
1845 - 1924
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 27
1861 - 1947
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 28
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 29
1832 - 1881
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 30
1820 - 1857
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 31
1898 - 1935
HPI: 42.28
Rank: 32
1866 - 1955
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 33
1844 - 1935
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 34
1955 - Present
HPI: 34.47
Rank: 35