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John Colter

1774 - 1812

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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

Among explorers, John Colter ranks 381 out of 405Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1774, John Colter ranks 36Before 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 25Before 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..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Colter ranks 6,833 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, John Colter ranks 29Before 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).