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John Rolfe

1585 - 1622

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John Rolfe (c. 1585 – March 1622) was an English explorer, farmer and merchant. He is best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export. He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy by introducing a sweeter strain of tobacco from Trinidad, which became a profitable cash crop. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Rolfe has received more than 3,029,494 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. John Rolfe is the 178th most popular explorer (up from 197th in 2019), the 1,483rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,674th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Explorer.

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  • 62.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Rolfe ranks 178 out of 498. Before him are Gaspar Corte-Real, António de Abreu, Simon Fraser, John Sutter, Anthony van Diemen, and Jacob van Heemskerck. After him are Hendrik Brouwer, Gerónimo de Aguilar, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, William Parry, and Fernão do Pó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, John Rolfe ranks 11. Before him are John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, and Zacharias Janssen. After him are Jacques Lemercier, Mary Ward, Massimo Stanzione, Hamnet Shakespeare, Johann Baptist Cysat, and Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1622, John Rolfe ranks 12. Before him are Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Cesare Ripa, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Bartolomeo Manfredi. After him are Frans Pourbus the Younger, Leandro Bassano, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, Sophie of Brandenburg, Alof de Wignacourt, and Michael Maier.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 1,483 out of 8,785. Before him are Billy Connolly (1942), John Eliot Gardiner (1943), Bertram Ramsay (1883), Olivia Colman (1974), John Lindley (1799), and Iain Glen (1961). After him are Vince Clarke (1960), Sam Mendes (1965), Arthur Rackham (1867), Arthur Phillip (1738), Jeff Lynne (1947), and Vera Lynn (1917).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 22. Before him are Thomas Cavendish (1560), George Vancouver (1757), Isabella Bird (1831), Mark Sykes (1879), Martin Frobisher (1535), and James Bruce (1730). After him are William Parry (1790), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Matthew Flinders (1774), Samuel Wallis (1728), John Ross (1777), and Lady Hester Stanhope (1776).

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