1585 - 1622
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 2,761,345 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Rolfe is the 198th most popular explorer (down from 138th in 2019), the 1,679th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,184th in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, John Rolfe ranks 198 out of 405. Before him are George W. De Long, Nuno Tristão, Daniel Boone, Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, and Francisco de Montejo. After him are Helmer Hanssen, Jedediah Smith, Mark Sykes, Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Jacob van Heemskerck, and Ohthere of Hålogaland.
1844 - 1881
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 192
1500 - 1446
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 193
1734 - 1820
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 194
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 195
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 196
1479 - 1553
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 197
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 198
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 199
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 200
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 201
1757 - 1820
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 202
1567 - 1607
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 203
900 - 901
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 204
Among people born in 1585, John Rolfe ranks 12. Before him are John George I, Elector of Saxony, Uriel da Costa, Zacharias Janssen, Lucilio Vanini, Jacob Le Maire, and Jacques Lemercier. After him are Hamnet Shakespeare, Mary Ward, Squanto, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Pedro Teixeira, and Claude Favre de Vaugelas. Among people deceased in 1622, John Rolfe ranks 12. Before him are Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma, Cesare Ripa, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Bartolomeo Manfredi, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, and Frans Pourbus the Younger. After him are Michael Maier, Squanto, Alof de Wignacourt, and Pedro Páez.
1585 - 1656
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 6
1585 - 1640
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 7
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 8
1585 - 1619
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 9
1585 - 1616
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 10
1585 - 1654
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 11
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 12
1585 - 1596
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 13
1585 - 1645
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 14
1585 - 1622
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 15
1585 - 1629
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 16
1585 - 1641
HPI: 50.10
Rank: 17
1585 - 1650
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 18
1569 - 1622
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 6
1555 - 1622
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 7
1577 - 1622
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 8
1582 - 1622
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 9
1545 - 1622
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 10
1569 - 1622
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 11
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 12
1568 - 1622
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 13
1585 - 1622
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 14
1547 - 1622
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 15
1564 - 1622
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 16
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 1,679 out of 7,765. Before him are Mike Leigh (1943), Glenn Murcutt (1936), Michael Owen (1979), Harold Bride (1890), June Almeida (1930), and John Bevis (1695). After him are Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), Henry Pelham (1694), Elias Ashmole (1617), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Havelock Ellis (1859), and Clive Burr (1957).
1943 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,673
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,674
1979 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,675
1890 - 1956
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,676
1930 - 2007
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 1,677
1695 - 1771
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,678
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 1,679
1516 - 1547
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,680
1694 - 1754
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,681
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,682
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,683
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,684
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,685
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 24. Before him are Isabella Bird (1831), Martin Frobisher (1535), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), Matthew Flinders (1774), and James Bruce (1730). After him are Mark Sykes (1879), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), and William Parry (1790).
1831 - 1904
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 18
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 19
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 20
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 21
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 22
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 23
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 24
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 25
1776 - 1839
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 26
1882 - 1958
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 27
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 28
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 29
1790 - 1855
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 30