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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 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

Among explorers, John Rolfe ranks 198 out of 405Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, John Rolfe ranks 12Before 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 12Before 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.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 1,679 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 24Before 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).