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John Ross

1790 - 1866

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John Ross (Cherokee: ᎫᏫᏍᎫᏫ, romanized: Guwisguwi, lit. 'Mysterious Little White Bird'; October 3, 1790 – August 1, 1866) was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1828 to 1866; he served longer in that position than any other person. Described as the Moses of his people, Ross influenced the nation through such tumultuous events as the relocation to Indian Territory and the American Civil War. Ross was the son of a Cherokee mother and a Scottish father. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Ross has received more than 97,019 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Ross is the 14,784th most popular politician (down from 13,540th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 97k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.60

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.85

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Rosses by language

Over the past year John Ross has had the most page views in the with 6,195 views, followed by English (5,991), and French (4,352). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (52.67%), Catalan (45.36%), and Arabic (44.76%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Ross ranks 14,784 out of 19,576. Before him are Helmut Zilk, Rudolf Gnägi, Oxyntes, Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Amlaíb Cuarán, and László Lukács. After him are Zbigniew Rau, Fabián Alarcón, Emilio Aceval, Eli Cohen, Arlette Laguiller, and Lucien Carr.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1790, John Ross ranks 49. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Joseph Bélanger, Juan Álvarez, Letitia Christian Tyler, Abel P. Upshur, Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz, and William Davies Evans. After him are Jakob Philipp Fallmerayer, Francisco Ruiz-Tagle, Tommaso Grossi, Francisco Acuña de Figueroa, Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, and Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough. Among people deceased in 1866, John Ross ranks 43. Before him are William Hopkins, John McDouall Stuart, Louis Meijer, Jean-Jacques Willmar, Louis Fraser, and Lewis Cass. After him are Theodor Kotschy, José Ignacio Pavón, Thomas Love Peacock, Henryk Rzewuski, Joseph Weydemeyer, and Matvey Gusev.

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