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John Smith

1580 - 1631

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John Smith (baptized 6 January 1580 – 21 June 1631) was an English soldier, explorer, colonial governor, admiral of New England, and author. He played an important role in the establishment of the colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America, in the early 17th century. He was a leader of the Virginia Colony between September 1608 and August 1609, and he led an exploration along the rivers of Virginia and the Chesapeake Bay, during which he became the first English explorer to map the Chesapeake Bay area. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Smith has received more than 362,282 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. John Smith is the 60th most popular explorer (down from 54th in 2019), the 548th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 461st in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Explorer.

John Smith is most famous for his exploration of the New World and his discovery of the Chesapeake Bay.

Memorability Metrics

  • 360k

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  • 63.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Smith ranks 60 out of 405. Before him are Samuel de Champlain, Henry Hudson, Diogo Cão, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Michael Rockefeller. After him are James Clark Ross, Nikolay Przhevalsky, John Davis, Antonio Pigafetta, William Dampier, and Lope de Aguirre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1580, John Smith ranks 4. Before him are Jan Baptist van Helmont, Willebrord Snellius, and Gabriel Bethlen. After him are Josaphat Kuntsevych, Köprülü Mehmed Pasha, Charles I Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Ernst von Mansfeld, Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, Andrea Falconieri, Augusta of Denmark, and Pierre Vernier. Among people deceased in 1631, John Smith ranks 3. Before him are John Donne and Mumtaz Mahal. After him are Constance of Austria, Willem Janszoon, Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Michael Maestlin, Federico Borromeo, Guillén de Castro y Bellvis, and Katō Yoshiaki.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Smith ranks 548 out of 7,765. Before him are Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Annie Lennox (1954), Isaac Barrow (1631), Roger Glover (1945), Fred Perry (1909), and Alexander Pope (1688). After him are Alice Liddell (1852), Alfred Molina (1953), John Newlands (1837), Gordon Banks (1937), Henry Hallett Dale (1875), and Elizabeth Blackwell (1821).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Smith ranks 10. Before him are Henry Morton Stanley (1841), Robert Falcon Scott (1868), William Baffin (1584), Richard Francis Burton (1821), William Adams (1564), and Henry Hudson (1570). After him are James Clark Ross (1800), John Davis (1550), William Dampier (1651), Robert FitzRoy (1805), Mary Kingsley (1862), and Thomas Cavendish (1560).

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