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Louis Riel

1844 - 1885

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Louis Riel (; French: [lwi ʁjɛl]; 22 October 1844 – 16 November 1885) was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and a political leader of the Métis people. He led two resistance movements against the Government of Canada and its first prime minister John A. Macdonald. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Riel has received more than 2,535,191 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Louis Riel is the 8,553rd most popular politician (down from 7,254th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Canada (down from 110th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Canadian Politician.

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  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Riel ranks 8,553 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie-Claire Alain, Antiochus IV of Commagene, Adama Barrow, Michael of Trebizond, García Fernández of Castile, and Azali Assoumani. After him are August Eigruber, Mariamne, Fakhr al-Din II, Abd al-Wahid I, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, and Hiltrud.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Louis Riel ranks 48. Before him are Princess Françoise of Orléans, Minna Canth, Carl Hagenbeck, Vasily Polenov, Eduard Strasburger, and Édouard Drumont. After him are Lujo Brentano, George W. De Long, Jenny Longuet, Joshua Slocum, Garret Hobart, and Wilhelm Leibl. Among people deceased in 1885, Louis Riel ranks 34. Before him are Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel, Julius Benedict, Henri Tresca, Nikolai Severtzov, Nikolay Danilevsky, and Charles Rogier. After him are Narcís Monturiol, Aga Khan II, Nikolay Kostomarov, Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Maximilian Maria, 7th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, and Thomas A. Hendricks.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Louis Riel ranks 135 out of 1,622. Before him are Evangeline Lilly (1979), Gordie Howe (1928), Arthur Hiller (1923), Ian Stevenson (1918), Joseph Wiseman (1918), and Katheryn Winnick (1977). After him are Rocky Johnson (1944), Gil Evans (1912), Eugene Levy (1946), Tom Cavanagh (1963), James Craig Watson (1838), and Peter Cullen (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Louis Riel ranks 10. Before him are Bonar Law (1858), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Jean Chrétien (1934), Paul Martin (1938), Mary Simon (1947), and William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874). After him are Wilfrid Laurier (1841), Brian Mulroney (1939), Stephen Harper (1959), René Lévesque (1922), Jean Béliveau (1931), and John T. Dunlap (1957).

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