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Martha Washington

1731 - 1802

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Martha Dandridge Custis Washington (June 2, 1731 O.S. – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, who was the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, she served as the inaugural first lady of the United States, defining the role of the president's wife and setting many precedents that future first ladies observed. During her tenure, she was referred to as "Lady Washington". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Washington has received more than 4,041,500 page views. Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Martha Washington is the 290th most popular companion (down from 248th in 2019), the 1,234th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,139th in 2019) and the 6th most popular American Companion.

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  • 4.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 60

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Martha Washington ranks 290 out of 784. Before her are Milena Vukotić, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Stateira I, Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, Dagmar of Bohemia, and Maria Isabel of Braganza. After her are Berengaria of Portugal, Marie of Brabant, Queen of France, Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg, Vanessa Paradis, Sophia of Minsk, and Mary Todd Lincoln.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1731, Martha Washington ranks 4. Before her are Henry Cavendish, Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France, and Erasmus Darwin. After her are Abraham Hyacinthe Anquetil-Duperron, William Aiton, Marcello Bacciarelli, Gabriela Silang, Christian Cannabich, Gaetano Pugnani, Louis Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Ove Høegh-Guldberg. Among people deceased in 1802, Martha Washington ranks 5. Before her are Clotilde of France, Erasmus Darwin, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and Marie François Xavier Bichat. After her are Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Ludovico Manin, Alexander Radishchev, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Prince Henry of Prussia, María Cayetana de Silva, 13th Duchess of Alba, and Jens Juel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Washington ranks 1,234 out of 20,380. Before her are Tyrone Power (1914), Robert Noyce (1927), Edna Purviance (1895), Blake Edwards (1922), Dick Van Dyke (1925), and Robert Reich (1946). After her are E. O. Wilson (1929), Zelda Fitzgerald (1900), Lady Gaga (1986), Robert Lucas Jr. (1937), Anne Hathaway (1982), and Pete Seeger (1919).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Martha Washington ranks 6. Before her are Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Olympias (-375), Priscilla Presley (1945), Rosalynn Carter (1927), and Linda McCartney (1941). After her are Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), Pat Nixon (1912), Abigail Adams (1744), Neilia Hunter Biden (1942), and Ellen Axson Wilson (1860).

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