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Martha Washington

1731 - 1802

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Martha Washington (née Dandridge; June 13 [O.S. June 2] 1731 – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington served as the inaugural First Lady of the United States. During her lifetime, she was often referred to as "Lady Washington".She had first married Daniel Parke Custis, with whom she had four children, and was widowed by the age of 25. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martha Washington has received more than 2,528,932 page views. Her biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Martha Washington is the 342nd most popular companion (down from 233rd in 2019), the 1,518th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,025th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Companion.

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  • 68.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.01

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Martha Washington ranks 342 out of 687. Before her are Vipsania Agrippina, Richardis, Princess Milica of Montenegro, Princess Marie of Orléans, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt, and Catherine Dolgorukov. After her are Dulce of Aragon, Kaya Sultan, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Germany, Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile, and Maria of Antioch.

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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, Gaetano Pugnani, Ove Høegh-Guldberg, Marcello Bacciarelli, William Aiton, Christian Cannabich, Maria Fortunata d'Este, and William Cowper. Among people deceased in 1802, Martha Washington ranks 7. Before her are Erasmus Darwin, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Marie François Xavier Bichat, Clotilde of France, Ludovico Manin, and Charles Alexandre de Calonne. After her are Luisa of Naples and Sicily, Alexander Radishchev, Franz Aepinus, Prince Henry of Prussia, Jens Juel, and Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martha Washington ranks 1,518 out of 15,968. Before her are Cochise (1805), Richard Fleischer (1916), Lee de Forest (1873), Tom Wolfe (1930), Lily Tomlin (1939), and George Smoot (1945). After her are Barbara Eden (1931), Henry Ford II (1917), Fred Willard (1939), Sonny Rollins (1930), Bill Pullman (1953), and J. K. Simmons (1955).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Martha Washington ranks 10. Before her are Linda McCartney (1941), Pat Nixon (1912), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Laura Bush (1946), Rosalynn Carter (1927), and Mamie Eisenhower (1896). After her are Wild Bill Hickok (1837), Abigail Adams (1744), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Rachel Jackson (1767), Martha Jefferson (1748), and Hannah Van Buren (1783).

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