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Michael Rockefeller

1938 - 1963

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Michael Clark Rockefeller (May 18, 1938; disappeared November 19, 1961) was a member of the Rockefeller family. He was the son of New York Governor and later U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, a grandson of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr., and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller Sr. Rockefeller disappeared during an expedition in the Asmat region of southwestern Dutch New Guinea, which is now a part of the Indonesian province of South Papua. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Rockefeller has received more than 4,602,127 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Michael Rockefeller is the 104th most popular explorer (down from 59th in 2019), the 1,325th most popular biography from United States (down from 760th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Explorer.

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.12

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  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Michael Rockefeller ranks 104 out of 498. Before him are Ferdinand Columbus, Gonzalo Pizarro, Philip Johan von Strahlenberg, Bartholomew Columbus, Enrique of Malacca, and Juan de la Cosa. After him are Mary Kingsley, Thomas Cavendish, João Gonçalves Zarco, Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Semyon Dezhnev, and Bernal Díaz del Castillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Michael Rockefeller ranks 77. Before him are Ivan Sutherland, Derek Jacobi, Enrico Macias, Anthony James Leggett, Ian Stewart, and Ben E. King. After him are Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Luigi Tenco, Etta James, David Irving, Taha Yassin Ramadan, and Elliott Gould. Among people deceased in 1963, Michael Rockefeller ranks 37. Before him are Kurt Zeitzler, Józef Gosławski, Richard Barthelmess, Karl Bühler, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, and Pedro Armendáriz. After him are Piero Manzoni, Sivananda Saraswati, Eduard Spranger, Sylvanus Olympio, Gustave Garrigou, and Alois Hudal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Rockefeller ranks 1,325 out of 20,380. Before him are Larry King (1933), James Spader (1960), Ben E. King (1938), Wes Anderson (1969), Mahalia Jackson (1911), and John Grisham (1955). After him are Mark Ruffalo (1967), J. K. Simmons (1955), Dr. Dre (1965), Ronald Dworkin (1931), William Boeing (1881), and Lee de Forest (1873).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Michael Rockefeller ranks 5. Before him are Richard E. Byrd (1888), Davy Crockett (1786), Hugh Glass (1783), and Calamity Jane (1852). After him are Sacagawea (1780), Frederick Cook (1865), Don Walsh (1931), Simon Fraser (1776), Jimmie Angel (1899), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), and George W. De Long (1844).

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