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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

1661 - 1706

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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville has received more than 299,816 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville is the 340th most popular explorer (down from 324th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Canada (down from 263rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Explorer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 300k

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  • 50.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.00

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 340 out of 498. Before him are Félix de Azara, Philip Carteret, Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Francis Crozier, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, and Álvaro Fernandes. After him are John Biscoe, Knut Haugland, Albert von Le Coq, Piet Retief, Olav Bjaaland, and John Byron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1661, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 21. Before him are Fyodor Apraksin, Giacomo Antonio Perti, Antoine Coypel, Vladimir Atlasov, Charles Rollin, and Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg. After him are Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Daniel Marot, and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Among people deceased in 1706, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 15. Before him are Georg Joseph Kamel, Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Ferdinand de Marsin, Godfried Schalcken, John Evelyn, and Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin. After him are Tylman van Gameren, and Jeanne Dumée.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 267 out of 1,622. Before him are Anne Hébert (1916), Guy Laliberté (1959), Mario Lemieux (1965), Louis St. Laurent (1882), Percy Faith (1908), and Agnes Martin (1912). After him are Albert S. Ruddy (1930), Anna Paquin (1982), Manly P. Hall (1901), Robert Langlands (1936), Roberta Bondar (1945), and John Draper (1943).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 4. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Louis Jolliet (1645), and Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879). After him are Edward Belcher (1799), and Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680).

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