POLITICIAN

Pontiac

1714 - 1769

Photo of Pontiac

Icon of person Pontiac

Pontiac or Obwaandi'eyaag (c. 1714/20 – April 20, 1769) was an Odawa war chief known for his role in the war named for him, from 1763 to 1766 leading Native Americans in an armed struggle against the British in the Great Lakes region due to, among other reasons, dissatisfaction with British policies. It followed the British victory in the French and Indian War, the American front of the Seven Years' War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pontiac has received more than 2,917,626 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Pontiac is the 6,162nd most popular politician (down from 5,461st in 2019), the 1,966th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,874th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular American Politician.

Pontiac is most famous for its Pontiac GTO, which was a muscle car that was built from 1964 to 1974.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pontiac ranks 6,162 out of 19,576. Before him are Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, Alexandros Panagoulis, Kido Takayoshi, Archduchess Maria Anna Josepha of Austria, Pleistoanax, and Chung Hong-won. After him are Ratchis, Petru Rareș, Aratus of Sicyon, Herman VI, Margrave of Baden, Alexander Gorchakov, and Matvei Zakharov.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1714, Pontiac ranks 11. Before him are Joseph I of Portugal, Claude Joseph Vernet, Alaungpaya, Niccolò Jommelli, Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, and Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy. After him are Duke Anthony Ulrich of Brunswick, Kristijonas Donelaitis, Princess Friederike Luise of Prussia, Princess Anne Charlotte of Lorraine, Kosmas the Aetolian, and George Whitefield. Among people deceased in 1769, Pontiac ranks 3. Before him are Pope Clement XIII, and Luqman. After him are Hakuin Ekaku, Christian Fürchtegott Gellert, Vasily Trediakovsky, and Giambattista Lolli.

Others Born in 1714

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1769

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Pontiac ranks 1,966 out of 20,380. Before him are Gigi Hadid (1995), Isaac Hayes (1942), John Frederick Kensett (1816), Henry Molaison (1926), Tucker Carlson (1969), and Neilia Hunter Biden (1942). After him are Leonard Bloomfield (1887), Clarissa Pinkola Estés (1945), Lillian Asplund (1906), Lucille Ball (1911), Natalie Clifford Barney (1876), and David Crosby (1941).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Pontiac ranks 133. Before him are Ben Carson (1951), Ron Paul (1935), Cyrus Vance (1917), Jim Garrison (1921), Henry A. Wallace (1888), and Avery Brundage (1887). After him are Samuel Adams (1722), Hubert Humphrey (1911), William H. Seward (1801), Elijah Muhammad (1897), Paul Bremer (1941), and Prescott Bush (1895).

American born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous