1643 - 1687
René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle (; November 22, 1643 – March 19, 1687), was a 17th-century French explorer and fur trader in North America. He explored the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada, and the Mississippi River. He is best known for an early 1682 expedition in which he canoed the lower Mississippi River from the mouth of the Illinois River to the Gulf of Mexico; there, on 9 April 1682, he claimed the Mississippi River basin for France after giving it the name La Louisiane. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle has received more than 1,303,798 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle is the 130th most popular explorer (down from 114th in 2019), the 1,650th most popular biography from France (down from 1,422nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Explorer.
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Among explorers, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 130 out of 405. Before him are Salomon August Andrée, Johann Karl Ehrenfried Kegel, Himilco, João Vaz Corte-Real, Isabelle Eberhardt, and Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir. After him are Jean Chardin, António de Abreu, Rodrigo de Triana, Adam Olearius, Gan Ying, and Frederick de Houtman.
1854 - 1897
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 124
1784 - 1863
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 125
550 BC - 500 BC
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 126
1420 - 1496
HPI: 58.18
Rank: 127
1877 - 1904
HPI: 58.07
Rank: 128
1000 - 1100
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 129
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 130
1643 - 1713
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 131
1480 - 1514
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 132
1469 - 1526
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 133
1603 - 1671
HPI: 57.63
Rank: 134
100 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 135
1571 - 1627
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1643, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 11. Before him are Philippe, Chevalier de Lorraine, Alessandro Stradella, Henri Jules, Prince of Condé, Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Johann Adam Reincken, and Bahadur Shah I. After him are Ilona Zrínyi, Jean Chardin, Fran Krsto Frankopan, Jean-Baptiste Denys, and Vasily Golitsyn. Among people deceased in 1687, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lully, William Petty, and Johannes Hevelius. After him are Constantijn Huygens, Nicholas Mercator, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nell Gwyn, Henry More, Laura Martinozzi, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, and François de Créquy.
1643 - 1702
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 5
1643 - 1682
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 6
1643 - 1709
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 7
1643 - 1731
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 8
1643 - 1722
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 9
1643 - 1712
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 10
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 11
1643 - 1703
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 12
1643 - 1713
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 13
1643 - 1671
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 14
1643 - 1704
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 15
1643 - 1714
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 16
1632 - 1687
HPI: 75.10
Rank: 1
1623 - 1687
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 2
1611 - 1687
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 3
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 4
1596 - 1687
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 5
1620 - 1687
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 6
1612 - 1687
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 7
1650 - 1687
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 8
1614 - 1687
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 9
1639 - 1687
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 10
1636 - 1687
HPI: 52.64
Rank: 11
1625 - 1687
HPI: 52.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 1,650 out of 6,011. Before him are Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges (1830), Carausius (300), Maurice Papon (1910), John I, Duke of Alençon (1385), Christian Boltanski (1944), and Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806). After him are Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville (1803), Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie (1929), Louis, Prince of Condé (1668), Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932), Jean Rouch (1917), and Jean Chardin (1643).
1830 - 1889
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,644
300 - 293
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,645
1910 - 2007
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 1,646
1385 - 1415
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,647
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,648
1806 - 1882
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,649
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,650
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,651
1929 - 2023
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 1,652
1668 - 1710
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,653
1932 - 2022
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,654
1917 - 2004
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,655
1643 - 1713
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 1,656
Among explorers born in France, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle ranks 11. Before him are Samuel de Champlain (1567), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), and Jean de Béthencourt (1362). After him are Jean Chardin (1643), Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705), Sophie Blanchard (1778), Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec (1734), Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605), and Marc-Joseph Marion du Fresne (1724).
1567 - 1635
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 5
1741 - 1788
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 6
1790 - 1842
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 7
1740 - 1807
HPI: 61.64
Rank: 8
1701 - 1774
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 9
1362 - 1425
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 10
1643 - 1687
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 11
1643 - 1713
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 12
1705 - 1786
HPI: 56.58
Rank: 13
1778 - 1819
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 14
1734 - 1797
HPI: 56.09
Rank: 15
1605 - 1689
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 16
1724 - 1772
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 17