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Robert Smalls

1839 - 1915

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Robert Smalls (April 5, 1839 – February 23, 1915) was an American politician who was born into slavery in Beaufort, South Carolina. During the American Civil War, the still enslaved Smalls commandeered a Confederate transport ship in Charleston Harbor and sailed it from the Confederate-controlled waters of the harbor to the U.S. blockade that surrounded it. He then piloted the ship to the Union-controlled enclave in Beaufort–Port Royal–Hilton Head area, where it became a Union warship. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Smalls has received more than 3,066,622 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Smalls is the 17,614th most popular politician, the 12,761st most popular biography from United States and the 881st most popular American Politician.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Robert Smalls ranks 17,614 out of 19,576. Before him are John Compton, Irakli Okruashvili, Ulamburiash, Hichem Mechichi, Joe Borg, and David Davis. After him are Irina Vlah, Priyanka Gandhi, Emile Roemer, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Roberta Pinotti, and Taro Yamamoto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1839, Robert Smalls ranks 93. Before him are Ivan Kuratov, John Aitken, Julius von Hann, Frances Willard, Redvers Buller, and John Ballance. After him are George Clement Perkins, and Oliver Hazard Payne. Among people deceased in 1915, Robert Smalls ranks 127. Before him are Henry Roscoe, Charles Tupper, William Wallace Denslow, John Bunny, Tom Watson, and Lawrence Hargrave. After him is Susan La Flesche Picotte.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Smalls ranks 12,761 out of 20,380. Before him are Annie Dillard (1945), Benjamin Walker (1982), Dickie Moore (1925), Pat O'Brien (1968), Jerry Heidenreich (1950), and Rodger Bumpass (1951). After him are Kathryn P. Hire (1959), Ed McMahon (1923), Frank Borghi (1925), Josephine Johnson (1910), Kira Reed (1971), and Ana Ortiz (1971).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Robert Smalls ranks 881. Before him are Ray LaHood (1945), Gabriel Moore (1785), Muriel Humphrey Brown (1912), Greg Gianforte (1961), Amy Coney Barrett (1972), and Robert M. T. Hunter (1809). After him are Butch Otter (1942), Janet Mills (1947), Kathleen Blanco (1942), Rosie Stephenson-Goodknight (1953), Larry Craig (1945), and Nicholas Gilman (1755).

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