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Sacagawea

1780 - 1812

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Sacagawea ( SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812, or April 9, 1884) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sacagawea has received more than 5,863,944 page views. Her biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Sacagawea is the 105th most popular explorer (down from 90th in 2019), the 1,311th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,104th in 2019) and the 7th most popular American Explorer.

Sacagawea is most famous for being the only woman on the Lewis and Clark expedition.

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  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sacagawea ranks 105 out of 405. Before her are Mary Kingsley, Cosmas Indicopleustes, Frederick Cook, Pánfilo de Narváez, Bartholomew Columbus, and Carsten Niebuhr. After her are Pêro da Covilhã, Martín Alonso Pinzón, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, João Gonçalves Zarco, Juan de la Cosa, and Tristão da Cunha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1780, Sacagawea ranks 9. Before her are Pauline Bonaparte, Johann Wolfgang Döbereiner, Miloš Obrenović, Jules de Polignac, Charles Nodier, and Pierre-Jean de Béranger. After her are Jernej Kopitar, Ranjit Singh, Mary Somerville, Karl Nesselrode, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, and Charles Maturin. Among people deceased in 1812, Sacagawea ranks 4. Before her are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pyotr Bagration, and Emanuel Schikaneder. After her are Étienne-Louis Malus, George Clinton, Jan Ladislav Dussek, Shneur Zalman of Liadi, Carl Ludwig Willdenow, Marianna Martines, Spencer Perceval, and Hieronymus von Colloredo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sacagawea ranks 1,311 out of 18,182. Before her are Harrison Schmitt (1935), Linda Lee Cadwell (1945), Cass Elliot (1941), Gordon Moore (1929), F. Sherwood Rowland (1927), and Benjamin Bloom (1913). After her are Lance Armstrong (1971), Edward Emerson Barnard (1857), Ray Kurzweil (1948), Kenny Rogers (1938), Izzy Stradlin (1962), and Max Wright (1943).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Sacagawea ranks 7. Before her are Hugh Glass (1783), Michael Rockefeller (1938), Davy Crockett (1786), Calamity Jane (1852), Richard E. Byrd (1888), and Frederick Cook (1865). After her are Jim Bridger (1804), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Don Walsh (1931), Jimmie Angel (1899), George W. De Long (1844), and Daniel Boone (1734).

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