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Sally Hemings

1773 - 1835

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Sarah "Sally" Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835) was a female slave with one-quarter African ancestry owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemings's mother was Betty Hemings, the daughter of a female slave and an English captain, John Hemings. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sally Hemings has received more than 6,447,324 page views. Her biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Sally Hemings is the 77th most popular celebrity (down from 70th in 2019), the 3,590th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,488th in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Celebrity.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Sally Hemings by language

Over the past year Sally Hemings has had the most page views in the with 645,157 views, followed by Spanish (20,600), and German (17,859). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (370.10%), Esperanto (107.69%), and Polish (82.92%)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Sally Hemings ranks 77 out of 265. Before her are Daisy, Princess of Pless, Denise Perrier, Ota Benga, Evelyn McHale, Madeleine Astor, and Manuel Uribe. After her are Ethel Kennedy, Kourtney Kardashian, Aaron Kosminski, Georgina Rizk, Genie, and John Rogan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Sally Hemings ranks 32. Before her are Ioannis Kolettis, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Josef Jungmann, Yuri Lisyansky, and Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. After her are Frédéric Cuvier, William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Henrik Steffens, Joseph de Villèle, Lodewijk van Heiden, and Arthur Aikin. Among people deceased in 1835, Sally Hemings ranks 18. Before her are Izabela Czartoryska, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, Julius Klaproth, John Marshall, and Friedrich Stromeyer. After her are Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Jan Rustem, Franz von Paula Schrank, Leopoldo Nobili, and Ivan Martos.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sally Hemings ranks 3,590 out of 20,380. Before her are David Graeber (1961), James Rebhorn (1948), Ona Munson (1903), Paula Abdul (1962), Arnold Gesell (1880), and Richard Williams (1942). After her are Peter Strauss (1947), Barry Manilow (1943), Frank Caprio (1936), Adam Baldwin (1962), Barbara Jones (1937), and Peter MacNicol (1954).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Sally Hemings ranks 28. Before her are Edie Sedgwick (1943), Dan Inosanto (1936), Florence Owens Thompson (1903), Roy Sullivan (1912), Evelyn McHale (1923), and Madeleine Astor (1893). After her are Ethel Kennedy (1928), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Genie (1957), John Rogan (1867), Virginia Dare (1587), and Barbara Hutton (1912).

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