WRITER

Sarah Winnemucca

1844 - 1891

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Sarah (née Winnemucca) Hopkins (c. 1844 – October 17, 1891) was a Northern Paiute writer, activist, lecturer, teacher, and school organizer. Her Northern Paiute name was Thocmentony, also spelled Tocmetone, which translates as "Shell Flower." Sarah Winnemucca was born near Humboldt Lake, Nevada, into an influential Northern Paiute family who led their community in pursuing friendly relations with the arriving groups of Anglo-American settlers. She was the daughter of Chief Winnemucca of the Paiute nation and the granddaughter of Chief Truckee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sarah Winnemucca has received more than 369,146 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Sarah Winnemucca is the 6,514th most popular writer (down from 5,900th in 2019), the 12,407th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,632nd in 2019) and the 909th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 6,514 out of 7,302. Before her are John Lydgate, Alice Sebold, Marian Keyes, Colson Whitehead, Ransom Riggs, and Kiera Cass. After her are Sidney Lee, Ralf Rothmann, Deborah Ellis, Máirtín Ó Cadhain, Charles Stross, and Martin Österdahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1844, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 113. Before her are Joan Röell, Josip Jurčič, Jules de Burlet, Adolphus Greely, Amalie Materna, and Arthur Gardiner Butler. After her are William Forsell Kirby, Charlotte Despard, and Robert Bridges. Among people deceased in 1891, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 109. Before her are George Bancroft, Joseph Bazalgette, Barbara Bodichon, Charles Bradlaugh, George Hearst, and David Dixon Porter. After her are Samuel Ajayi Crowther, and William Windom.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 12,407 out of 20,380. Before her are Anne Jeffreys (1923), Bob McGrath (1932), Kiera Cass (1981), John Hickenlooper (1952), Guy Gardner (1948), and Thomas McDonell (1986). After her are Bobby Henderson (1980), Alan Rosenberg (1950), Keith Gordon (1961), Walt Hansgen (1919), Ron Glass (1945), and Austin Nichols (1980).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Sarah Winnemucca ranks 909. Before her are Countee Cullen (1903), Richelle Mead (1976), Alice Sebold (1963), Colson Whitehead (1969), Ransom Riggs (1979), and Kiera Cass (1981). After her are Laurell K. Hamilton (1963), Ellen Kushner (1955), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Dennis Prager (1948), Anthony Boucher (1911), and Alice Hoffman (1952).

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