1831 - 1890
Sitting Bull (Lakota: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake [tˣaˈtˣə̃ka ˈi.jɔtakɛ]; c. 1831 – December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him, at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement.Before the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Sitting Bull had a vision in which he saw many soldiers, "as thick as grasshoppers," falling upside down into the Lakota camp, which his people took as a foreshadowing of a major victory in which many soldiers would be killed. About three weeks later, the confederated Lakota tribes with the Northern Cheyenne defeated the 7th Cavalry under Lt. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sitting Bull has received more than 3,842,943 page views. His biography is available in 86 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). Sitting Bull is the 331st most popular politician (up from 335th in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from United States (down from 104th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Politician.
Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux chief who led his people as a war leader in the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877. He was killed on December 15, 1890, by Indian police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation.
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Among politicians, Sitting Bull ranks 331 out of 15,710. Before him are Charles V of France, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Seti I, Mehmed V, Khufu, and Decius. After him are Edward VIII, Indira Gandhi, Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Numa Pompilius, Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, and Ali Khamenei.
1338 - 1380
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 325
1769 - 1849
HPI: 81.07
Rank: 326
1323 BC - 1279 BC
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 327
1844 - 1918
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 328
2700 BC - 2570 BC
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 329
201 - 251
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 330
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 331
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 332
1917 - 1984
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 333
1505 - 1579
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 334
753 BC - 673 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 335
1924 - 2015
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 336
1939 - Present
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 337
Among people born in 1831, Sitting Bull ranks 2. Before him is James Clerk Maxwell. After him are Frederick III, German Emperor, Helena Blavatsky, Xianfeng Emperor, James A. Garfield, Richard Dedekind, Emperor Kōmei, Leo von Caprivi, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, John Stith Pemberton, and Johann Martin Schleyer. Among people deceased in 1890, Sitting Bull ranks 4. Before him are Vincent van Gogh, Heinrich Schliemann, and Carlo Collodi. After him are César Franck, William III of the Netherlands, Amadeo I of Spain, Joseph Merrick, Henri Nestlé, Gyula Andrássy, Duchess Helene in Bavaria, and Richard Francis Burton.
1831 - 1879
HPI: 84.76
Rank: 1
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 2
1831 - 1888
HPI: 80.11
Rank: 3
1831 - 1891
HPI: 79.17
Rank: 4
1831 - 1861
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 5
1831 - 1881
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 6
1831 - 1916
HPI: 75.43
Rank: 7
1831 - 1867
HPI: 75.05
Rank: 8
1831 - 1899
HPI: 74.61
Rank: 9
1831 - 1896
HPI: 74.13
Rank: 10
1831 - 1888
HPI: 73.72
Rank: 11
1831 - 1912
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 12
1853 - 1890
HPI: 93.60
Rank: 1
1822 - 1890
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 2
1826 - 1890
HPI: 81.14
Rank: 3
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 4
1822 - 1890
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 5
1817 - 1890
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 6
1845 - 1890
HPI: 76.17
Rank: 7
1862 - 1890
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 8
1814 - 1890
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 9
1823 - 1890
HPI: 74.69
Rank: 10
1834 - 1890
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 11
1821 - 1890
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Sitting Bull ranks 111 out of 15,968. Before him are Chuck Norris (1940), Francis Ford Coppola (1939), Harrison Ford (1942), David Rockefeller (1915), Isadora Duncan (1877), and Jim Morrison (1943). After him are Douglas MacArthur (1880), Milton Friedman (1912), Ted Bundy (1946), Katharine Hepburn (1907), William James (1842), and Harvey Weinstein (1952).
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 105
1939 - Present
HPI: 81.12
Rank: 106
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.09
Rank: 107
1915 - 2017
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 108
1877 - 1927
HPI: 81.01
Rank: 109
1943 - 1971
HPI: 80.96
Rank: 110
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 111
1880 - 1964
HPI: 80.90
Rank: 112
1912 - 2006
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 113
1946 - 1989
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 114
1907 - 2003
HPI: 80.85
Rank: 115
1842 - 1910
HPI: 80.83
Rank: 116
1952 - Present
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 117
Among politicians born in United States, Sitting Bull ranks 26. Before him are Joe Biden (1942), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Bill Clinton (1946), Lyndon B. Johnson (1908), Gerald Ford (1913), and Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927). After him are Barack Obama (1961), Woodrow Wilson (1856), John Tyler (1790), Bernie Sanders (1941), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), and John Adams (1735).
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 20
1858 - 1919
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 21
1946 - Present
HPI: 81.66
Rank: 22
1908 - 1973
HPI: 81.33
Rank: 23
1913 - 2006
HPI: 81.25
Rank: 24
1927 - 2016
HPI: 81.19
Rank: 25
1831 - 1890
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 26
1961 - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 27
1856 - 1924
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 28
1790 - 1862
HPI: 79.43
Rank: 29
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 30
1925 - 1968
HPI: 78.74
Rank: 31
1735 - 1826
HPI: 78.20
Rank: 32