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Stephen F. Austin

1793 - 1836

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Stephen Fuller Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836) was an American-born empresario. Known as the "Father of Texas" and the founder of Anglo Texas, he led the second and, ultimately, the successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families and their slaves from the United States to the Tejas region of Mexico in 1825. Born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri, Austin served in the Missouri territorial legislature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stephen F. Austin has received more than 2,583,897 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Stephen F. Austin is the 12,817th most popular politician (down from 11,529th in 2019), the 5,722nd most popular biography from United States (down from 5,221st in 2019) and the 360th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Stephen F. Austin ranks 12,817 out of 15,577Before him are Todor Burmov, Mariela Castro, Theodoros Pangalos, Cearl of Mercia, Haruo Remeliik, and Geir Hallgrímsson. After him are Òscar Ribas Reig, Leofric, Earl of Mercia, George Mason, Avetis Aharonian, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, and Dmitry Peskov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Stephen F. Austin ranks 40Before him are Simonas Daukantas, Joseph Paul Gaimard, Martin Rathke, Diego Portales, Auguste of Anhalt-Dessau, and Kazim Rashti. After him are Nana Asmaʼu, Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Henry Charles Carey, Erik Johan Stagnelius, and William Hopkins. Among people deceased in 1836, Stephen F. Austin ranks 42Before him are Heinrich Schrader, Martha Jefferson Randolph, Adolf Stieler, William B. Travis, Edward Livingston, and Edward Turner Bennett. After him are Miguel Barragán, John Pond, William Elford Leach, Dániel Berzsenyi, Emily Donelson, and Charles Wilkins.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen F. Austin ranks 5,722 out of 18,182Before him are Mykelti Williamson (1960), Irwin Allen (1916), John Romita Sr. (1930), Frankie Laine (1913), Harold Rainsford Stark (1880), and Bob Bondurant (1933). After him are Jennifer Carpenter (1979), Phyllis Diller (1917), Ken Jeong (1969), George Mason (1725), Bellamy Young (1970), and Jack Irons (1962).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Stephen F. Austin ranks 360Before him are John J. McCloy (1895), Jon Huntsman Jr. (1960), Dan Sullivan (1964), Sally Yates (1960), Stacey Abrams (1973), and William Livingston (1723). After him are George Mason (1725), Chuck Schumer (1950), Andrew Cuomo (1957), Liao Zhongkai (1877), Walter Isaacson (1952), and Abigail Fillmore (1798).