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Tecumseh

1768 - 1813

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Tecumseh ( tih-KUM-sə, -⁠see; c. 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tecumseh has received more than 4,155,555 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Tecumseh is the 3,974th most popular politician (up from 4,828th in 2019), the 1,257th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,632nd in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Politician.

Tecumseh is most famous for being the Shawnee chief who led a confederacy of Native American tribes against the United States in the War of 1812.

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  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.53

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  • 4.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tecumseh ranks 3,974 out of 19,576. Before him are David Cameron, Anita Garibaldi, William Lai, Fan Li, Oswald Pohl, and Olga Nikolaevna of Russia. After him are Xi Zhongxun, Matthew Kantakouzenos, Alys of France, Countess of Vexin, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Tiberius Gemellus, and Habibullāh Kalakāni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Tecumseh ranks 13. Before him are Frederick VI of Denmark, Karađorđe, Louis Desaix, Caroline of Brunswick, Lazare Hoche, and Marie-Guillemine Benoist. After him are Édouard Mortier, Duke of Trévise, Nakşidil Sultan, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Jean-Robert Argand, Jean-Baptiste Bessières, and Peter Wittgenstein. Among people deceased in 1813, Tecumseh ranks 11. Before him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, André Grétry, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Christoph Martin Wieland, and Antoine-Augustin Parmentier. After him are Rose Bertin, George Shaw, Johann Baptist Wanhal, Jean-Andoche Junot, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, and Jean-Baptiste Bessières.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tecumseh ranks 1,257 out of 20,380. Before him are Edward C. Tolman (1886), Charles Sweeney (1919), Ethan Hawke (1970), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), James Irwin (1930), and Mike Shinoda (1977). After him are Jaco Pastorius (1951), Otis Redding (1941), Phil Hill (1927), Courtney Love (1964), George Whipple (1878), and Mamie Eisenhower (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Tecumseh ranks 99. Before him are Andrew Dickson White (1832), Gina Haspel (1956), Lloyd Austin (1953), Susan Wojcicki (1968), George Papandreou (1952), and Allen Dulles (1893). After him are Paul Ryan (1970), John Dickinson (1732), Cordell Hull (1871), Eliot Ness (1903), John Foster Dulles (1888), and Charles G. Dawes (1865).

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