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Virginia Dare

1587 - Today

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Virginia Dare (born August 18, 1587; date of death unknown) was the first English child born in an American English colony. What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains a mystery. The fact of her birth is known because John White, Virginia's grandfather and the governor of the colony, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh supplies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Virginia Dare has received more than 1,667,978 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Virginia Dare is the 96th most popular celebrity (down from 93rd in 2019), the 4,808th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,717th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Celebrity.

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  • 1.7M

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  • 50.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Virginia Dare ranks 96 out of 265. Before her are Jane Morris, Norma Cappagli, Apasra Hongsakula, Walther Kadow, Marlene Schmidt, and Apollonie Sabatier. After her are Barbara Hutton, Marita Lindahl, William Masters, Susana Duijm, Herbert Norkus, and Joseph Augustus Zarelli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1587, Virginia Dare ranks 14. Before her are Virginia Centurione Bracelli, Magdalene of Bavaria, Esaias van de Velde, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, Johannes Fabricius, and Song Yingxing. After her are Claes Jansz. Visscher, Yun Seondo, and Khusrau Mirza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Virginia Dare ranks 4,808 out of 20,380. Before her are Sargent Shriver (1915), Marlyn Meltzer (1922), Katharine Graham (1917), Harold Arlen (1905), Dee Dee Bridgewater (1950), and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1981). After her are Mildred McDaniel (1933), John Gray (1951), John Hay (1838), Kelly Hu (1968), Hal Clement (1922), and Angelica Singleton Van Buren (1818).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Virginia Dare ranks 33. Before her are Madeleine Astor (1893), Sally Hemings (1773), Ethel Kennedy (1928), Kourtney Kardashian (1979), Genie (1957), and John Rogan (1867). After her are Barbara Hutton (1912), William Masters (1915), Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953), Johnny Appleseed (1774), Carol Morris (1936), and Ashrita Furman (1954).

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