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Wild Bill Hickok

1837 - 1876

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James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. He earned a great deal of notoriety in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated tales he told about himself. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wild Bill Hickok has received more than 5,075,397 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Wild Bill Hickok is the 402nd most popular companion (up from 434th in 2019), the 1,847th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,105th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Companion.

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  • 67.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Wild Bill Hickok ranks 402 out of 687. Before him are Queen Anne of Romania, Blanche of Valois, Prince Joachim of Prussia, Gunilla Bielke, Natalia Sedova, and Berengaria of Barcelona. After him are Domitilla the Elder, Hemma, Amalia of Solms-Braunfels, Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly, Elizabeth de Burgh, and Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Wild Bill Hickok ranks 32. Before him are James Murray, Abraham Kuyper, Arnold Janssen, Pierre Auguste Cot, Ilia Chavchavadze, and Édouard Stephan. After him are Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione, Vasily Radlov, Ion Creangă, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Tippu Tip, and Henry Draper. Among people deceased in 1876, Wild Bill Hickok ranks 18. Before him are Ildefons Cerdà, Antoine Jérôme Balard, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Francesco Maria Piave, Hristo Botev, and Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo. After him are Duchess Caroline Mariane of Mecklenburg, František Palacký, Ferenc Deák, Friedrich Christian Diez, Narcisse Virgilio Díaz, and Eugène Fromentin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wild Bill Hickok ranks 1,847 out of 15,968. Before him are William A. Wellman (1896), Judd Hirsch (1935), Edward Weston (1886), Robert Wilson (1941), Patricia Cornwell (1956), and Sam Houston (1793). After him are John Carradine (1906), Lee Remick (1935), Frances Conroy (1953), Stanley Donen (1924), Lee J. Cobb (1911), and Thomas J. Watson (1874).

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Among COMPANIONS In United States

Among companions born in United States, Wild Bill Hickok ranks 11. Before him are Pat Nixon (1912), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), Laura Bush (1946), Rosalynn Carter (1927), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), and Martha Washington (1731). After him are Abigail Adams (1744), Ellen Axson Wilson (1860), Rachel Jackson (1767), Martha Jefferson (1748), Hannah Van Buren (1783), and Sarah Yorke Jackson (1803).

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