Wild Bill Hickok

Wild Bill Hickok

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. Some contemporaneous reports of his exploits are known to be fictitious, but they remain the basis of much of his fame and reputation.Hickok was born and raised on a farm in northern Illinois at a time when lawlessness and vigilante activity was rampant because of the influence of the "Banditti of the Prairie". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wild Bill Hickok has received more than 5,313,021 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.