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Étienne Brûlé

1592 - 1633

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Étienne Brûlé (French pronunciation: [etjɛn bʁyle]; c. 1592 – c. June 1633) was the first European explorer to journey beyond the St. Lawrence River into what is now known as Canada. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Brûlé has received more than 344,767 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Étienne Brûlé is the 389th most popular explorer (down from 358th in 2019), the 4,328th most popular biography from France (down from 3,918th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Explorer.

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  • 48.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.54

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Étienne Brûlé ranks 389 out of 498. Before him are Benjamin Morrell, Vasily Chichagov, Alexander Fersman, Lourenço de Almeida, Teoberto Maler, and Sámuel Teleki. After him are Androsthenes of Thasos, Pyotr Anjou, Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard, Vivian Fuchs, Frederick William Beechey, and John McDouall Stuart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Étienne Brûlé ranks 16. Before him are Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, Saib Tabrizi, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Luarsab II of Kartli, and François le Métel de Boisrobert. After him are Wang Shimin, and Thomas Ravenscroft. Among people deceased in 1633, Étienne Brûlé ranks 19. Before him are Sigrid of Sweden, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Juan Pablo Bonet, John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg, Magdalene of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, and Francis Godwin. After him are George Abbot, and William Ames.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Brûlé ranks 4,328 out of 6,770. Before him are Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Jean-Marie Poiré (1945), Céline Tran (1979), André Tassin (1902), Eric of Friuli (800), and François Marty (1904). After him are Christian Herter (1895), René Girard (1954), Michel-Jean Sedaine (1719), Philippe Bergeroo (1954), Guy Mairesse (1910), and Roger Blin (1907).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Étienne Brûlé ranks 34. Before him are Francis Garnier (1839), Freya Stark (1893), Louis de Freycinet (1779), Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), and Henri Duveyrier (1840). After him are Jacques Labillardière (1755), Louis-Gustave Binger (1856), and Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798).

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