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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 325,229 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Étienne Brûlé is the 359th most popular explorer (down from 341st in 2019), the 3,934th most popular biography from France (down from 3,623rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular French Explorer.

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Étienne Brûlé ranks 359 out of 405. Before him are Louise Arner Boyd, Alexander Fersman, Gaspar de Portolá, George Kennan, Vasily Chichagov, and Sámuel Teleki. After him are Franz de Paula Adam von Waldstein, Teoberto Maler, Edgar Evans, John Gardner Wilkinson, George Bass, and Charles John Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, Étienne Brûlé ranks 14. Before him are Jacques Callot, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Catalina de Erauso, Peter Snayers, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and François le Métel de Boisrobert. After him is Wang Shimin. Among people deceased in 1633, Étienne Brûlé ranks 14. Before him are Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Lew Sapieha, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, George Herbert, Juan Pablo Bonet, and John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg. After him are George Abbot and William Ames.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Brûlé ranks 3,934 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Poiret (1926), Régis Wargnier (1948), Catherine Cesarsky (1943), Dominique Blanc (1956), Jean Vilar (1912), and Hermano da Silva Ramos (1925). After him are Gérard Larcher (1949), Alain Calmat (1940), Lassana Diarra (1985), Theo Hernandez (1997), René Goblet (1828), and Bernard Panafieu (1931).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Étienne Brûlé ranks 31. Before him are Francis Garnier (1839), Nicolas Baudin (1754), Freya Stark (1893), Pierre Poivre (1719), Édouard-Alfred Martel (1859), and Henri Duveyrier (1840). After him are Louis de Freycinet (1779), Jacques Labillardière (1755), Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755), and Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798).

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