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Ada Blackjack

1898 - 1983

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Ada Blackjack (née Delutuk; May 10, 1898 – May 29, 1983) was an Iñupiaq woman who accompanied an Arctic expedition to the uninhabited Wrangel Island, north of Siberia, eventually living alone on the island for eight months after the other expedition members left or died. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ada Blackjack is the 264th most popular explorer (up from 283rd in 2019), the 4,052nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,943rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Ada Blackjack ranks 264 out of 498. Before her are Oscar Wisting, Bento de Góis, Julius Popper, Rodrigo de Jerez, Karl Maximovich, and Edward Bransfield. After her are Adolf Lüderitz, Jedediah Smith, Man of the Hole, Francisco Moreno, Afonso Gonçalves Baldaia, and Juan Fernández.

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Among people born in 1898, Ada Blackjack ranks 125. Before her are Vladimir Dekanozov, Kaj Munk, Pavel Urysohn, Messali Hadj, Karl Koller, and Vilhelm Moberg. After her are Benjamin Fondane, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Étienne Decroux, Lucius D. Clay, Irene Dunne, and Leopold Okulicki. Among people deceased in 1983, Ada Blackjack ranks 106. Before her are Anthony Blunt, Shūji Terayama, John Williams, Vladimir Bakarić, Romain Maes, and Lamberto Maggiorani. After her are Maurice Bishop, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, Thomas S. Gates Jr., Louise Weiss, Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, and Christophe Soglo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ada Blackjack ranks 4,052 out of 20,380. Before her are Whitfield Diffie (1944), John Powell (1947), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), Gene Deitch (1924), Jesse Ventura (1951), and Dan Castellaneta (1957). After her are David Graeber (1961), Frank McCourt (1930), Sam Giancana (1908), Mira Sorvino (1967), Luther Burbank (1849), and Morgan Taylor (1903).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Ada Blackjack ranks 17. Before her are George W. De Long (1844), Simon Fraser (1776), Don Walsh (1931), Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Jimmie Angel (1899), and Louise Arner Boyd (1887). After her are Jedediah Smith (1799), Charles Wilkes (1798), Jim Bridger (1804), Roy Chapman Andrews (1884), John C. Frémont (1813), and Meriwether Lewis (1774).

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