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Betsy Ross

1752 - 1836

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Elizabeth Griscom Ross (née Griscom; January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836), also known by her second and third married names, Ashburn and Claypoole, was an American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives in 1870 with making the second official U.S. flag, accordingly known as the Betsy Ross flag. Though most historians dismiss the story, Ross family tradition holds that General George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and two members of a congressional committee—Robert Morris and George Ross—visited Ross in 1776. Ross convinced Washington to change the shape of the stars in a sketch of a flag he showed her from six-pointed to five-pointed by demonstrating that it was easier and speedier to cut the latter. However, there is no archival evidence or other recorded verbal tradition to substantiate this story of the first U.S. flag. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Betsy Ross is the 48th most popular designer (down from 44th in 2019), the 4,254th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,972nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Designer.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Betsy Ross ranks 48 out of 104. Before her are Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., Alexander McQueen, Margarete Steiff, Luigi Colani, Otl Aicher, and Eiko Ishioka. After her are Adrian Frutiger, John Baskerville, Domenico Dolce, Milton Glaser, Milena Canonero, and Louis Majorelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Betsy Ross ranks 22. Before her are Nguyễn Huệ, John Nash, Sébastien Érard, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, and Anton Walter. After her are Torii Kiyonaga, Alexander Tormasov, Andrey Razumovsky, François Isaac de Rivaz, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, and Frances Burney. Among people deceased in 1836, Betsy Ross ranks 34. Before her are William Elford Leach, Karel Hynek Mácha, John Loudon McAdam, Norbert Burgmüller, Ferdinand Raimund, and Heinrich Schrader. After her are Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Reşid Mehmed Pasha, Andrey Razumovsky, Orest Kiprensky, Adolf Stieler, and Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Betsy Ross ranks 4,254 out of 20,380. Before her are David Petraeus (1952), Buddy Guy (1936), Vincent Pastore (1946), Peter T. King (1944), Virginia Madsen (1961), and Billie Joe Armstrong (1972). After her are Edwin H. Colbert (1905), Wally Ris (1924), Jill Kelly (1971), Mickey Spillane (1918), Maurice McLoughlin (1890), and John C. Reilly (1965).

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Among DESIGNERS In United States

Among designers born in United States, Betsy Ross ranks 3. Before her are Steve Jobs (1955), and Iris Apfel (1921). After her are Milton Glaser (1929), Syd Mead (1933), Paul Rand (1914), Ruth St. Denis (1879), Alan Freed (1921), Ollie Johnston (1912), Norman Bel Geddes (1893), Colleen Atwood (1948), and Marc Davis (1913).

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