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Crazy Horse

1840 - 1877

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Crazy Horse (Lakota: Tȟašúŋke Witkó [tˣaˈʃʊ̃kɛ witˈkɔ], lit. 'His-Horse-Is-Crazy'; c. 1840 – September 5, 1877) was a Lakota war leader of the Oglala band. He took up arms against the United States federal government to fight against encroachment by White American settlers on Native American territory and to preserve the traditional way of life of the Lakota people. His participation in several famous battles of the Black Hills War on the northern Great Plains, among them the Fetterman Fight in 1866, in which he acted as a decoy, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn in 1876, in which he led a war party to victory, earned him great respect from both his enemies and his own people. In September 1877, four months after surrendering to U.S. troops under General George Crook, Crazy Horse was fatally wounded by a bayonet-wielding military guard while allegedly resisting imprisonment at Camp Robinson in northwestern Nebraska. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Crazy Horse is the 2,725th most popular politician (down from 319th in 2019), the 960th most popular biography from United States (down from 100th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Politician.

Crazy Horse was a Lakota Sioux warrior who fought in the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876. Crazy Horse was killed at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on September 5, 1877.

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Among politicians, Crazy Horse ranks 2,725 out of 19,576. Before him are François Bayrou, Vajiravudh, Alfonso III of Asturias, Xanthippus, Konstantinos Karamanlis, and Crown Prince Sado. After him are Julia Minor, Ranavalona I, Taichang Emperor, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, Gaykhatu, and Li Hongzhang.

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Among people born in 1840, Crazy Horse ranks 18. Before him are Ernst Abbe, Carl Menger, Hiram Maxim, Father Damien, John Boyd Dunlop, and August Bebel. After him are Richard von Krafft-Ebing, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, George Smith, Hans Makart, Alfred Thayer Mahan, and Giovanni Verga. Among people deceased in 1877, Crazy Horse ranks 9. Before him are Urbain Le Verrier, Adolphe Thiers, Saigō Takamori, Maria Anna of Bavaria, Gustav, Prince of Vasa, and Henry Fox Talbot. After him are Amalie Auguste of Bavaria, Sophie of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Crazy Horse ranks 960 out of 20,380. Before him are Jada Pinkett Smith (1971), Andrew Tate (1986), Barry Nelson (1917), Michael Landon (1936), Jean Seberg (1938), and Doug Emhoff (1964). After him are Richard R. Schrock (1945), Selena (1971), Ryan O'Neal (1941), Donald Knuth (1938), Jeffrey Sachs (1954), and Stan Kroenke (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Crazy Horse ranks 96. Before him are Charles Bolden (1946), Robert R. Livingston (1746), Patrick Leahy (1940), John Lewis (1940), Michael Bloomberg (1942), and Nancy Pelosi (1940). After him are Greg Abbott (1957), Joseph McCarthy (1908), John Sherman (1823), Kamehameha I (1758), James Comey (1960), and Lewis Strauss (1896).

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