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John Rolfe

1585 - 1622

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John Rolfe (c. 1585 – March 1622) was an English explorer, farmer and merchant. He is best known for being the husband of Pocahontas and the first settler in the colony of Virginia to successfully cultivate a tobacco crop for export. He played a crucial role in the Virginia Colony's early economy by introducing a sweeter strain of tobacco from Trinidad, which became a profitable cash crop. Rolfe married Pocahontas, daughter of Native American leader Powhatan, and they had a son named Thomas. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Rolfe is the 207th most popular explorer (down from 178th in 2019), the 1,872nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,483rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Rolfe ranks 207 out of 498. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Pedro Arias Dávila, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Francis Garnier, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Douglas Mawson. After him are René Caillié, Vasily Tatishchev, Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, John Sutter, Ruy López de Villalobos, and Jorge Álvares.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, John Rolfe ranks 12. Before him are John George I, Elector of Saxony, Anna of Tyrol, Jacob Le Maire, Lucilio Vanini, Zacharias Janssen, and Jacques Lemercier. After him are Mary Ward, Massimo Stanzione, Hamnet Shakespeare, Johann Baptist Cysat, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, and Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg. Among people deceased in 1622, John Rolfe ranks 14. Before him are Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Petro Konashevych-Sahaidachny, Cesare Ripa, Bartolomeo Manfredi, Charles Philip, Duke of Södermanland, and Frans Pourbus the Younger. After him are Leandro Bassano, Sophie of Brandenburg, Michael Maier, Alof de Wignacourt, Pedro Páez, and Luarsab II of Kartli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 1,872 out of 8,785. Before him are Lennox Lewis (1965), Tommy Smith (1945), Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730), J. Lee Thompson (1914), Douglas Mawson (1882), and Michael Apted (1941). After him are John Barbirolli (1899), James Gillray (1756), E. P. Thompson (1924), Andrew Lincoln (1973), Wendy Hiller (1912), and William Renshaw (1861).

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Among EXPLORERS In United Kingdom

Among explorers born in United Kingdom, John Rolfe ranks 31. Before him are Edward Wilson (1872), Matthew Flinders (1774), John Marshall (1748), James Bruce (1730), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), and Douglas Mawson (1882). After him are Mark Sykes (1879), Richard Chancellor (1521), William Smith (1790), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), John Byron (1723), and Lady Hester Stanhope (1776).

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