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Lincoln Ellsworth

1880 - 1951

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Lincoln Ellsworth (May 12, 1880 – May 26, 1951) was an American polar explorer, engineer, surveyor, and author. He led the first Arctic and Antarctic air crossings. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lincoln Ellsworth is the 237th most popular explorer (down from 209th in 2019), the 3,563rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,905th in 2019) and the 14th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Lincoln Ellsworth ranks 237 out of 498Before him are Pehr Osbeck, Naddodd, Lourenço Marques, Duarte Pacheco Pereira, Carl Anton Larsen, and André Thevet. After him are Helge Ingstad, Ma Huan, Olivier van Noort, Jimmie Angel, Louise Arner Boyd, and Tristão Vaz Teixeira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Lincoln Ellsworth ranks 93Before him are Sergei Natanovich Bernstein, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, Joseph Trumpeldor, Eric Lemming, Lytton Strachey, and Eric Campbell. After him are Ildebrando Pizzetti, Albert W. Hull, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Frigyes Riesz, Ivar Kreuger, and Walter Hohmann. Among people deceased in 1951, Lincoln Ellsworth ranks 72Before him are Vilhelm Bjerknes, Algernon Blackwood, Du Yuesheng, Jakow Trachtenberg, Liaquat Ali Khan, and Maria Montez. After him are Eugen Meindl, Grand Duchess Maria Kirillovna of Russia, Fritz Busch, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Robert Broom, and Josef Bohuslav Foerster.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lincoln Ellsworth ranks 3,563 out of 20,380Before him are Bill Nunn (1953), Esther Williams (1921), Duane Allman (1946), Cynthia Rothrock (1957), Vonda N. McIntyre (1948), and Bea Arthur (1922). After him are Eben Alexander (1953), Sean Young (1959), Stephen Stills (1945), DeForest Kelley (1920), John O'Connor (1920), and Barry Goldwater (1909).

Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Lincoln Ellsworth ranks 14Before him are Michael Rockefeller (1938), Chris McCandless (1968), Frederick Cook (1865), George W. De Long (1844), Simon Fraser (1776), and Don Walsh (1931). After him are Jimmie Angel (1899), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), Ada Blackjack (1898), Jedediah Smith (1799), Charles Wilkes (1798), and Jim Bridger (1804).