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Marie Smith Jones

1918 - 2008

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Marie Smith Jones (May 14, 1918 – January 21, 2008) was an American national who was the last surviving speaker of the Eyak language of Southcentral Alaska. She was born in Cordova, Alaska, was an honorary chief of the Eyak Nation and the last remaining full-blooded Eyak. In a 2005 interview, Smith Jones explained that her name in Eyak is 'udAch' k'uqAXA'a'ch' (Eyak pronunciation: [ʔutət͡ʃ’ k’uqəχəʔaˀt͡ʃ’]) which translates as 'a sound that calls people from afar'. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie Smith Jones is the 9,822nd most popular politician (up from 10,111th in 2019), the 3,737th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,537th in 2019) and the 319th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Marie Smith Jones ranks 9,822 out of 19,576. Before her are Armand Trousseau, Sophia Albertina, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders, Jay Rockefeller, Juan José Arévalo, and Kakha Kaladze. After her are Krzysztof "Piorun" Radziwiłł, Marie of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Abdelmalek Sellal, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Alexander of Judaea, and Emperor Kang of Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Marie Smith Jones ranks 128. Before her are Leila Mourad, Kevin A. Lynch, Ángel Labruna, Teresa Wright, Raimon Panikkar, and Igor Ansoff. After her are David Ausubel, Ján Kadár, Willi Graf, Hella Haasse, Aldo van Eyck, and Shankar Dayal Sharma. Among people deceased in 2008, Marie Smith Jones ranks 126. Before her are Maila Nurmi, Ove Andersson, Fred Sinowatz, Joseph M. Juran, Lazare Ponticelli, and Khiuaz Dospanova. After her are Jürgen Ehlers, Joan Segarra, Charles Tilly, David Ausubel, Mitch Mitchell, and Gerard Damiano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marie Smith Jones ranks 3,737 out of 20,380. Before her are Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), Clarence Zener (1905), Winslow Homer (1836), Stuart Roosa (1933), Josh Holloway (1969), and Jay Rockefeller (1937). After her are Alice B. Toklas (1877), Curtis Mayfield (1942), Steven Wright (1955), Scatman Crothers (1910), Wesley Clark (1944), and Zac Efron (1987).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Marie Smith Jones ranks 319. Before her are Bill Walker (1951), Edith Head (1897), Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), Elizabeth Monroe (1768), Harry Hopkins (1890), and Jay Rockefeller (1937). After her are R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Jim Garrison (1921), William Windom (1827), Phil Scott (1958), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), and Robert Gates (1943).

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