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Michael Rockefeller

1938 - 1963

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Michael Clark Rockefeller (May 18, 1938; disappeared November 19, 1961) was a member of the Rockefeller family. He was a son of New York Governor and later U.S. Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, a grandson of American financier John D. Rockefeller Jr., and a great-grandson of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller Sr. Rockefeller disappeared during an expedition in the Asmat region of southwestern Dutch New Guinea, which is now a part of the Indonesian province of South Papua. In 2014, Carl Hoffman published a book that included details from the official inquest into the disappearance, in which villagers and tribal elders admitted to Rockefeller being killed and eaten after swimming to shore in 1961. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Rockefeller is the 123rd most popular explorer (down from 104th in 2019), the 1,784th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,325th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Michael Rockefeller ranks 123 out of 498. Before him are Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Juan de la Cosa, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Calamity Jane, Lope de Aguirre, and Hugh Glass. After him are Chris McCandless, George Vancouver, Alvise Cadamosto, Pedro de Mendoza, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Michael Rockefeller ranks 90. Before him are Seishiro Shimatani, Dean Reed, Luigi Tenco, Mamadou Tandja, Ricardo Lagos, and David Lane. After him are Jerzy Skolimowski, Leiji Matsumoto, Terence Stamp, Fela Kuti, Carlos Bilardo, and Taha Yassin Ramadan. Among people deceased in 1963, Michael Rockefeller ranks 40. Before him are Kurt Zeitzler, Karl Bühler, Oleg Penkovsky, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Georg-Hans Reinhardt, and Piero Manzoni. After him are Sabu Dastagir, Pedro Armendáriz, Sylvanus Olympio, Mohammad Ali Bogra, Sivananda Saraswati, and Remedios Varo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Michael Rockefeller ranks 1,784 out of 20,380. Before him are Victor Wong (1927), George Wald (1906), Edward C. Tolman (1886), George Carlin (1937), David Lane (1938), and Jaco Pastorius (1951). After him are Richard Axel (1946), Robert Noyce (1927), John Payne (1912), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960), and Henry J. Heinz (1844).

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Among EXPLORERS In United States

Among explorers born in United States, Michael Rockefeller ranks 8. Before him are William Clark (1770), Richard E. Byrd (1888), Davy Crockett (1786), Sacagawea (1780), Calamity Jane (1852), and Hugh Glass (1783). After him are Chris McCandless (1968), Frederick Cook (1865), George W. De Long (1844), Simon Fraser (1776), Don Walsh (1931), and Lincoln Ellsworth (1880).

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