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Osceola

1804 - 1838

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Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Vsse Yvholv in Creek, also spelled Asi-yahola), named Billy Powell at birth, was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfather was a Scotsman, James McQueen. He was reared by his mother in the Creek (Muscogee) tradition. When he was a child, they migrated to Florida with other Red Stick refugees, led by a relative, Peter McQueen, after their group's defeat in 1814 in the Creek Wars. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Osceola is the 12,504th most popular politician (up from 13,298th in 2019), the 5,305th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,559th in 2019) and the 445th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Osceola ranks 12,504 out of 19,576. Before him are Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Fatmawati, Władysław Grabski, Berthold Delbrück, Fredrik von Otter, and Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina. After him are Henry Paulson, Michel Le Tellier, Kiyoura Keigo, John Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, and Gabriela von Habsburg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Osceola ranks 49. Before him are Pierre François Verhulst, Jim Bridger, Franz Meyen, Louis-François-Clement Breguet, Prince Eduard of Saxe-Altenburg, and Alvan Clark. After him are Princess Marie Frederica of Hesse-Kassel, Jules Janin, Wilhelmine Schröder-Devrient, Jules Dupuit, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, and Wilhelm Bendz. Among people deceased in 1838, Osceola ranks 26. Before him are Heinrich Marx, Black Hawk, Joseph Lancaster, Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, José Bonifácio de Andrada, and Jędrzej Śniadecki. After him are Maximilian von Montgelas, Ferenc Kölcsey, Ignaz von Rudhart, Georges Mouton, Piet Retief, and Ludwig Abeille.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Osceola ranks 5,305 out of 20,380. Before him are Susana Martinez (1959), Michael Moriarty (1941), Gene Kranz (1933), James A. Michener (1907), Rose Wilder Lane (1886), and David Koresh (1959). After him are Henry Paulson (1946), Joseph A. Walker (1921), Leland Sklar (1947), Alicia Silverstone (1976), Octavia E. Butler (1947), and Dennis Weaver (1924).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Osceola ranks 445. Before him are Wendell Ford (1924), William Christian Bullitt Jr. (1891), Ed Koch (1924), Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), and Susana Martinez (1959). After him are Henry Paulson (1946), Kaʻahumanu (1768), Ed Lee (1952), Strom Thurmond (1902), Edmund Randolph (1753), and Karen Bass (1953).

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