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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

1661 - 1706

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Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville (16 July 1661 – 9 July 1706) or Sieur d'Iberville was a French soldier, explorer, colonial administrator, and trader. He is noted for founding the colony of Louisiana in New France. He was born in Montreal to French colonist parents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville is the 363rd most popular explorer (down from 340th in 2019), the 319th most popular biography from Canada (down from 268th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Canadian Explorer.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 363 out of 498. Before him are Édouard-Alfred Martel, Matvei Gedenshtrom, Albert von Le Coq, Friedrich Gerhard Rohlfs, Edward S. Curtis, and Theodor von Heuglin. After him are Piet Retief, Vivian Fuchs, Eudoxus of Cyzicus, John Biscoe, Stepan Krasheninnikov, and Arnaud-Michel d'Abbadie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1661, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 22. Before him are Giacomo Antonio Perti, Charles Rollin, Antoine Coypel, Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg, Jahandar Shah, and Christian Henry, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach. After him are Daniel Marot, and Nicholas Hawksmoor. Among people deceased in 1706, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 16. Before him are Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, John Evelyn, Fyodor Alexeyevich Golovin, Ferdinand de Marsin, Tylman van Gameren, and Godfried Schalcken. After him is Jeanne Dumée.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 319 out of 1,622. Before him are R. Murray Schafer (1933), Bobby Orr (1948), Yassine Bounou (1991), Ann Rutherford (1917), Jason Priestley (1969), and Anne Hébert (1916). After him are George Hodgson (1893), John Draper (1943), Marc Garneau (1949), Cobie Smulders (1982), David Shore (1959), and John Vernon (1932).

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Among EXPLORERS In Canada

Among explorers born in Canada, Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville ranks 5. Before him are Joshua Slocum (1844), Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), Louis Jolliet (1645), and Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879). After him are Edward Belcher (1799).

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