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Red Cloud

1822 - 1909

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Red Cloud (Lakota: Maȟpíya Lúta; c. 1822 – December 10, 1909) was a leader of the Oglala Lakota from 1865 to 1909. He was one of the most capable Native American opponents whom the United States Army faced in the western territories. He led the Lakota to victory over the United States during Red Cloud's War, establishing the Lakota as the only nation to defeat the United States on American soil. The largest action of the war was the 1866 Fetterman Fight, with 81 US soldiers killed; it was the worst military defeat suffered by the US Army on the Great Plains until the Battle of the Little Bighorn 10 years later. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Red Cloud is the 5,217th most popular politician (down from 4,658th in 2019), the 1,882nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,485th in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Politician.

Red Cloud was a chief of the Oglala Lakota Sioux in the late 19th century. He led his people in the Red Cloud War, a series of battles with United States troops over control of the Powder River Country of Nebraska and Wyoming.

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Among politicians, Red Cloud ranks 5,217 out of 19,576. Before him are Georges Bidault, Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia, Evaristo Carvalho, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, and Elena Glinskaya. After him are Andrianampoinimerina, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Omurtag of Bulgaria, Fu Hao, Adolph Joffe, and William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.

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Among people born in 1822, Red Cloud ranks 27. Before him are Francis, Duke of Cádiz, Robert Luther, Ignacy Łukasiewicz, Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies, Olga Nikolaevna of Russia, and Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa. After him are Juan, Count of Montizón, Henri Murger, John Pope, Charles Friedel, Joachim Raff, and Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1909, Red Cloud ranks 22. Before him are Francisco Ferrer, Emil Erlenmeyer, Carlos, Duke of Madrid, Felice Beato, Princess Maria Teresa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Arnold Janssen. After him are Paul Gachet, Count Kasimir Felix Badeni, Oliver Otis Howard, Simon Newcomb, Princess Marie of Orléans, and Ludwig Gumplowicz.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Red Cloud ranks 1,882 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Madsen (1957), Vincent D'Onofrio (1959), Grant Wood (1891), Vint Cerf (1943), Joyce Carol Oates (1938), and Stephen McKinley Henderson (1949). After him are Fred Durst (1970), Larry Page (1973), Anthony Bourdain (1956), Héctor Elizondo (1936), Will.i.am (1975), and Brad Dourif (1950).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Red Cloud ranks 163. Before him are Alben W. Barkley (1877), Walter Mondale (1928), Pat Brown (1905), Tecumseh (1768), Bill Weld (1945), and James E. Webb (1906). After him are Tim Johnson (1946), John Foster Dulles (1888), Paul H. O'Neill (1935), Jack Lew (1955), Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen (1817), and John Armstrong Jr. (1758).

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