RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Squanto

1585 - 1622

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Tisquantum (; c. 1585 (±10 years?) – November 30, 1622 O.S.), more commonly known as Squanto (), was a member of the Patuxet tribe of Wampanoags, best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum's former summer village, now Plymouth, Massachusetts. The Patuxet tribe had lived on the western coast of Cape Cod Bay, but were wiped out by an epidemic, traditionally assumed to be smallpox brought by previous European explorers; however, recent findings suggest that the disease was Leptospirosis, a bacterial infection transmitted to humans typically via "dirty water" or soil contaminated with the waste product of infected, often domestic animals. In 1614, Tisquantum was kidnapped by English slaver, Captain Thomas Hunt, who trafficked him to Spain, selling him in the city of Málaga. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Squanto is the 2,619th most popular religious figure (down from 2,452nd in 2019), the 6,408th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,735th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Squanto ranks 2,619 out of 3,187. Before him are Frans van der Lugt, Francis George, Gérald Lacroix, Jean-Louis Bruguès, Aloys Sprenger, and Honorius of Canterbury. After him are Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Teresa of the Andes, Jan Pieter Schotte, Johann Geiler von Kaysersberg, Æthelthryth, and Szilárd Bogdánffy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1585, Squanto ranks 22. Before him are Johann Baptist Cysat, Caspar Bartholin the Elder, Frederick I, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Claude Favre de Vaugelas, Pedro Teixeira, and Sisto Badalocchio. After him are Domenico II Contarini, Gerbrand Bredero, and Francesco Cornaro. Among people deceased in 1622, Squanto ranks 21. Before him are Leandro Bassano, Sophie of Brandenburg, Michael Maier, Alof de Wignacourt, Pedro Páez, and Luarsab II of Kartli. After him is Khusrau Mirza.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Squanto ranks 6,409 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Anderson (1859), Tranquilo Cappozzo (1918), Francis Collins (1950), Camille Paglia (1947), Victor J. Stenger (1935), and Scott Columbus (1956). After him are Robert Berdella (1949), Jack Oakie (1903), Helene Madison (1913), Tony Joe White (1943), Frances Sternhagen (1930), and Lawrence Tierney (1919).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Squanto ranks 63. Before him are John Wright (1909), Thomas S. Monson (1927), Seraphim Rose (1934), Edmund Szoka (1927), Dorothy Stang (1931), and Francis George (1937). After him are Yusuf Estes (1944), John Patrick Foley (1935), Milman Parry (1902), Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774), Donald Wuerl (1940), and Madalyn Murray O'Hair (1919).

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