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Tecumseh

1768 - 1813

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Tecumseh ( tih-KUM-sə, -⁠see; (March 9, 1768 – October 5, 1813) was a Shawnee chief and warrior who promoted resistance to the expansion of the United States onto Native American lands. A persuasive orator, Tecumseh traveled widely, forming a Native American confederacy and promoting intertribal unity. Even though his efforts to unite Native Americans ended with his death in battle during the War of 1812, he became an iconic folk hero in American, Indigenous, and Canadian popular history. Tecumseh was born in what is now Ohio at a time when the far-flung Shawnees were reuniting in their Ohio Country homeland. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tecumseh is the 5,117th most popular politician (down from 3,974th in 2019), the 1,853rd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,257th in 2019) and the 160th most popular American Politician.

Tecumseh is most famous for being the Shawnee chief who led a confederacy of Native American tribes against the United States in the War of 1812.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tecumseh ranks 5,117 out of 19,576. Before him are Emperor Keitai, Emperor Tenmu, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, Theroigne de Mericourt, Georgy Pyatakov, and Choe Yong-rim. After him are Dürrüşehvar Sultan, George Akropolites, Ludovico Manin, František Palacký, Emperor Wuzong of Tang, and Édouard Herriot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1768, Tecumseh ranks 16. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Bessières, Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom, Louis Desaix, Nakşidil Sultan, Caroline of Brunswick, and Lazare Hoche. After him are Jean-Robert Argand, Marie-Guillemine Benoist, Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden, Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Peter Wittgenstein, and Sikandar Jah. Among people deceased in 1813, Tecumseh ranks 17. Before him are Jean-Andoche Junot, Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger, and Johann Baptist Wanhal. After him are Anders Gustaf Ekeberg, Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Anton Graff, Rose Bertin, Giambattista Bodoni, and Princess Augusta of Great Britain.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Tecumseh ranks 1,853 out of 20,380. Before him are Axeman of New Orleans (null), Cyrus West Field (1819), Lee J. Cobb (1911), Richard S. Hamilton (1943), Robert J. Flaherty (1884), and Harry Stack Sullivan (1892). After him are Viola Davis (1965), George Benson (1943), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Joe Simon (1913), Peter Dinklage (1969), and John Mearsheimer (1947).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Tecumseh ranks 160. Before him are Paul Ryan (1970), Benjamin Butler (1818), Melvin Laird (1922), Alben W. Barkley (1877), Walter Mondale (1928), and Pat Brown (1905). After him are Bill Weld (1945), James E. Webb (1906), Red Cloud (1822), Tim Johnson (1946), John Foster Dulles (1888), and Paul H. O'Neill (1935).

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