User:Smallchief/Most famous people of the Old West
This article ranks the most famous (and infamous) people of the American Old West. The rankings were determined by totaling the average views of Wikipedia articles about individuals during a three month period. The three months arbitrarily chosen to compile the rankings were November and December 2011 and January 2012. The "West" was defined as west of the Mississippi River in the United States and adjacent parts of Mexico and Canada. The time period of the "Old West" was defined as extending back in history to any time prior to World War I. To be eligible for inclusion in the list individuals had to have spent a large part of their lives in the West or to have achieved much of their prominence due to the time they spent in the West.
Rank | Name | Ave. number of Wikipedia views monthly | Notes |
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1 | Mark Twain | 767,580 | Wikipedia rank: 1,605[1] |
2 | Jesse James | 152,086 | Wikipedia rank: 2,103 |
3 | Billy the Kid | 133,436 | Wikipedia rank: 1,297 |
4 | Wyatt Earp | 115,320 | Wikipedia rank: 5,939 |
5 | John Brown (abolitionist) | 95,461 | Wikipedia rank: 4,296 |
6 | Doc Holliday | 76,914 | Wikipedia rank: 9,989 |
7 | George Armstrong Custer | 73,938 | Wikipedia rank: 8,017 |
8 | Geronimo | 71,400 | |
9 | Davy Crockett | 68,624 | |
10 | Pancho Villa | 67,958 | |
11 | Sitting Bull | 57,220 | |
12 | Sacagawea | 53,063 | |
13 | Crazy Horse | 50,765 | |
14 | Wild Bill Hickok | 49,682 | |
15 | Buffalo Bill | 48,699 | |
16 | Annie Oakley | 47,512 | |
17 | Sam Houston | 47,047 | |
18 | Calamity Jane | 46,908 | |
19 | Hernando de Soto | 39,105 | |
20 | Butch Cassidy | 37,128 | |
21 | Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna | 37,003 | |
22 | Brigham Young | 36,235 | |
23 | Robert Ford (outlaw) | 28,437 | |
24 | Stephen F. Austin | 28,022 | |
25 | James Bowie | 26,753 | |
26 | Levi Strauss | 25,323 | |
27 | Francisco Vasquez de Coronado | 23,624 | |
28 | Meriwether Lewis | 23,559 | |
29 | Johnny Ringo | 21,502 | |
30 | Chief Joseph | 19,798 | |
31 | Pat Garrett | 18,980 | |
32 | John Wesley Hardin | 18,808 | |
33 | William Clark (explorer) | 17,951 | |
34 | Bat Masterson | 17,328 | |
35 | Kit Carson | 17,127 | |
36 | Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca | 16,948 | |
37 | John C. Fremont | 16,732 | |
38 | Cochise | 13,498 | |
39 | Red Cloud | 13,203 | |
40 | Sundance Kid | 13,188 | |
41 | Frank James | 13,021 | |
42 | Josephine Earp | 12,741 | |
43 | Belle Starr | 11,774 | |
44 | Quanah Parker | 11,411 | |
45 | Jedediah Smith | 10,148 |
Note: All data compiled from Wikipedia article traffic statistics located at "View history" and "Page view statistics" for each individual listed. Traffic statistics used for the months of 201201, 201112, and 201111.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Lag time in calculating Wikipedia rank may make this statistic inconsistent with ranking of average monthly views
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