45.8% of matchups won
325 matchups
Elo 1715
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/09/23
mission: Exploration and scientific discovery · Exploration and politics · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing44%
picked as helping wellbeing
308 matchups
82%
picked as hurting wellbeing
17 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day averageRelated
Similar people
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64.6% wins · Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician (1795–1861)
02
James Monroe
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48.1% wins · president of the United States from 1817 to 1825
03
John Muir
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56.5% wins · Scottish-American naturalist (1838–1914)
04
Benjamin Franklin
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73.6% wins · American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
05
John Wilkes
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68.4% wins · English radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)
Known for
- Led Lewis and Clark Expedition
- Mapped the Pacific Northwest
- Established trade routes
- Published expedition journals
- Governor of Upper Louisiana
Based on 325 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/23. Full rankings ·
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