56.5% of matchups won
3,630 matchups
Elo 1739
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/07/16
mission: Preserve wilderness and nature · Environmental conservation · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing57%
picked as helping wellbeing
2,742 matchups
54%
picked as hurting wellbeing
888 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-09-14Related
Similar people
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John Morris
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41.1% wins · American businessman
02
Henry David Thoreau
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34.9% wins · American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
03
Meriwether Lewis
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45.8% wins · American explorer (1774-1809)
04
John Ruskin
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64.9% wins · English writer and art critic (1819–1900)
05
William Lyon Mackenzie
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64.6% wins · Scottish-born Canadian-American journalist and politician (1795–1861)
Known for
- Co-founded Sierra Club
- Established Yosemite National Park
- Authored nature writings
- Influenced environmental movement
- Promoted national parks
Based on 3,630 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/16. Full rankings ·
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