Wild Bill Hickok

✶May 27, 1837

†August 2, 1876

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James Butler Hickok, better known as "Wild Bill" Hickok, was a folk hero of the American Old West known for his life on the frontier as a soldier, scout, lawman, cattle rustler, gunslinger, gambler, showman, and actor, and for his involvement in many famous gunfights. He earned a great deal of fame in his own time, much of it bolstered by the many outlandish and often fabricated tales told and printed about him, occasionally by himself. Some contemporaneous reports of his exploits are known to be fictitious, but they remain the basis of much of his fame and reputation.

American soldier, gunman, gambler, and actor (1837–1876)

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Biography from the article Wild Bill Hickok on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.