# George Carmack

> George Washington Carmack was an American prospector in the Yukon. He was originally credited with registering Discovery Claim, the discovery of gold that set off the Klondike Gold Rush on August 16, 1896. Today, historians usually give the credit to his Tagish brother-in-law, Skookum Jim Mason.

*With brother-in-law, credited with making the gold discovery that led to the Klondike Gold Rush*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1860-09-24
- **Died:** 1922-06-05
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 44.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Джордж Кармак](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA)
- [جورج كارماك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83)
- [George Carmack](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack)
- [George Carmack](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack)
- [George Carmack](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack)
- [George Carmack](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack)
- [George Washington Carmack](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carmack)
- [Кармак, Джордж](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6)
- [George Carmack](https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Carmack)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720659)

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