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Franklin Pierce

14th president of the United States

1804 - 1869

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His biography is available in 126 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 124 in 2024). Franklin Pierce is the 1,197th most popular politician (down from 61st in 2024), the 386th most popular biography from United States (down from 25th in 2019) and the 61st most popular American Politician.

Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States. He served from 1853 to 1857. He is most famous for serving as president during the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which led to the Civil War.

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Franklin Pierce is the most memorable of the 2 notable people born in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States, ahead of Wilson Bethel.

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Franklin Pierce's biography appears in 126 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Politicians.

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Franklin Pierce shares a November 23 birthday with Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, Pope Clement IV, and Ahmad ibn Hanbal.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Franklin Pierce ranks 1,197 out of 19,576. Before him are Sukjong of Joseon, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Warren G. Harding, Hyder Ali, Gratian, and Zubayr ibn al-Awam. After him are Pietro Badoglio, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, Louis IV of France, Frederick North, Lord North, Constantine V, and Wang Mang.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1804, Franklin Pierce ranks 6. Before him are Johann Strauss I, Ludwig Feuerbach, George Sand, Wilhelm Eduard Weber, and Napoléon Louis Bonaparte. After him are Benjamin Disraeli, Mikhail Glinka, Emil Lenz, Allan Kardec, Marie Taglioni, and Mongkut. Among people deceased in 1869, Franklin Pierce ranks 2. Before him is Hector Berlioz. After him are Alphonse de Lamartine, Ghalib, Allan Kardec, Edwin Stanton, Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Johann Friedrich Overbeck, Hijikata Toshizō, Thomas Graham, and Antoine-Henri Jomini.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Franklin Pierce ranks 386 out of 20,380. Before him are Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1923), Joe Pesci (1943), William Howard Taft (1857), Linda McMahon (1948), Warren G. Harding (1865), and Yonatan Netanyahu (1946). After him are Lee Miller (1907), Chesley Sullenberger (1951), Gloria Stuart (1910), Colonel Sanders (1890), Dianne Wiest (1946), and JD Vance (1984).

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Among Politicians In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Franklin Pierce ranks 61. Before him are Zachary Taylor (1784), Allen Dulles (1893), James A. Garfield (1831), Bernie Sanders (1941), William Howard Taft (1857), and Warren G. Harding (1865). After him are JD Vance (1984), Sarah Palin (1964), William Henry Harrison (1773), Robert F. Kennedy (1925), Fiorello La Guardia (1882), and Lou Henry Hoover (1874).

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