Politician

Henry Pottinger

1st Governor of Hong Kong

1789 - 1856

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His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Henry Pottinger is the 12,102nd most popular politician (up from 12,179th in 2024), the 2,788th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,610th in 2019) and the 401st most popular British Politician.

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Henry Pottinger's biography spans 17 Wikipedia language editions and earns a Historical Popularity Index of 59.22.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Henry Pottinger ranks 12,096 out of 20,022. Before him are Salahuddin of Selangor, Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Charles Stewart Parnell, Aziz Dweik, György Lázár, and Philopappos. After him are Jenő Fuchs, Enshakushanna, Teodato Ipato, Catherine of Foix, Countess of Candale, Yasmah-Adad, and Daouda Malam Wanké.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1789, Henry Pottinger ranks 28. Before him are Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, William Cranch Bond, George II, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow, Silvio Pellico, and Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. After him are Manuel Gómez Pedraza, Charles Rivière-Hérard, Carlos María de Alvear, Auguste Couder, Richard Bright, and Franz Xaver Gabelsberger. Among people deceased in 1856, Henry Pottinger ranks 39. Before him are Charles Frédéric Gerhardt, Johann Kaspar Mertz, Vicente López y Planes, Lev Perovski, Karel Havlíček Borovský, and Agostino Bassi. After him are Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel, Ninomiya Sontoku, Jovan Sterija Popović, Josef Kajetán Tyl, Johan August Wahlberg, and Nicaise Auguste Desvaux.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Pottinger ranks 2,788 out of 9,870. Before him are Jojo Moyes (1969), Jimmy Somerville (1961), James Quibell (1867), Hugh Bonneville (1963), Peter James (1948), and Peter Maxwell Davies (1934). After him are Ronnie Clayton (1934), Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), John Wood (1930), Kevin Ayers (1944), and Thomas Wright (1711).

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Among Politicians In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Henry Pottinger ranks 401. Before him are Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), Ivor Richard (1932), Marjorie Bruce (1297), Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891). After him are Charles James Fox (1749), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), Ed Davey (1965), Cuthred of Wessex (750), Bobby Sands (1954), and Ruth Belville (1854).

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