Politician

Patrick Henry

American attorney, planter, and politician

1736 - 1799

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His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 38 in 2024). Patrick Henry is the 10,724th most popular politician (up from 11,068th in 2024), the 4,191st most popular biography from United States (down from 4,033rd in 2019) and the 361st most popular American Politician.

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#34,625

More than 2 centuries after death, Patrick Henry still holds rank #34,625 among all individuals in Pantheon.

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Patrick Henry's biography appears in 39 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 82% of all Politicians.

May 29

Patrick Henry shares a May 29 birthday with Charles II of England, John F. Kennedy, and Abdulmejid II.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Patrick Henry ranks 10,719 out of 19,576. Before him are Pierre Buyoya, Hamadi Jebali, Konstantinos Paspatis, Wincenty Witos, Margherita Aldobrandini, and Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini. After him are Juan José Torres, Theodoric Strabo, Prince Frederick of Schaumburg-Lippe, Sam Webb, Alvise Pisani, and Erchinoald.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Patrick Henry ranks 20. Before him are Anton Graff, Edward Waring, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, and Ann Lee. After him are Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Daniel Morgan, Juan Bautista de Anza, Carter Braxton, and Joseph Pickford. Among people deceased in 1799, Patrick Henry ranks 25. Before him are Étienne-Louis Boullée, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Claude Balbastre, and Pierre Charles Le Monnier. After him are Johann Hedwig, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, William Curtis, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Giuseppe Parini, and Johann Julius Walbaum.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 4,191 out of 20,380. Before him are Kenny Clarke (1914), Edwin Sutherland (1883), Lucius D. Clay (1898), Chubby Checker (1941), Richard Jordan (1937), and Rob Cohen (1949). After him are Tracy Pollan (1960), Sam Webb (1945), Carl Andre (1935), Black Hawk (1767), Richard Wright (1908), and Douglas G. Hurley (1966).

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Among Politicians In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 361. Before him are Grace Coolidge (1879), Thomas S. Gates Jr. (1906), Kamehameha V (1830), David Duke (1950), Robert H. Jackson (1892), and Letitia Christian Tyler (1790). After him are Sam Webb (1945), Black Hawk (1767), Ralph Nader (1934), Mark Gordon (1957), Paula Hawkins (1927), and John W. McCormack (1891).

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