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Algernon Sidney

1623 - 1683

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Algernon Sidney or Sydney (15 January 1623 – 7 December 1683) was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel. A member of the middle part of the Long Parliament and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England, he opposed the king's execution. Sidney was later charged with plotting against Charles II, in part based on his most famous work, Discourses Concerning Government, which was used by the prosecution as a witness at his trial. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Algernon Sidney has received more than 306,717 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Algernon Sidney is the 14,154th most popular politician (up from 15,028th in 2019), the 3,386th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,480th in 2019) and the 462nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Algernon Sidney ranks 14,154 out of 19,576. Before him are Sigeberht the Good, Josep Pintat Solans, Akaki Chkhenkeli, Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, and Lyudmila Narusova. After him are Ivan Capelli, Zoran Zaev, Alois Estermann, Ċensu Tabone, Edwin Stanton, and Ahmose-Henuttamehu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1623, Algernon Sidney ranks 11. Before him are Zhu Youlang, Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, François de Laval, Christian Louis I, and Reinier Nooms.  Among people deceased in 1683, Algernon Sidney ranks 15. Before him are Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Jacob Stainer, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Juraj Križanić, John Owen, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. After him are Robert Morison, and Izaak Walton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Algernon Sidney ranks 3,386 out of 8,785. Before him are David Cox (1924), John Shakespeare (1530), Susan George (1950), Edward Thomas (1878), Stanley Baker (1928), and Michael Mann (1942). After him are William Hopkins (1793), Ian Abercrombie (1934), Alison Moyet (1961), George Abecassis (1913), Joseph Noel Paton (1821), and John Mawe (1764).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Algernon Sidney ranks 462. Before him are Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), William Bradford (1590), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887), and John Shakespeare (1530). After him are Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Keir Starmer (1962), and Cherie Blair (1954).

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