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Andrew Jackson

1767 - 1845

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Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 7th president of the United States, from 1829 to 1837. Before his presidency, he rose to fame as a general in the U.S. Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress. Sometimes praised as an advocate for working Americans and for preserving the union of states, his political philosophy became the basis for the Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Jackson has received more than 23,713,568 page views. His biography is available in 134 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 131 in 2019). Andrew Jackson is the 21st most popular politician (up from 753rd in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from United States (up from 222nd in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Politician.

Andrew Jackson is most famous for being the seventh president of the United States. He is also known for the Indian Removal Act, which was a law that forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.

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  • 134

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 23.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andrew Jackson ranks 21 out of 19,576. Before him are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Cleopatra, David, Henry Kissinger, Commodus, and Otto von Bismarck. After him are Elizabeth I of England, Vladimir Putin, Louis XVI of France, Benito Mussolini, Hammurabi, and Mao Zedong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1767, Andrew Jackson ranks 1. After him are Joachim Murat, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Louis Antoine de Saint-Just, John Quincy Adams, Jean-Baptiste Say, John VI of Portugal, Benjamin Constant, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, August Wilhelm Schlegel, Nicolas Oudinot, and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn. Among people deceased in 1845, Andrew Jackson ranks 1. After him are Julie Clary, August Wilhelm Schlegel, John Frederic Daniell, Roustam Raza, Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, Guadalupe Victoria, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, Bernardino Rivadavia, Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia, and Wilhelm Friedrich Ernst Bach.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Andrew Jackson ranks 11 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Carter (1924), Michael Jackson (1958), Richard Nixon (1913), Edgar Allan Poe (1809), Sylvester Stallone (1946), and Steve Jobs (1955). After him are Marilyn Monroe (1926), Steven Spielberg (1946), Abraham Lincoln (1809), Hillary Clinton (1947), Andrew Johnson (1808), and Martin Van Buren (1782).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Andrew Jackson ranks 5. Before him are Donald Trump (1946), Thomas Jefferson (1743), Jimmy Carter (1924), and Richard Nixon (1913). After him are Abraham Lincoln (1809), Hillary Clinton (1947), Andrew Johnson (1808), Martin Van Buren (1782), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), James K. Polk (1795), and Joe Biden (1942).

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