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Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and founder of the Whig party

1621 - 1683

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His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury is the 12,404th most popular politician (up from 13,074th in 2024), the 2,880th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,936th in 2019) and the 412th most popular British Politician.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 12,398 out of 19,576Before him are Appius Claudius Pulcher, Radasłaŭ Astroŭski, Karl Staaff, Tengiz Sigua, Caecilia Paulina, and Bobby Jindal. After him are Haruo Remeliik, Shavarsh Karapetyan, Joseph Brant, Ángel María Villar, Iufni, and Edmund Muskie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1621, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 14Before him are Allaert van Everdingen, Leonora Christina Ulfeldt, Gerbrand van den Eeckhout, Maximilian Henry of Bavaria, Isaac van Ostade, and Shi Lang. After him are Jan Baptist Weenix, Matthew Locke, Andrew Marvell, Bohuslav Balbín, John VI, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and Jan Andrzej Morsztyn. Among people deceased in 1683, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 14Before him are Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Jacob Stainer, Juraj Križanić, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, and John Owen. After him are Algernon Sidney, Robert Morison, and Izaak Walton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 2,880 out of NaNBefore him are Joely Richardson (1965), Jane Digby (1807), Paul Young (1956), Auguste Couder (1789), John Alcock (1892), and Nevil Shute (1899). After him are Mick Ronson (1946), Pat Jennings (1945), Alma Reville (1899), Mark Jones (1933), Ernest Mason Satow (1843), and John Neville (1925).

Among Politicians In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ranks 412Before him are Bobby Sands (1954), Ruth Belville (1854), John McDonnell (1951), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), and Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831). After him are John Campbell, 9th Duke of Argyll (1845), Henry of Scotland (1115), Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Margaret of England (1240), and Henry Ireton (1611).

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