1769 - 1852
Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, (né Wesley; 1 May 1769 – 14 September 1852) was a British statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington has received more than 7,648,875 page views. His biography is available in 79 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington is the 794th most popular politician (up from 879th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Politician.
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, is most famous for defeating Napoleon Bonaparte in the Battle of Waterloo.
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Among politicians, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 794 out of 15,577. Before him are Robert I, Duke of Normandy, Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Hassan II of Morocco, Isabella II of Spain, İsmet İnönü, and Walter Ulbricht. After him are Zbigniew Brzezinski, Charles II of England, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Paul of Greece, Valentinian I, and Christian X of Denmark.
1010 - 1035
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 788
1682 - 1712
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 789
1929 - 1999
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 790
1830 - 1904
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 791
1884 - 1973
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 792
1893 - 1973
HPI: 70.66
Rank: 793
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 794
1928 - 2017
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 795
1630 - 1685
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 796
1732 - 1798
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 797
1901 - 1964
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 798
321 - 375
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 799
1870 - 1947
HPI: 70.61
Rank: 800
Among people born in 1769, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 6. Before him are Napoleon, Alexander von Humboldt, Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Georges Cuvier, and Michel Ney. After him are Jean Lannes, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ivan Krylov, André-Jacques Garnerin, and William Smith. Among people deceased in 1852, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 5. Before him are Louis Braille, Nikolai Gogol, Friedrich Fröbel, and Ada Lovelace. After him are Henry Clay, Auguste de Marmont, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Johan Gadolin, Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Karl Bryullov, and Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden.
1769 - 1821
HPI: 94.47
Rank: 1
1769 - 1859
HPI: 79.92
Rank: 2
1769 - 1849
HPI: 75.47
Rank: 3
1769 - 1832
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 4
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 5
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 6
1769 - 1809
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 7
1769 - 1851
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 8
1769 - 1824
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 9
1769 - 1844
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 10
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 11
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 12
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 1
1809 - 1852
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 2
1782 - 1852
HPI: 73.34
Rank: 3
1815 - 1852
HPI: 72.54
Rank: 4
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 5
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 6
1774 - 1852
HPI: 67.19
Rank: 7
1778 - 1852
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 8
1760 - 1852
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 9
1778 - 1852
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 10
1799 - 1852
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 11
1790 - 1852
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 12
Among people born in Ireland, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 12 out of 501. Before him are George Berkeley (1685), Samuel Beckett (1906), Michael Gambon (1940), Edmund Burke (1729), Pierce Brosnan (1953), and Bram Stoker (1847). After him are William Rowan Hamilton (1805), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Francis Bacon (1909), John Scotus Eriugena (810), Richard Harris (1930), and Anne Bonny (1702).
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 6
1906 - 1989
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 7
1940 - 2023
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 8
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 9
1953 - Present
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 10
1847 - 1912
HPI: 71.15
Rank: 11
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 12
1805 - 1865
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 13
1819 - 1903
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 14
1909 - 1992
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 15
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 16
1930 - 2002
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 17
1702 - 1782
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 18
Among politicians born in Ireland, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington ranks 2. Before him are Edmund Burke (1729). After him are Michael Collins (1890), Michael D. Higgins (1941), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Edmund the Martyr (841), Bertie Ahern (1951), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Harald Gille (1103), Malcolm II of Scotland (954), Brian Cowen (1960), and Brian Boru (941).
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 1
1769 - 1852
HPI: 70.65
Rank: 2
1890 - 1922
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 4
1449 - 1478
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 5
841 - 869
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 6
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.77
Rank: 7
836 - 877
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 8
1103 - 1136
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 9
954 - 1034
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 11
941 - 1014
HPI: 56.70
Rank: 12