1706 - 1790
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705] – April 17, 1790) was a British American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading writer, printer, political philosopher, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Benjamin Franklin has received more than 18,281,833 page views. His biography is available in 121 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 119 in 2019). Benjamin Franklin is the 63rd most popular politician (up from 72nd in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from United States (up from 24th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Politician.
Benjamin Franklin is most famous for his contributions to the founding of the United States. He helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and he invented bifocals, the lightning rod, and the Franklin stove.
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Among politicians, Benjamin Franklin ranks 63 out of 15,710. Before him are Franz Joseph I of Austria, Mary, Queen of Scots, Nicholas II of Russia, Diocletian, Pontius Pilate, and Hurrem Sultan. After him are Kim Il-sung, Nebuchadnezzar II, Lorenzo de' Medici, Francisco Franco, Ronald Reagan, and Ivan the Terrible.
1830 - 1916
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 57
1542 - 1587
HPI: 87.23
Rank: 58
1868 - 1918
HPI: 87.21
Rank: 59
244 - 311
HPI: 87.19
Rank: 60
12 BC - 38
HPI: 87.14
Rank: 61
1502 - 1558
HPI: 87.13
Rank: 62
1706 - 1790
HPI: 87.09
Rank: 63
1912 - 1994
HPI: 86.86
Rank: 64
630 BC - 562 BC
HPI: 86.85
Rank: 65
1449 - 1492
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 66
1892 - 1975
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 67
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.80
Rank: 68
1530 - 1584
HPI: 86.75
Rank: 69
Among people born in 1706, Benjamin Franklin ranks 1. After him are Émilie du Châtelet, Baldassare Galuppi, Giovanni Battista Martini, Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg, John Baskerville, John Dollond, Princess Marie Auguste of Thurn and Taxis, and Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough. Among people deceased in 1790, Benjamin Franklin ranks 2. Before him is Adam Smith. After him are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Duchess Elisabeth of Württemberg, Ernst Gideon von Laudon, Nikolaus I, Prince Esterházy, Johann Bernhard Basedow, Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, András Hadik, William Cullen, Mohammed ben Abdallah, and Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa.
1706 - 1790
HPI: 87.09
Rank: 1
1706 - 1749
HPI: 75.63
Rank: 2
1706 - 1785
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 3
1706 - 1784
HPI: 70.80
Rank: 4
1706 - 1735
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 5
1706 - 1775
HPI: 65.01
Rank: 6
1706 - 1761
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 7
1706 - 1756
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 8
1706 - 1758
HPI: 59.72
Rank: 9
1723 - 1790
HPI: 91.58
Rank: 1
1706 - 1790
HPI: 87.09
Rank: 2
1741 - 1790
HPI: 84.79
Rank: 3
1767 - 1790
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 4
1717 - 1790
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 5
1714 - 1790
HPI: 69.41
Rank: 6
1723 - 1790
HPI: 67.75
Rank: 7
1719 - 1790
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 8
1710 - 1790
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 9
1710 - 1790
HPI: 65.90
Rank: 10
1710 - 1790
HPI: 65.65
Rank: 11
1725 - 1790
HPI: 64.60
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Benjamin Franklin ranks 20 out of 15,968. Before him are Martin Van Buren (1782), John F. Kennedy (1917), Hillary Clinton (1947), Neil Armstrong (1930), Steven Spielberg (1946), and Ernest Hemingway (1899). After him are Mark Twain (1835), Pocahontas (1595), Ronald Reagan (1911), Bruce Lee (1940), Martin Scorsese (1942), and Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882).
1782 - 1862
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 14
1917 - 1963
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 15
1947 - Present
HPI: 87.74
Rank: 16
1930 - 2012
HPI: 87.58
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 87.57
Rank: 18
1899 - 1961
HPI: 87.47
Rank: 19
1706 - 1790
HPI: 87.09
Rank: 20
1835 - 1910
HPI: 87.04
Rank: 21
1595 - 1617
HPI: 86.82
Rank: 22
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.80
Rank: 23
1940 - 1973
HPI: 86.73
Rank: 24
1942 - Present
HPI: 86.49
Rank: 25
1882 - 1945
HPI: 86.43
Rank: 26
Among politicians born in United States, Benjamin Franklin ranks 9. Before him are Jimmy Carter (1924), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Abraham Lincoln (1809), Martin Van Buren (1782), John F. Kennedy (1917), and Hillary Clinton (1947). After him are Ronald Reagan (1911), Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882), James K. Polk (1795), George Washington (1732), Richard Nixon (1913), and George W. Bush (1946).
1924 - Present
HPI: 90.85
Rank: 3
1822 - 1885
HPI: 89.27
Rank: 4
1809 - 1865
HPI: 89.14
Rank: 5
1782 - 1862
HPI: 87.89
Rank: 6
1917 - 1963
HPI: 87.77
Rank: 7
1947 - Present
HPI: 87.74
Rank: 8
1706 - 1790
HPI: 87.09
Rank: 9
1911 - 2004
HPI: 86.80
Rank: 10
1882 - 1945
HPI: 86.43
Rank: 11
1795 - 1849
HPI: 86.14
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 85.21
Rank: 13
1913 - 1994
HPI: 84.09
Rank: 14
1946 - Present
HPI: 83.48
Rank: 15