800 - 802
Beorhtric (meaning "magnificent ruler"; also spelled Brihtric) (died 802) was the King of Wessex from 786 to 802, succeeding Cynewulf. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Beorhtric of Wessex has received more than 960,580 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Beorhtric of Wessex is the 6,852nd most popular politician (up from 7,286th in 2019), the 1,442nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,588th in 2019) and the 228th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 6,852 out of 15,577. Before him are Tiberius Coruncanius, Yvonne de Gaulle, Hermann I, Landgrave of Thuringia, Ali Bey al-Kabir, Hadım Sinan Pasha, and Clara Campoamor. After him are Princess Helena of Nassau, Adaloald, Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Macrianus Minor, Takahashi Korekiyo, and Geert Wilders.
390 BC - 243 BC
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,846
1900 - 1979
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,847
1155 - 1217
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,848
1728 - 1773
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,849
1459 - 1517
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,850
1888 - 1972
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,851
800 - 802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,852
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,853
602 - 628
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,854
1724 - 1802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,855
250 - 261
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,856
1854 - 1936
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 6,857
1963 - Present
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 6,858
Among people born in 800, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 29. Before him are Omurtag of Bulgaria, Gerberga, wife of Carloman I, Himiltrude, Ratchis, Mauregatus of Asturias, and Khaydhar ibn Kawus al-Afshin. After him are Conrad I, Count of Auxerre, Nominoe, Giustiniano Participazio, Aznar Galíndez I, Hildeprand, and Ado of Vienne. Among people deceased in 802, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 2. Before him is Constantine VI. After him is Paulinus II of Aquileia.
800 - 831
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 23
800 - 800
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 24
800 - 800
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
800 - 800
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 26
800 - 788
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 27
800 - 841
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 28
800 - 802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 29
800 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 30
800 - 851
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 31
800 - 829
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 32
800 - 839
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 33
800 - 744
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 34
800 - 875
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 35
771 - 802
HPI: 65.85
Rank: 1
800 - 802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 2
740 - 802
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 3
Among people born in United Kingdom, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 1,442 out of 7,765. Before him are Gordon Ramsay (1966), Matthew Flinders (1774), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Edward Fox (1937), and George Young (1946). After him are Thomas Arne (1710), Penda of Mercia (606), Black (1962), Donovan (1946), Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood (1864), and Anthony Trollope (1815).
1966 - Present
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,436
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,437
1870 - 1963
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 1,438
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 1,439
1937 - Present
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,440
1946 - 2017
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,441
800 - 802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,442
1710 - 1778
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 1,443
606 - 655
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 1,444
1962 - 2016
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 1,445
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 1,446
1864 - 1958
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1,447
1815 - 1882
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 1,448
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Beorhtric of Wessex ranks 228. Before him are Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), Herbert Pitman (1877), Ed Miliband (1969), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Ælle of Sussex (500), and Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870). After him are Penda of Mercia (606), Edward the Exile (1016), Jeffrey Archer (1940), Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), and John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset (1404).
1770 - 1840
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 222
1877 - 1961
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 223
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 224
1766 - 1841
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 225
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 226
1870 - 1963
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 227
800 - 802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 228
606 - 655
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 229
1016 - 1057
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 230
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 231
1763 - 1827
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 232
1933 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 233
1404 - 1444
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 234