1735 - 1777
Button Gwinnett (March 3, 1735 – May 19, 1777) was a British-born American Founding Father who, as a representative of Georgia to the Continental Congress, was one of the signers (first signature on the left) of the United States Declaration of Independence. Gwinnett was also, briefly, the provisional president of Georgia in 1777, and Gwinnett County (now a major suburb of metropolitan Atlanta) was named for him. He was named in honor of his mother’s cousin, Barbara Button, who became his godmother. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Button Gwinnett has received more than 576,840 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Button Gwinnett is the 16,461st most popular politician (down from 14,444th in 2019), the 5,661st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,882nd in 2019) and the 613th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Button Gwinnett ranks 16,461 out of 15,577. Before him are Sophia Duleep Singh, David Thompson, Audronius Ažubalis, Jane Dee Hull, Nasir Jung, and Chen Jing. After him are Elena Poptodorova, Paul Bérenger, Rajmond Debevec, Juan Manuel Moreno, Roy Blunt, and Mike Beebe.
1876 - 1948
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 16,455
1961 - 2010
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 16,456
1958 - Present
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 16,457
1935 - 2020
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 16,458
1712 - 1750
HPI: 36.95
Rank: 16,459
1968 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 16,460
1735 - 1777
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 16,461
1951 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 16,462
1945 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 16,463
1963 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 16,464
1970 - Present
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 16,465
1950 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 16,466
1946 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 16,467
Among people born in 1735, Button Gwinnett ranks 28. Before him are Ivan Kulibin, Joseph Ducreux, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, Jesse Ramsden, and John Carroll. Among people deceased in 1777, Button Gwinnett ranks 23. Before him are Dai Zhen, Mir Qasim, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Enrichetta d'Este, Dolly Pentreath, and John Bartram.
1735 - 1818
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 22
1735 - 1802
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 23
1735 - 1796
HPI: 47.30
Rank: 24
1735 - 1781
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 25
1735 - 1800
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 26
1735 - 1815
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 27
1735 - 1777
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 28
1724 - 1777
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 17
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 18
1709 - 1777
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 19
1702 - 1777
HPI: 45.43
Rank: 20
1692 - 1777
HPI: 43.93
Rank: 21
1699 - 1777
HPI: 40.36
Rank: 22
1735 - 1777
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Button Gwinnett ranks 5,661 out of 7,765. Before him are Bertie Mee (1918), Allan Clarke (1946), Archie Gemmill (1947), Nicholas Bishop (1973), Alan Hodgkinson (1936), and Mimi Keene (1998). After him are Kelly Osbourne (1984), Mark Lewis Jones (1964), Duncan James (1978), Thomas Shadwell (1642), Miles Millar (1967), and Nina Bawden (1925).
1918 - 2001
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 5,655
1946 - Present
HPI: 36.93
Rank: 5,656
1947 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 5,657
1973 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 5,658
1936 - 2015
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 5,659
1998 - Present
HPI: 36.92
Rank: 5,660
1735 - 1777
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 5,661
1984 - Present
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 5,662
1964 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 5,663
1978 - Present
HPI: 36.90
Rank: 5,664
1642 - 1692
HPI: 36.89
Rank: 5,665
1967 - Present
HPI: 36.88
Rank: 5,666
1925 - 2012
HPI: 36.87
Rank: 5,667
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Button Gwinnett ranks 613. Before him are Dennis Skinner (1932), Cyril Radcliffe, 1st Viscount Radcliffe (1899), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), Sophia Duleep Singh (1876), and David Thompson (1961). After him are Leon Brittan (1939), Shirley Williams (1930), John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (1947), Philip May (1957), William Hague (1961), and Liz Truss (1975).
1932 - Present
HPI: 37.70
Rank: 607
1899 - 1977
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 608
1956 - Present
HPI: 37.44
Rank: 609
1969 - Present
HPI: 37.16
Rank: 610
1876 - 1948
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 611
1961 - 2010
HPI: 36.96
Rank: 612
1735 - 1777
HPI: 36.91
Rank: 613
1939 - 2015
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 614
1930 - 2021
HPI: 36.84
Rank: 615
1947 - Present
HPI: 36.81
Rank: 616
1957 - Present
HPI: 36.55
Rank: 617
1961 - Present
HPI: 36.38
Rank: 618
1975 - Present
HPI: 36.37
Rank: 619