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Button Gwinnett

1735 - 1777

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Button Gwinnett ( gwin-ET; 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 615,470 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Button Gwinnett is the 17,693rd most popular politician (down from 16,400th in 2019), the 5,988th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,648th in 2019) and the 651st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Button Gwinnett ranks 17,693 out of 19,576. Before him are Panos Kammenos, Augustin Matata Ponyo, Nick Leeson, Tomasi Puapua, Estes Kefauver, and Lloyd Erskine Sandiford. After him are Mary Lou McDonald, Jim Jordan, George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Paus, Phil Hogan, and Eliud Williams.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Button Gwinnett ranks 33. Before him are Domenico Vandelli, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Claudine Picardet, Jesse Ramsden, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, and John Carroll.  Among people deceased in 1777, Button Gwinnett ranks 27. Before him are Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Enrichetta d'Este, Dolly Pentreath, John Morton, Pratap Singh Shah, and John Bartram.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Button Gwinnett ranks 5,988 out of 8,785. Before him are Domino Harvey (1969), Michelle Gomez (1966), Connor Swindells (1996), Gladys Davis (1893), Annette Crosbie (1934), and Rick Savage (1960). After him are Doug Livingstone (1898), Sally Ann Howes (1930), Hannah John-Kamen (1989), Chris Tomlinson (1981), Ashley Jensen (1969), and Jefferson Hall (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Button Gwinnett ranks 651. Before him are Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), Francis Pym (1922), Philip May (1957), Peter Robinson (1948), William Hague (1961), and Nick Leeson (1967). After him are Betty Boothroyd (1929), Leon Brittan (1939), Francis Lewis (1713), Henry Sewell (1807), Eric Bristow (1957), and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947).

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