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POLITICIAN

Button Gwinnett

1735 - 1777

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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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  • 15

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  • 1.45

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Button Gwinnett ranks 16,461 out of 15,577Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1735, Button Gwinnett ranks 28Before him are Ivan Kulibin, Joseph Ducreux, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, Jesse Ramsden, and John Carroll.  Among people deceased in 1777, Button Gwinnett ranks 23Before him are Dai Zhen, Mir Qasim, Jean-Baptiste-Louis Gresset, Enrichetta d'Este, Dolly Pentreath, and John Bartram.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Button Gwinnett ranks 5,661 out of 7,765Before 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).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Button Gwinnett ranks 613Before 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).