1780 - 1845
Elizabeth Fry (née Gurney; 21 May 1780 – 12 October 1845), sometimes referred to as Betsy Fry, was an English prison reformer, social reformer, philanthropist and Quaker. Fry was a major driving force behind new legislation to improve the treatment of prisoners, especially female inmates, and as such has been called the "Angel of Prisons". She was instrumental in the 1823 Gaols Act which mandated sex-segregation of prisons and female warders for female inmates to protect them from sexual exploitation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Fry has received more than 766,711 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Elizabeth Fry is the 11,889th most popular politician (down from 11,166th in 2019), the 2,696th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,691st in 2019) and the 408th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Elizabeth Fry ranks 11,889 out of 15,577. Before her are Doğu Perinçek, Sergey Mironov, George Frederick Charles, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Arsames I, and Max von Hausen. After her are Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Edward Fortunatus, Kirta, Yakubu Gowon, Oldřich Duras, and Chatichai Choonhavan.
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 11,883
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 11,884
1688 - 1735
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,885
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,886
250 BC - 228 BC
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,887
1846 - 1922
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,888
1780 - 1845
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 11,889
300 BC - 177 BC
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,890
1565 - 1600
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,891
1550 BC - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,892
1934 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,893
1882 - 1957
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,894
1920 - 1998
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 11,895
Among people born in 1780, Elizabeth Fry ranks 37. Before her are Alexey Venetsianov, Fulgencio Yegros, Juana Azurduy de Padilla, August Leopold Crelle, José Joaquín de Olmedo, and Piet Retief. After her are Karoline von Günderrode, Johann Friedrich Naumann, Michele Tenore, Johann Friedrich Adam, Francisco Xavier de Luna Pizarro, and Henry Salt. Among people deceased in 1845, Elizabeth Fry ranks 30. Before her are Wazir Akbar Khan, Rafael Urdaneta, Henrik Steffens, Christian Frederik Hansen, Johnny Appleseed, and Nils Gabriel Sefström. After her are Antoine Risso, Zaman Shah Durrani, Francisco Manuel Blanco, Philipp Jakob Cretzschmar, Thomas Hood, and Joseph Story.
1780 - 1847
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 31
1780 - 1821
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 32
1780 - 1862
HPI: 50.58
Rank: 33
1780 - 1855
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 34
1780 - 1847
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 35
1780 - 1838
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 36
1780 - 1845
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 37
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 38
1780 - 1857
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 39
1780 - 1861
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 40
1780 - 1832
HPI: 47.59
Rank: 41
1780 - 1855
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 42
1780 - 1827
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 43
1816 - 1845
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 24
1788 - 1845
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 25
1773 - 1845
HPI: 51.35
Rank: 26
1756 - 1845
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 27
1774 - 1845
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 28
1787 - 1845
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 29
1780 - 1845
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 30
1777 - 1845
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 31
1770 - 1845
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 32
1778 - 1845
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 33
1786 - 1845
HPI: 46.10
Rank: 34
1799 - 1845
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 35
1779 - 1845
HPI: 38.53
Rank: 36
Among people born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Fry ranks 2,696 out of 7,765. Before her are Richard Marquand (1937), John Keegan (1934), Edward John Eyre (1815), Martin Barre (1946), Freddie Jones (1927), and E. A. Wallis Budge (1857). After her are Naveen Andrews (1969), Anna Russell (1807), Robert Fisk (1946), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Thandie Newton (1972), and Gillian Rubinstein (1942).
1937 - 1987
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 2,690
1934 - 2012
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 2,691
1815 - 1901
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 2,692
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 2,693
1927 - 2019
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 2,694
1857 - 1934
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,695
1780 - 1845
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,696
1969 - Present
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,697
1807 - 1876
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,698
1946 - 2020
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 2,699
1565 - 1600
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 2,700
1972 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 2,701
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 2,702
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Elizabeth Fry ranks 408. Before her are John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672), John Turner (1929), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Lady Arbella Stuart (1575), and Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583). After her are Edward Fortunatus (1565), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), and Gary Hocking (1937).
1822 - 1883
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 402
1672 - 1723
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 403
1929 - 2020
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 404
1871 - 1946
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 405
1575 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 406
1583 - 1648
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 407
1780 - 1845
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 408
1565 - 1600
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 409
1400 - 1460
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 410
1868 - 1927
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 411
1838 - 1922
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 412
1443 - 1524
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 413
1937 - 1962
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 414