1744 - 1797
Frederick William II (German: Friedrich Wilhelm II.; 25 September 1744 – 16 November 1797) was King of Prussia from 1786 until his death in 1797. He was in personal union the Prince-elector of Brandenburg and (via the Orange-Nassau inheritance of his grandfather) sovereign prince of the Canton of Neuchâtel. Pleasure-loving and indolent, he is seen as the antithesis to his predecessor, Frederick the Great. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick William II of Prussia has received more than 1,093,526 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Frederick William II of Prussia is the 673rd most popular politician (down from 591st in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 171st in 2019) and the 48th most popular German Politician.
Frederick William II was most famous for being the king of Prussia from 1786 to 1797.
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Among politicians, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 673 out of 15,710. Before him are George Marshall, Henry I of France, Sennacherib, Abd al-Rahman III, Princess Sophie of Bavaria, and Gordian I. After him are Felix Dzerzhinsky, Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Charles IX of Sweden, Ladislaus the Posthumous, Boris III of Bulgaria, and Kurt Waldheim.
1880 - 1959
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 667
1008 - 1060
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 668
740 BC - 681 BC
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 669
889 - 961
HPI: 78.12
Rank: 670
1805 - 1872
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 671
159 - 238
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 672
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 673
1877 - 1926
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 674
1282 - 1347
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 675
1550 - 1611
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 676
1440 - 1457
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 677
1894 - 1943
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 678
1918 - 2007
HPI: 78.03
Rank: 679
Among people born in 1744, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 3. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Johann Gottfried Herder. After him are Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abigail Adams, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Elbridge Gerry, and Marianna Martines. Among people deceased in 1797, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 4. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Edmund Burke. After him are François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Joseph Wright of Derby, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Lazare Hoche.
1744 - 1829
HPI: 83.09
Rank: 1
1744 - 1803
HPI: 80.66
Rank: 2
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 3
1744 - 1812
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 4
1744 - 1804
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 5
1744 - 1818
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 6
1744 - 1817
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 7
1744 - 1818
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 8
1744 - 1777
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 9
1744 - 1801
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 10
1744 - 1814
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 11
1744 - 1812
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 12
1720 - 1797
HPI: 80.60
Rank: 1
1759 - 1797
HPI: 78.66
Rank: 2
1729 - 1797
HPI: 78.48
Rank: 3
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 4
1760 - 1797
HPI: 76.03
Rank: 5
1742 - 1797
HPI: 74.11
Rank: 6
1726 - 1797
HPI: 73.13
Rank: 7
1715 - 1797
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 8
1720 - 1797
HPI: 70.81
Rank: 9
1734 - 1797
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 10
1732 - 1797
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 11
1768 - 1797
HPI: 67.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 192 out of 5,289. Before him are Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880), Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776), Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652), Otto von Guericke (1602), Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805), and Emil Fischer (1852). After him are Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Hans Memling (1435), Baron d'Holbach (1723), Wilhelm Dilthey (1833), Ilse Koch (1906), and Justus von Liebig (1803).
1880 - 1938
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 186
1776 - 1841
HPI: 78.21
Rank: 187
1652 - 1722
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 188
1602 - 1686
HPI: 78.16
Rank: 189
1805 - 1872
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 190
1852 - 1919
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 191
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 192
1282 - 1347
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 193
1435 - 1494
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 194
1723 - 1789
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 195
1833 - 1911
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 196
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 197
1803 - 1873
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 198
Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 48. Before him are Hans Frank (1900), Frederick William IV of Prussia (1795), Christian IX of Denmark (1818), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Karl Liebknecht (1871), and Princess Sophie of Bavaria (1805). After him are Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Ilse Koch (1906), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Wilhelm, German Crown Prince (1882), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990).
1900 - 1946
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 42
1795 - 1861
HPI: 78.57
Rank: 43
1818 - 1906
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 44
1093 - 1152
HPI: 78.27
Rank: 45
1871 - 1919
HPI: 78.22
Rank: 46
1805 - 1872
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 47
1744 - 1797
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 48
1282 - 1347
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 49
1906 - 1967
HPI: 77.94
Rank: 50
1873 - 1956
HPI: 77.84
Rank: 51
1882 - 1951
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 52
980 - 1002
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 53
990 - 1039
HPI: 77.67
Rank: 54