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 1,286,597 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Frederick William II of Prussia is the 727th most popular politician (down from 672nd in 2019), the 200th most popular biography from Germany (down from 192nd in 2019) and the 53rd 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 727 out of 15,577. Before him are Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria, Alexander Lukashenko, Shunzhi Emperor, Zacchaeus, Vladislaus II of Hungary, and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. After him are Hussein of Jordan, Stanisław Leszczyński, Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Árpád, John III of Sweden, and Charles IX of Sweden.
1756 - 1825
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 721
1954 - Present
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 722
1638 - 1661
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 723
50 - 100
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 724
1456 - 1516
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 725
1751 - 1825
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 726
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 727
1935 - 1999
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 728
1677 - 1766
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 729
1519 - 1574
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 730
845 - 907
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 731
1537 - 1592
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 732
1550 - 1611
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 733
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, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Pierre Méchain, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Abigail Adams, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Prince Charles of Hesse-Kassel, Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos, and Marianna Martines. Among people deceased in 1797, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 4. Before him are Baron Munchausen, Edmund Burke, and Mary Wollstonecraft. After him are François-Noël Babeuf, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, James Hutton, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Vilna Gaon, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Lazare Hoche, and Joseph Wright of Derby.
1744 - 1829
HPI: 77.79
Rank: 1
1744 - 1803
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 2
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 3
1744 - 1812
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 4
1744 - 1818
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 5
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 6
1744 - 1817
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 7
1744 - 1818
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 8
1744 - 1801
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 9
1744 - 1836
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 10
1744 - 1811
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 11
1744 - 1812
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 12
1720 - 1797
HPI: 74.68
Rank: 1
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.81
Rank: 2
1759 - 1797
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 3
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 4
1760 - 1797
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 5
1742 - 1797
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 6
1726 - 1797
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 7
1715 - 1797
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 8
1720 - 1797
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 9
1732 - 1797
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 10
1768 - 1797
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 11
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 200 out of 6,142. Before him are Emil Fischer (1852), Nelly Sachs (1891), Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756), Jacob Grimm (1785), Michel Ney (1769), and Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838). After him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Otto von Guericke (1602), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Karl Liebknecht (1871), and Eckhart Tolle (1948).
1852 - 1919
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 194
1891 - 1970
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 195
1756 - 1825
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 196
1785 - 1863
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 197
1769 - 1815
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 198
1838 - 1917
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 199
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 200
1717 - 1768
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 201
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 202
1602 - 1686
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 203
1873 - 1956
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 204
1871 - 1919
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 205
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 206
Among politicians born in Germany, Frederick William II of Prussia ranks 53. Before him are Olaf Scholz (1958), Arnulf of Carinthia (850), Augustus III of Poland (1696), Ilse Koch (1906), Rudolf I of Germany (1218), and Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (1756). After him are Alexander Van der Bellen (1944), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Karl Liebknecht (1871), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), and Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990).
1958 - Present
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 47
850 - 899
HPI: 71.59
Rank: 48
1696 - 1763
HPI: 71.54
Rank: 49
1906 - 1967
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 50
1218 - 1291
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 51
1756 - 1825
HPI: 71.23
Rank: 52
1744 - 1797
HPI: 71.20
Rank: 53
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 54
1873 - 1956
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 55
1871 - 1919
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 56
1093 - 1152
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 57
1282 - 1347
HPI: 70.96
Rank: 58
990 - 1039
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 59