1504 - 1536
George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford (c. 1504 – 17 May 1536) was an English courtier and nobleman who played a prominent role in the politics of the early 1530s as the brother of Anne Boleyn, second wife of King Henry VIII. George was the maternal uncle of Queen Elizabeth I, although he died long before his niece ascended the throne. Following his father's promotion in the peerage in 1529 to Earl of Wiltshire and Earl of Ormond, he adopted his father's junior title Viscount Rochford (created in 1525) as a courtesy title. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford has received more than 745,848 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford is the 5,374th most popular politician (down from 2,857th in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 673rd in 2019) and the 193rd most popular British Politician.
George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford was executed for treason in 1536. He was the brother of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII of England.
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Among politicians, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford ranks 5,374 out of 15,577. Before him are Louis, Prince of Condé, Zimri-Lim, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, Charles II, Duke of Savoy, Sinan Pasha, and Tanaka Giichi. After him are Gyula Horn, Solamish, Philip I, Count of Flanders, Nicomedes I of Bithynia, Domitianus II, and George Canning.
1668 - 1710
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 5,368
1800 BC - 1800 BC
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 5,369
1916 - 2006
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,370
1488 - 1496
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,371
1500 - 1553
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,372
1864 - 1929
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,373
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,374
1932 - 2013
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,375
1272 - 1291
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,376
1142 - 1191
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,377
300 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,378
300 - 271
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 5,379
1770 - 1827
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 5,380
Among people born in 1504, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford ranks 8. Before him are Sin Saimdang, Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, Francesco Primaticcio, Beatrice of Portugal, Duchess of Savoy, Heinrich Bullinger, and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland. After him are Guru Angad, Scipione Rebiba, Louis of Granada, Charles Estienne, Antun Vrančić, and Dorothea of Denmark, Duchess of Prussia. Among people deceased in 1536, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford ranks 13. Before him are Baldassare Peruzzi, Francis III, Duke of Brittany, Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset, Garcilaso de la Vega, Cecilia Gallerani, and John of Leiden. After him are Gil Vicente, Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, Felice della Rovere, Jacob Hutter, Ibn Kemal, and Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden.
1504 - 1551
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 2
1504 - 1567
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 3
1504 - 1570
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 4
1504 - 1538
HPI: 60.16
Rank: 5
1504 - 1575
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 6
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 7
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 8
1504 - 1552
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 9
1504 - 1577
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 10
1504 - 1588
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 11
1504 - 1564
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 12
1504 - 1573
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 13
1504 - 1547
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 14
1481 - 1536
HPI: 62.82
Rank: 7
1518 - 1536
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 8
1519 - 1536
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 9
1501 - 1536
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 10
1473 - 1536
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 11
1509 - 1536
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 13
1465 - 1536
HPI: 57.59
Rank: 14
1460 - 1536
HPI: 56.74
Rank: 15
1483 - 1536
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 16
1500 - 1536
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 17
1468 - 1536
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 18
1474 - 1536
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford ranks 1,153 out of 7,765. Before him are Victor Turner (1920), Annie Chapman (1841), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Allen Carr (1934), James Black (1924), and William Adelin (1103). After him are Jimmy Greaves (1940), George Canning (1770), Leopold Stokowski (1882), Elizabeth Blount (1500), Paul Scofield (1922), and Alfonso de Portago (1928).
1920 - 1983
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 1,147
1841 - 1888
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,148
1903 - 1966
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1,149
1934 - 2006
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,150
1924 - 2010
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 1,151
1103 - 1120
HPI: 57.98
Rank: 1,152
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,153
1940 - 2021
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 1,154
1770 - 1827
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 1,155
1882 - 1977
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,156
1500 - 1539
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 1,157
1922 - 2008
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 1,158
1928 - 1957
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 1,159
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford ranks 193. Before him are Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Arthur Drewry (1891), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), Francis Walsingham (1532), and John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504). After him are George Canning (1770), Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Chris Patten (1944), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), and Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884).
1158 - 1186
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 187
1517 - 1559
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 188
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 189
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 190
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 191
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 192
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 193
1770 - 1827
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 194
1375 - 1415
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 195
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 196
1345 - 1368
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 197
1287 - 1330
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 198
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 199