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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham

English politician

1592 - 1628

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His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2024). George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham is the 2,605th most popular politician (up from 3,262nd in 2024), the 659th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 698th in 2019) and the 126th most popular British Politician.

George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, was an English courtier, statesman, and patron of the arts. He was a favourite—and possibly the lover—of King James I of England and Scotland. He was assassinated by a disgruntled employee.

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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham climbed 1,974 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #10,222 to #8,254.

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George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks #659 among 9,870 people in Pantheon born in United Kingdom, inside the top 7% of that group.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 2,604 out of 20,022. Before him are Sobekneferu, Tariq Aziz, Emperor Sakuramachi, Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan, Antigonus II Gonatas, and Anastasio Somoza Debayle. After him are Stephen III of Hungary, Agnes of France, Byzantine Empress, Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Emperor Jing of Han, Mauno Koivisto, and Sigurd Ring.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1592, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 7. Before him are John Amos Comenius, Hong Taiji, Shah Jahan, Pierre Gassendi, Wilhelm Schickard, and Gerard van Honthorst. After him are Jacques Callot, Peter Snayers, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Catalina de Erauso, and Saib Tabrizi. Among people deceased in 1628, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 1. After him are Cesare d'Este, Duke of Modena, François de Malherbe, Palma il Giovane, John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg, Rudolph Goclenius, Magdalene of Bavaria, John Bull, Francesc Ribalta, Jens Munk, and Nicolas Trigault.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 659 out of 9,870. Before him are Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Matthew Lewis (1775), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), Benny Hill (1924), Kate Winslet (1975), and Patrick White (1912). After him are Gustav Holst (1874), Oliver Reed (1938), Hank Marvin (1941), Joshua Reynolds (1723), James Wilson (1742), and Nicholas Hilliard (1547).

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Among Politicians In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham ranks 126. Before him are David II of Scotland (1324), Edwin of Northumbria (586), Eystein II of Norway (1125), Arthur Balfour (1848), Harold Macmillan (1894), and Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844). After him are James Wilson (1742), Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York (1411), Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), James Francis Edward Stuart (1688), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), and Æthelflæd (869).

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