1732 - 1799
George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and served as the president of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which created the Constitution of the United States and the American federal government. Washington has been called the "Father of the Nation" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the country.Washington's first public office was serving as the official surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia from 1749 to 1750. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington has received more than 36,632,520 page views. His biography is available in 189 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 181 in 2019). George Washington is the 89th most popular politician (up from 108th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from United States (up from 37th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Politician.
George Washington was the first president of the United States. He is most famous for leading the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War.
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Among politicians, George Washington ranks 89 out of 15,577. Before him are Selim I, Trajan, Nicolae Ceaușescu, Kösem Sultan, Francisco Franco, and Philip II of Spain. After him are Heinrich Himmler, Leonid Brezhnev, Louis XV of France, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Henry IV of France, and Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
1470 - 1520
HPI: 82.39
Rank: 83
53 - 117
HPI: 82.38
Rank: 84
1918 - 1989
HPI: 82.35
Rank: 85
1590 - 1651
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 86
1892 - 1975
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 87
1527 - 1598
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 88
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 89
1900 - 1945
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 90
1906 - 1982
HPI: 81.78
Rank: 91
1710 - 1774
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 92
1807 - 1882
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 93
1553 - 1610
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 94
1859 - 1941
HPI: 81.60
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1732, George Washington ranks 2. Before him is Joseph Haydn. After him are Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Stanisław August Poniatowski, Pierre Beaumarchais, Jacques Necker, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Richard Arkwright, Jérôme Lalande, Abbas III, Adélaïde of France, and Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg. Among people deceased in 1799, George Washington ranks 1. After him are Qianlong Emperor, Pope Pius VI, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, Joseph Black, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Horace Bénédict de Saussure.
1732 - 1809
HPI: 85.57
Rank: 1
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 2
1732 - 1806
HPI: 72.02
Rank: 3
1732 - 1798
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 4
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
1732 - 1804
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 6
1732 - 1795
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 7
1732 - 1792
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 8
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 9
1732 - 1740
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 10
1732 - 1800
HPI: 61.84
Rank: 11
1732 - 1797
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 1
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.64
Rank: 2
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.18
Rank: 3
1718 - 1799
HPI: 69.69
Rank: 4
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
1750 - 1799
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 6
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 7
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 8
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 9
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 10
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 11
1740 - 1799
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, George Washington ranks 27 out of 18,182. Before him are James K. Polk (1795), Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), Michael Jackson (1958), Ernest Hemingway (1899), and Joe Biden (1942). After him are Walt Disney (1901), Aretha Franklin (1942), Martin Scorsese (1942), Al Pacino (1940), Pocahontas (1595), and Mark Twain (1835).
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 21
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 22
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 23
1958 - 2009
HPI: 82.75
Rank: 24
1899 - 1961
HPI: 82.72
Rank: 25
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 26
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 27
1901 - 1966
HPI: 81.85
Rank: 28
1942 - 2018
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 29
1942 - Present
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 30
1940 - Present
HPI: 81.43
Rank: 31
1595 - 1617
HPI: 81.18
Rank: 32
1835 - 1910
HPI: 80.98
Rank: 33
Among politicians born in United States, George Washington ranks 13. Before him are Benjamin Franklin (1706), John F. Kennedy (1917), James K. Polk (1795), Hillary Clinton (1947), Ronald Reagan (1911), and Joe Biden (1942). After him are George W. Bush (1946), Harry S. Truman (1884), Richard Nixon (1913), George H. W. Bush (1924), Donald Trump (1946), and Al Gore (1948).
1706 - 1790
HPI: 83.56
Rank: 7
1917 - 1963
HPI: 83.22
Rank: 8
1795 - 1849
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 9
1947 - Present
HPI: 82.95
Rank: 10
1911 - 2004
HPI: 82.84
Rank: 11
1942 - Present
HPI: 82.47
Rank: 12
1732 - 1799
HPI: 81.88
Rank: 13
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 14
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 15
1913 - 1994
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 16
1924 - 2018
HPI: 78.19
Rank: 17
1946 - Present
HPI: 78.13
Rank: 18
1948 - Present
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 19