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Gerrard Winstanley

1609 - 1676

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Gerrard Winstanley (1609–1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers. The group occupied formerly common land that had been privatised by enclosures and dug them over, pulling down hedges and filling in ditches, to plant crops. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gerrard Winstanley has received more than 336,032 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Gerrard Winstanley is the 12,030th most popular politician (down from 11,201st in 2019), the 2,754th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,705th in 2019) and the 416th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 12,030 out of 15,577. Before him are Guy I de la Roche, Ashur-nadin-ahhe II, Amelia of Nassau-Weilburg, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Hendrikus Colijn, and Mizengo Pinda. After him are Amythaon, Ian Paisley, Fernando Tambroni, Clodovil Hernandes, Karl Staaff, and Anton Yugov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 18. Before him are Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Paul Fleming, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, and Jean Rotrou.  Among people deceased in 1676, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 20. Before him are Abraham Bosse, Francis I Rákóczi, Anna de' Medici, Archduchess of Austria, Gisbertus Voetius, Jean Desmarets, and Nicolò Sagredo. After him are Duchess Elisabeth Sophie of Mecklenburg and Metacomet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 2,754 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), Edgar Wright (1974), Arthur Waley (1889), William Edward Ayrton (1847), Jean Shrimpton (1942), and George Robert Waterhouse (1810). After him are Ian Paisley (1926), Nicol Williamson (1936), Carole Pateman (1940), Lennie James (1965), John Bodkin Adams (1899), and Tony Martin (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 416. Before him are Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge (1868), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Gary Hocking (1937), and Konstantinos Paspatis (1878). After him are Ian Paisley (1926), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), Lambert Simnel (1477), Nevile Henderson (1882), Enoch Powell (1912), and Tony Abbott (1957).

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