1830 - 1903
Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (May 9, 1830 – July 3, 1903) acted as first lady of the United States during the administration of her uncle, lifelong bachelor President James Buchanan, from 1857 to 1861. She has been described as the first of the modern First Ladies, being a notably charming and diplomatic hostess, whose dress-styles were copied, and who promoted deserving causes. In her will, she left funds for a new school on the grounds of Washington National Cathedral. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harriet Lane has received more than 595,509 page views. Her biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Harriet Lane is the 11,541st most popular politician (up from 11,760th in 2019), the 4,628th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,506th in 2019) and the 288th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Harriet Lane ranks 11,541 out of 15,577. Before her are Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Hermann Muhs, Nicolò Contarini, Ayub Khan, Jaime Lusinchi, and Ulrik Frederik Gyldenløve. After her are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, Han Myeong-sook, Silvestro Valier, Tang Jiaxuan, King Xiang of Zhou, and Denis Pushilin.
1955 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,535
1894 - 1962
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,536
1553 - 1631
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,537
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,538
1924 - 2014
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 11,539
1638 - 1704
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 11,540
1830 - 1903
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 11,541
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 11,542
1944 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 11,543
1630 - 1700
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 11,544
1938 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 11,545
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 11,546
1981 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 11,547
Among people born in 1830, Harriet Lane ranks 49. Before her are Ivan Larionov, Henry Peach Robinson, Karl Christian Bruhns, Mehmed Said Pasha, Otto Lesser, and Marianne North. After her are Clémence Royer, Kálmán Tisza, Gustav Lange, Juan Manuel Blanes, Clements Markham, and Charles Wyville Thomson. Among people deceased in 1903, Harriet Lane ranks 49. Before her are Augusta Holmès, Auguste Kerckhoffs, Kusumoto Ine, Ozaki Kōyō, Karl Gegenbaur, and Eugène-Anatole Demarçay. After her are Tang Jingsong, Lina Sandell, Emily Warren Roebling, Konstantinos Paspatis, Henri Alexis Brialmont, and George Gissing.
1830 - 1889
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 43
1830 - 1901
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 44
1830 - 1881
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 45
1830 - 1914
HPI: 50.95
Rank: 46
1830 - 1887
HPI: 50.51
Rank: 47
1830 - 1890
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 48
1830 - 1903
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 49
1830 - 1902
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 50
1830 - 1902
HPI: 49.74
Rank: 51
1830 - 1889
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 52
1830 - 1901
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 53
1830 - 1916
HPI: 47.94
Rank: 54
1830 - 1882
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 55
1847 - 1903
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 43
1835 - 1903
HPI: 51.76
Rank: 44
1827 - 1903
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 45
1868 - 1903
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 46
1826 - 1903
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 47
1852 - 1903
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 48
1830 - 1903
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 49
1841 - 1903
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 50
1832 - 1903
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 51
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 52
1878 - 1903
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 53
1821 - 1903
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 54
1857 - 1903
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 55
Among people born in United States, Harriet Lane ranks 4,628 out of 18,182. Before her are Gregory Hines (1946), Robert Keohane (1941), Gary Peacock (1935), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Stephen Tobolowsky (1951), and Elizabeth Mitchell (1970). After her are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), Eric Johnson (1954), Clarence Zener (1905), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Emily Deschanel (1976), and Janet Asimov (1926).
1946 - 2003
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 4,622
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 4,623
1935 - 2020
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 4,624
1829 - 1908
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 4,625
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 4,626
1970 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 4,627
1830 - 1903
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 4,628
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 4,629
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 4,630
1905 - 1993
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 4,631
1889 - 1968
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 4,632
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.07
Rank: 4,633
1926 - 2019
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 4,634
Among politicians born in United States, Harriet Lane ranks 288. Before her are Adlai Stevenson I (1835), Henry Paulson (1946), Harry Reid (1939), Oliver North (1943), Michael Kahn (1935), and Gary Hart (1936). After her are Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor (1879), James R. Schlesinger (1929), Pete Rose (1941), Black Kettle (1803), Nick Bollettieri (1931), and Bobby Jones (1902).
1835 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 282
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 283
1939 - 2021
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 284
1943 - Present
HPI: 50.15
Rank: 285
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 286
1936 - Present
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 287
1830 - 1903
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 288
1879 - 1964
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 289
1929 - 2014
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 290
1941 - Present
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 291
1803 - 1868
HPI: 50.03
Rank: 292
1931 - 2022
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 293
1902 - 1971
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 294