1750 - 1806
Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806), a Founding Father of the United States, was a Boston bookseller who became a senior general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, serving as chief of artillery in most of Washington's campaigns. Following the American Revolution, he oversaw the War Department under the Articles of Confederation from 1785 to 1789. Washington, at the start of his first administration, appointed Knox the nation's first Secretary of War, a position he held from 1789 to 1794. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Knox has received more than 1,429,471 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Henry Knox is the 12,615th most popular politician (down from 11,590th in 2019), the 5,537th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,276th in 2019) and the 345th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Henry Knox ranks 12,615 out of 15,577. Before him are Spyridon Trikoupis, Anand Panyarachun, Józef Bilczewski, Mahmud Tarzi, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, and Benjamin Sheares. After him are Sanjay Gandhi, Stefan Yanev, Froyla Tzalam, Eucratides II, Pierluigi Martini, and Lyudmila Pakhomova.
1788 - 1873
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,609
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,610
1860 - 1923
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 12,611
1865 - 1933
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,612
1943 - 2019
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,613
1907 - 1981
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,614
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,615
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,616
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 12,617
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,618
200 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,619
1961 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,620
1946 - 1986
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 12,621
Among people born in 1750, Henry Knox ranks 33. Before him are Prince Frederick Adolf, Duke of Östergötland, Túpac Katari, Yazid of Morocco, Hugo Kołłątaj, Anton Stamitz, and Johann Gottlob Theaenus Schneider. After him are Tomás de Iriarte y Oropesa, Princess Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Ignacy Potocki, Christian Konrad Sprengel, Besiki, and Prince Frederick of Great Britain. Among people deceased in 1806, Henry Knox ranks 39. Before him are Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Michael von Melas, Jean Joseph Mounier, Horatio Gates, Charles James Fox, and Karoline von Günderrode. After him are Ignaz Schiffermüller, Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Benjamin Banneker, Robert Morris, and Heinrich Christian Boie.
1750 - 1803
HPI: 52.14
Rank: 27
1750 - 1781
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 28
1750 - 1792
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 29
1750 - 1812
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 30
1750 - 1809
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 31
1750 - 1822
HPI: 50.49
Rank: 32
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 33
1750 - 1791
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 34
1750 - 1811
HPI: 48.09
Rank: 35
1750 - 1809
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 36
1750 - 1816
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 37
1750 - 1791
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 38
1750 - 1765
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 39
1723 - 1806
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 33
1729 - 1806
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 34
1758 - 1806
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 35
1727 - 1806
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 36
1749 - 1806
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 37
1780 - 1806
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 38
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 39
1727 - 1806
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 40
1733 - 1806
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 41
1760 - 1806
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 42
1731 - 1806
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 43
1734 - 1806
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 44
1744 - 1806
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 45
Among people born in United States, Henry Knox ranks 5,537 out of 18,182. Before him are Marilynne Robinson (1943), John Baldessari (1931), Asa Gray (1810), Kaley Cuoco (1985), Peter Facinelli (1973), and Dylan Baker (1959). After him are Harry Stenqvist (1893), Cordwainer Smith (1913), Bob Guccione (1930), Jennifer Ehle (1969), Julie Bowen (1970), and Tyler Perry (1969).
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 5,531
1931 - 2020
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 5,532
1810 - 1888
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,533
1985 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,534
1973 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,535
1959 - Present
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,536
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,537
1893 - 1968
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,538
1913 - 1966
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 5,539
1930 - 2010
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 5,540
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 5,541
1970 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,542
1969 - Present
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 5,543
Among politicians born in United States, Henry Knox ranks 345. Before him are Robert R. Livingston (1746), Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772), Chuck Hagel (1946), Helen Herron Taft (1861), Ida Saxton McKinley (1847), and William B. Travis (1809). After him are Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1737), Daniel Webster (1782), Stephen A. Douglas (1813), Joseph Brant (1742), Joshua Chamberlain (1828), and David Dinkins (1927).
1746 - 1813
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 339
1772 - 1836
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 340
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 341
1861 - 1943
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 342
1847 - 1907
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 343
1809 - 1836
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 344
1750 - 1806
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 345
1737 - 1832
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 346
1782 - 1852
HPI: 48.34
Rank: 347
1813 - 1861
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 348
1742 - 1807
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 349
1828 - 1914
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 350
1927 - 2020
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 351