1611 - 1677
James Harrington (or Harington) (3 January 1611 – 11 September 1677) was an English political theorist of classical republicanism. He is best known for his controversial publication The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Harrington has received more than 15,308 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). James Harrington is the 9,789th most popular politician (down from 9,048th in 2019), the 2,079th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,001st in 2019) and the 325th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, James Harrington ranks 9,789 out of 15,577. Before him are Pasquale Cicogna, Dan II of Wallachia, Ion C. Brătianu, Ivan Fedyuninsky, Camille Huysmans, and Josef Krips. After him are Kim Tok-hun, Marcantonio Trivisan, Prince Georg Ludwig of Holstein-Gottorp, Lê Thánh Tông, Ferenc Gyulay, and Laurentino Cortizo.
1509 - 1595
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,783
1350 - 1431
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,784
1821 - 1891
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,785
1900 - 1977
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,786
1871 - 1968
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,787
1902 - 1974
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,788
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 9,789
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9,790
1475 - 1554
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9,791
1719 - 1763
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9,792
1442 - 1497
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9,793
1799 - 1868
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9,794
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 9,795
Among people born in 1611, James Harrington ranks 14. Before him are Marie Louise Gonzaga, Cecilia Renata of Austria, Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Fyt, Carlo Rainaldi, and Willem van de Velde the Elder. After him are John Pell, Henry Ireton, Mary Dyer, and Giancarlo de' Medici. Among people deceased in 1677, James Harrington ranks 12. Before him are Wenceslaus Hollar, Frederick VI, Margrave of Baden-Durlach, Antonio Maria Abbatini, Aert van der Neer, William Louis, Duke of Württemberg, and Robert Cambert. After him are William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Matthew Locke, and Henry Oldenburg.
1611 - 1667
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 8
1611 - 1644
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 9
1611 - 1684
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 10
1611 - 1661
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 11
1611 - 1691
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 12
1611 - 1693
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 13
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 14
1611 - 1685
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 15
1611 - 1651
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 16
1611 - 1660
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 17
1611 - 1663
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 18
1607 - 1677
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 6
1617 - 1677
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 7
1595 - 1677
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 8
1603 - 1677
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 9
1647 - 1677
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 10
1628 - 1677
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 11
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 12
1593 - 1677
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 13
1621 - 1677
HPI: 50.34
Rank: 14
1619 - 1677
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 15
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Harrington ranks 2,079 out of 7,765. Before him are Samuel Smiles (1812), Anna Sewell (1820), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Æthelfrith (600), Susannah York (1939), and Basil Bernstein (1924). After him are Kelly Brook (1979), Mark Thatcher (1953), William Parry (1790), John Wyndham (1903), William Kent (1685), and Alexander Bain (1818).
1812 - 1904
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,073
1820 - 1878
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,074
1759 - 1834
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,075
600 - 616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,076
1939 - 2011
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,077
1924 - 2000
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,078
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,079
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,080
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,081
1790 - 1855
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,082
1903 - 1969
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,083
1685 - 1748
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 2,084
1818 - 1903
HPI: 52.39
Rank: 2,085
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Harrington ranks 325. Before him are John Profumo (1915), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Charlie Whiting (1952), Andrew Bertie (1929), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), and Æthelfrith (600). After him are Cynewulf of Wessex (750), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), Joseph Lancaster (1778), Alexander Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), and Eadgifu of Wessex (null).
1915 - 2006
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 319
1777 - 1848
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 320
1952 - 2019
HPI: 52.57
Rank: 321
1929 - 2008
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 322
1759 - 1834
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 323
600 - 616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 324
1611 - 1677
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 325
750 - 786
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 326
1783 - 1810
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 327
1778 - 1838
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 328
1886 - 1960
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 329
1462 - 1487
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 330
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 331