1751 - 1836
James Madison Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American statesman, diplomat, expansionist, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the "Father of the Constitution" for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the United States Bill of Rights. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Madison has received more than 8,431,682 page views. His biography is available in 124 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 120 in 2019). James Madison is the 1,019th most popular politician (down from 662nd in 2019), the 318th most popular biography from United States (down from 196th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, James Madison ranks 1,019 out of 15,710. Before him are Nabonidus, B. R. Ambedkar, John I of Portugal, Hamid Karzai, Yazdegerd III, and Joachim Gauck. After him are Shaka, Sebastian of Portugal, Mohammad Mosaddegh, Cleopatra Selene II, Édouard Daladier, and Agrippina the Elder.
555 BC - 538 BC
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 1,013
1891 - 1956
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 1,014
1358 - 1433
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 1,015
1957 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 1,016
624 - 652
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 1,017
1940 - Present
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 1,018
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1,019
1787 - 1828
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 1,020
1554 - 1578
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 1,021
1882 - 1967
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 1,022
40 BC - 5
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 1,023
1884 - 1970
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 1,024
14 BC - 33
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 1,025
Among people born in 1751, James Madison ranks 3. Before him are Maria Anna Mozart and Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies. After him are Caroline Matilda of Great Britain, Maria Luisa of Parma, Archduchess Maria Josepha of Austria, Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, Emanuel Schikaneder, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Dmitry Bortniansky, Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange, and George Shaw. Among people deceased in 1836, James Madison ranks 4. Before him are André-Marie Ampère, Charles X of France, and Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès. After him are Letizia Ramolino, Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, William Godwin, Davy Crockett, Maria Malibran, Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Claude-Louis Navier, and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu.
1751 - 1829
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 1
1751 - 1825
HPI: 76.68
Rank: 2
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 3
1751 - 1775
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 4
1751 - 1819
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 5
1751 - 1767
HPI: 72.79
Rank: 6
1751 - 1802
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 7
1751 - 1812
HPI: 70.62
Rank: 8
1751 - 1819
HPI: 70.24
Rank: 9
1751 - 1825
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 10
1751 - 1820
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 11
1751 - 1813
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 12
1775 - 1836
HPI: 84.98
Rank: 1
1757 - 1836
HPI: 82.78
Rank: 2
1748 - 1836
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 3
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 4
1750 - 1836
HPI: 76.21
Rank: 5
1760 - 1836
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 6
1756 - 1836
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 7
1786 - 1836
HPI: 71.78
Rank: 8
1808 - 1836
HPI: 71.40
Rank: 9
1788 - 1836
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 10
1785 - 1836
HPI: 71.19
Rank: 11
1748 - 1836
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, James Madison ranks 318 out of 15,968. Before him are Bruce Springsteen (1949), Kevin Costner (1955), Brian Wilson (1942), Raymond Chandler (1888), Napoleon Hill (1883), and Herman Hollerith (1860). After him are Henry James (1843), Anton LaVey (1930), Edwin McMillan (1907), Ben Affleck (1972), Wilt Chamberlain (1936), and Zachary Taylor (1784).
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 312
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 313
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 314
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 315
1883 - 1970
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 316
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 317
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 318
1843 - 1916
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 319
1930 - 1997
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 320
1907 - 1991
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 321
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 322
1936 - 1999
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 323
1784 - 1850
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 324
Among politicians born in United States, James Madison ranks 43. Before him are Andrew Jackson (1767), Dick Cheney (1941), Jerry Brown (1938), William Henry Harrison (1773), William Jennings Bryan (1860), and William Howard Taft (1857). After him are Zachary Taylor (1784), Grover Cleveland (1837), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Andrew Johnson (1808), James A. Garfield (1831), and Henry Clay (1777).
1767 - 1845
HPI: 77.62
Rank: 37
1941 - Present
HPI: 77.32
Rank: 38
1938 - Present
HPI: 77.14
Rank: 39
1773 - 1841
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 40
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 41
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 42
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 43
1784 - 1850
HPI: 76.26
Rank: 44
1837 - 1908
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 45
1872 - 1933
HPI: 76.19
Rank: 46
1808 - 1875
HPI: 76.06
Rank: 47
1831 - 1881
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 48
1777 - 1852
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 49