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John Adair

1757 - 1840

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John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, slave trader, soldier, and politician. He was the eighth Governor of Kentucky and represented the state in both the U.S. House and Senate. A native of South Carolina, Adair enlisted in the state militia and served in the Revolutionary War, during which he was twice captured and held as a prisoner of war by the British. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Adair has received more than 153,832 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). John Adair is the 15,864th most popular politician (down from 15,010th in 2019), the 8,736th most popular biography from United States (up from 8,959th in 2019) and the 561st most popular American Politician.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.48

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  • 3.17

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Adair ranks 15,864 out of 19,576. Before him are Tom Vilsack, Volen Siderov, Jennifer Granholm, Hamilton Fish, Jacques Sylla, and Amina Bouayach. After him are John F. Kelly, Nicolas Hulot, Sheikh Abdullah, Mike Dunleavy, Efstathios Chorafas, and Leander Starr Jameson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1757, John Adair ranks 42. Before him are Józef Kozłowski, Wojciech Bogusławski, Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Pál Kitaibel, James Sowerby, and Étienne Pierre Ventenat. After him are James Wilkinson, and Charles Pinckney. Among people deceased in 1840, John Adair ranks 45. Before him are Karl Leberecht Immermann, Joseph Johann von Littrow, John Abbot, Paul Rudolf von Bilguer, James Prinsep, and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez. After him are John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and Felix Grundy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Adair ranks 8,736 out of 20,380. Before him are Yakima Canutt (1895), Anne Gwynne (1918), Nunnally Johnson (1897), John Aylward (1946), James Parrott (1897), and Hamilton Fish (1808). After him are Vincent Youmans (1898), Kent Beck (1961), Lloyd Fredendall (1883), Morten Lauridsen (1943), Steve Anderson (1906), and G. Gordon Liddy (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Adair ranks 561. Before him are Karen Bass (1953), Penny Pritzker (1959), Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (1902), Ted Kaufman (1939), Tom Vilsack (1950), and Hamilton Fish (1808). After him are John F. Kelly (1950), Mike Dunleavy (1961), H. R. Haldeman (1926), John Ashcroft (1942), Angus King (1944), and James Comey (1960).

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