1792 - 1872
Sir John Bowring (Chinese translated name: 寶寧, 寶靈 (for Mandarin speakers) or 包令 (for Cantonese)) (Thai: พระยาสยามมานุกูลกิจ สยามมิตรมหายศ) (17 October 1792 – 23 November 1872) was an English political economist, traveller, writer, literary translator, polyglot and the fourth Governor of Hong Kong. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Bowring has received more than 149,264 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Bowring is the 6,284th most popular politician (down from 4,954th in 2019), the 1,360th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,059th in 2019) and the 221st most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, John Bowring ranks 6,284 out of 15,710. Before him are Mehmed Emin Âli Pasha, Jack Kemp, Mykola Azarov, Agnes of Burgundy, Duchess of Bourbon, Matsukata Masayoshi, and Ruth Belville. After him are Alfonso Jordan, Grimoald, King of the Lombards, Zhu Yujian, Zhang Jinghui, Ce Acatl Topiltzin, and Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi.
1815 - 1871
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 6,278
1935 - 2009
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 6,279
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 6,280
1407 - 1476
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 6,281
1835 - 1924
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 6,282
1854 - 1943
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 6,283
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 6,284
1103 - 1148
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 6,285
610 - 671
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 6,286
1602 - 1646
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,287
1871 - 1959
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,288
947 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,289
1938 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,290
Among people born in 1792, John Bowring ranks 21. Before him are Maria Beatrice of Savoy, Matteo Carcassi, Johann Peter Eckermann, Victor Cousin, Francisco de Paula Santander, and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell. After him are Carlos Antonio López, Gustav Schwab, Francisco Morazán, Joseph Mohr, Mangas Coloradas, and Frederick Marryat. Among people deceased in 1872, John Bowring ranks 21. Before him are Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Aleksis Kivi, George Robert Gray, Prince Albert of Prussia, Ljudevit Gaj, and Immanuel Nobel. After him are Handrij Zejler, Vladimir Dal, William H. Seward, Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, George Meade, and Charles-Eugène Delaunay.
1792 - 1840
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 15
1792 - 1853
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 16
1792 - 1854
HPI: 68.52
Rank: 17
1792 - 1867
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 18
1792 - 1840
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 19
1792 - 1878
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 20
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
1792 - 1862
HPI: 65.81
Rank: 22
1792 - 1850
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 23
1792 - 1842
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 24
1792 - 1848
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 25
1792 - 1863
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 26
1792 - 1848
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 27
1807 - 1872
HPI: 68.67
Rank: 15
1834 - 1872
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 16
1808 - 1872
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 17
1809 - 1872
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 18
1809 - 1872
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 19
1801 - 1872
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 20
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 21
1804 - 1872
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 22
1801 - 1872
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 23
1801 - 1872
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 24
1798 - 1872
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 25
1815 - 1872
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 26
1816 - 1872
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 27
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 1,360 out of 6,924. Before him are Charles Rolls (1877), P. F. Strawson (1919), Emilia Clarke (1986), John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713), Gary Lineker (1960), and Ruth Belville (1854). After him are Christine Keeler (1942), John Martin (1789), William Prout (1785), Chris Patten (1944), William Sturgeon (1783), and Martin Gore (1961).
1877 - 1910
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 1,354
1919 - 2006
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 1,355
1986 - Present
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 1,356
1713 - 1792
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 1,357
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,358
1854 - 1943
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,359
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,360
1942 - 2017
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,361
1789 - 1854
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,362
1785 - 1850
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,363
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,364
1783 - 1850
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,365
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,366
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Bowring ranks 221. Before him are Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Ed Miliband (1969), Lulach (1030), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Cerdic of Wessex (467), and Ruth Belville (1854). After him are Chris Patten (1944), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Arthur Drewry (1891), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), and Joe Davis (1901).
1375 - 1415
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 215
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 216
1030 - 1058
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 217
1388 - 1421
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 218
467 - 534
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 219
1854 - 1943
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 220
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 221
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 222
600 - 593
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 223
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 224
1891 - 1961
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 225
1345 - 1368
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 226
1901 - 1978
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 227