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John Burgoyne

1722 - 1792

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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British military officer, playwright and politician who sat in the British House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. As a member of the British Army he first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Spanish invasion of Portugal in 1762. Burgoyne is best known for his role in the American Revolutionary War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Burgoyne has received more than 931,509 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Burgoyne is the 1,187th most popular military personnel (up from 1,363rd in 2019), the 2,033rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,728th in 2019) and the 49th most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Burgoyne ranks 1,187 out of 2,058. Before him are Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch, Josias von Heeringen, Isaac Brock, Alexios Strategopoulos, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, and Inaros II. After him are Claude Auchinleck, Iosif Igelström, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Alexander Tormasov, Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg, and Antonio Maceo Grajales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, John Burgoyne ranks 20. Before him are Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paisius of Hilendar, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Nicolas Luckner, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz. After him are Petrus Camper, Princess Gisela Agnes of Anhalt-Köthen, Princess Ulrike Friederike Wilhelmine of Hesse-Kassel, Anna Louisa Karsch, and Christopher Smart. Among people deceased in 1792, John Burgoyne ranks 28. Before him are Johann Andreas Stein, Maximilian Hell, Antonio Rosetti, Guillaume Le Gentil, Yazid of Morocco, and John Smeaton. After him are John Paul Jones, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Adam Gottlob Moltke, Charles Simon Favart, George Browne, and George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Burgoyne ranks 2,033 out of 8,785. Before him are Perry Anderson (1938), John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886), John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Robert Torrens (1780), and Tony Judt (1948). After him are Claude Auchinleck (1884), Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), Robert Donat (1905), Stuart Wilson (1946), Francesca Annis (1945), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Burgoyne ranks 49. Before him are Arthur Rostron (1869), Edward Vernon (1684), Harold Bride (1890), Melita Norwood (1912), Hugh Dowding (1882), and John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886). After him are Claude Auchinleck (1884), Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890), Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg (1889), Ronald Speirs (1920), David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty (1871), and Claude Choules (1901).

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