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John Burgoyne

1722 - 1792

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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British general, dramatist and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1761 to 1792. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, most notably during the Portugal campaign of 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 870,353 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Burgoyne is the 1,364th most popular military personnel (down from 1,225th in 2019), the 2,735th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,595th in 2019) and the 69th most popular British Military Personnel.

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  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.05

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Burgoyne ranks 1,364 out of 1,468. Before him are Sudirman, Curt Haase, Józef Chłopicki, Yakov Smushkevich, Hermann Boehm, and James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan. After him are Pavel Kurochkin, Tommy Franks, William D. Leahy, Datames, Nikolay Shchors, and Karl-Jesko von Puttkamer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, John Burgoyne ranks 21. Before him are François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Paisius of Hilendar, Petrus Camper, Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken, Flora MacDonald, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz.  Among people deceased in 1792, John Burgoyne ranks 32. Before him are John Smeaton, Yazid of Morocco, René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Charles Simon Favart, Adam Gottlob Moltke, and George Browne. After him are Frederick North, Lord North, Davit Guramishvili, George Mason, George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, and Samuel Hearne.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Burgoyne ranks 2,735 out of 7,765. Before him are Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Gary Hocking (1937), Edward Woodward (1930), James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797), Robert Stephens (1931), and C. Aubrey Smith (1863). After him are William Burnside (1852), Beryl Markham (1902), John Phillips (1800), Dorothea Douglass Lambert Chambers (1878), Alexander Burnes (1805), and Joseph Morgan (1981).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Burgoyne ranks 69. Before him are James Somerville (1882), Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside (1880), Douglas Bader (1910), Charles Warren (1840), Trafford Leigh-Mallory (1892), and James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan (1797). After him are Ronald Speirs (1920), Henry Maitland Wilson (1881), Lawrence Oates (1880), Henry Beaufort, 3rd Duke of Somerset (1436), Edward Braddock (1695), and Boston Corbett (1832).

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