1782 - 1850
John Caldwell Calhoun (; March 18, 1782 – March 31, 1850) was an American statesman and political theorist who served as the seventh vice president of the United States from 1825 to 1832. Born in South Carolina, he adamantly defended American slavery and sought to protect the interests of white Southerners. Calhoun began his political career as a nationalist, modernizer and proponent of a strong federal government and protective tariffs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John C. Calhoun has received more than 5,700,316 page views. His biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). John C. Calhoun is the 7,630th most popular politician (up from 7,658th in 2019), the 2,663rd most popular biography from United States (up from 2,726th in 2019) and the 166th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, John C. Calhoun ranks 7,630 out of 15,577. Before him are John Connally, Yesün Temür, Gottfried van Swieten, Prospero Colonna, Smbat I of Armenia, and Mandane of Media. After him are 8th Dalai Lama, Ignazio Cassis, Mihail Kogălniceanu, Józef Beck, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, and Aeacides of Epirus.
1917 - 1993
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,624
1293 - 1328
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,625
1733 - 1803
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,626
1452 - 1523
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,627
850 - 912
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 7,628
584 BC - 559 BC
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,629
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,630
1758 - 1804
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,631
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,632
1817 - 1891
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 7,633
1894 - 1944
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 7,634
1809 - 1886
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 7,635
400 BC - 313 BC
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 7,636
Among people born in 1782, John C. Calhoun ranks 18. Before him are Maria Luisa, Duchess of Lucca, Vicente Guerrero, William Miller, Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este, Mikhail Semyonovich Vorontsov, and Princess Maria Augusta of Saxony. After him are Faustin Soulouque, Marcellin Marbot, Pierre Berthier, Robert Morrison, Princess Marie of Baden, and Eugène de Mazenod. Among people deceased in 1850, John C. Calhoun ranks 29. Before him are William Sturgeon, Adam Oehlenschläger, Johann Gottfried Schadow, William Prout, Wilhelm Beer, and Gustav Schwab. After him are Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville, Margaret Fuller, Lorenzo Bartolini, Princess Frederica Wilhelmina of Prussia, Heinrich Christian Schumacher, and Adalbert Gyrowetz.
1782 - 1824
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 12
1782 - 1831
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 13
1782 - 1849
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 14
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 15
1782 - 1856
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 16
1782 - 1863
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 17
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 18
1782 - 1867
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 19
1782 - 1854
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 20
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 21
1782 - 1834
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 22
1782 - 1808
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 23
1782 - 1861
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 24
1783 - 1850
HPI: 56.19
Rank: 23
1779 - 1850
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 24
1764 - 1850
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 25
1785 - 1850
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 26
1797 - 1850
HPI: 55.36
Rank: 27
1792 - 1850
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 28
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 29
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 30
1810 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 31
1777 - 1850
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 32
1796 - 1850
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 33
1780 - 1850
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 34
1763 - 1850
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 35
Among people born in United States, John C. Calhoun ranks 2,663 out of 18,182. Before him are Daniel Davis (1945), Baruch Goldstein (1956), David Farragut (1801), Keith Carradine (1949), John Connally (1917), and Edwin Sutherland (1883). After him are Annie Proulx (1935), Richard Beymer (1938), John W. Campbell (1910), Dan Flavin (1933), Joseph E. Johnston (1807), and Tito Puente (1923).
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 2,657
1956 - 1994
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,658
1801 - 1870
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,659
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,660
1917 - 1993
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 2,661
1883 - 1950
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,662
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,663
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,664
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2,665
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,666
1933 - 1996
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,667
1807 - 1891
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,668
1923 - 2000
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 2,669
Among politicians born in United States, John C. Calhoun ranks 166. Before him are Annie Edson Taylor (1838), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Gall (1840), Jerome Powell (1953), Lew Wallace (1827), and John Connally (1917). After him are Besse Cooper (1896), Mangas Coloradas (1792), Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891), Ronald Lauder (1944), Mike Pompeo (1963), and Henry Wilson (1812).
1838 - 1921
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 160
1852 - 1918
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 161
1840 - 1894
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 162
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 163
1827 - 1905
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 164
1917 - 1993
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 165
1782 - 1850
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 166
1896 - 2012
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 167
1792 - 1863
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 168
1891 - 1967
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 169
1944 - Present
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 170
1963 - Present
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 171
1812 - 1875
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 172