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John Fastolf

1380 - 1459

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Sir John Fastolf (6 November 1380 – 5 November 1459) was a late medieval English soldier, landowner, and knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War with the French from 1415 to 1439, latterly as a senior commander against Joan of Arc, among others. He has enjoyed a more lasting reputation as the prototype, in some part, of Shakespeare's character Sir John Falstaff, although their careers are very different. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Fastolf has received more than 336,676 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Fastolf is the 1,048th most popular military personnel (down from 979th in 2019), the 1,792nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,814th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Military Personnel.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.41

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, John Fastolf ranks 1,048 out of 2,058. Before him are Müezzinzade Ali Pasha, Gonzalo Guerrero, Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow, Yang Kyoungjong, Oskar Kummetz, and Abdul-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr. After him are Abdul Fatah Younis, Isamu Chō, Bauyrzhan Momyshuly, Friedrich Freiherr Kress von Kressenstein, Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency, and Publius Ventidius Bassus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1380, John Fastolf ranks 16. Before him are Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh, Yawar Waqaq, Nanni di Banco, Lidwina, Joseph Albo, and Anna of Cilli. After him are Master Francke, James II, Count of Urgell, Mustafa Çelebi, Ma Huan, Sayf ad-Din Inal, and Gonzalo Pérez. Among people deceased in 1459, John Fastolf ranks 6. Before him are Eric of Pomerania, Poggio Bracciolini, Fra Mauro, Ausiàs March, and Antoninus of Florence. After him are Stephen, Count Palatine of Simmern-Zweibrücken, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Gregory III of Constantinople, and James of Portugal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Fastolf ranks 1,792 out of 8,785. Before him are Clarke Abel (1780), Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806), Aelred of Rievaulx (1110), Robert Palmer (1949), Asma al-Assad (1975), and John Badham (1939). After him are Tim Rice (1944), Robert Hichens (1882), Sarah Miles (1941), Cynegils (575), Dorothy L. Sayers (1893), and Oliver Lodge (1851).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Fastolf ranks 37. Before him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Robert Blake (1599), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), George Rooke (1650), and Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775). After him are William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Horatio Gates (1727), FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Arthur Percival (1887), James Wolfe (1727), and Arthur Rostron (1869).

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