1786 - 1847
Sir John Franklin (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer. After serving in wars against Napoleonic France and the United States, he led two expeditions into the Canadian Arctic and through the islands of the Arctic Archipelago, in 1819 and 1825, and served as Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land from 1839 to 1843. During his third and final expedition, an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage in 1845, Franklin's ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Franklin has received more than 1,912,696 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. John Franklin is the 311th most popular military personnel (down from 262nd in 2019), the 600th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 524th in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Military Personnel.
John Franklin is most famous for his explorations of the Northwest Passage.
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Among military personnels, John Franklin ranks 311 out of 1,468. Before him are Juan Pujol García, Alexander Löhr, Dmitry Yazov, Arthur Nebe, Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf, and Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg. After him are Xiahou Dun, Qutayba ibn Muslim, Maximilian von Spee, Wu Sangui, Jiang Wei, and Fyodor Tolbukhin.
1912 - 1988
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 305
1885 - 1947
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 306
1924 - 2020
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 307
1894 - 1945
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 308
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 309
1771 - 1820
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 310
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 311
155 - 220
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 312
668 - 715
HPI: 63.19
Rank: 313
1861 - 1914
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 314
1612 - 1678
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 315
202 - 264
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 316
1894 - 1949
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 317
Among people born in 1786, John Franklin ranks 12. Before him are John Vianney, François Arago, Marie Walewska, Michel Eugène Chevreul, Sophie of France, and Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia. After him are Davy Crockett, Friedrich Kuhlau, Charles, Grand Duke of Baden, Duke Pius August in Bavaria, Chief Seattle, and Guadalupe Victoria. Among people deceased in 1847, John Franklin ranks 8. Before him are Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma, Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen, Fanny Mendelssohn, Emmanuel de Grouchy, marquis de Grouchy, Mary Anning, and Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary. After him are Marie Duplessis, Jules de Polignac, Adélaïde d'Orléans, Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Grandville, Maria Schicklgruber, and Archduke Friedrich of Austria.
1786 - 1859
HPI: 67.17
Rank: 6
1786 - 1853
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 7
1786 - 1817
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 8
1786 - 1889
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 9
1786 - 1787
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 10
1786 - 1859
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 11
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 12
1786 - 1836
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 13
1786 - 1832
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 14
1786 - 1818
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 15
1786 - 1837
HPI: 59.32
Rank: 16
1786 - 1866
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 17
1786 - 1845
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 18
1791 - 1847
HPI: 77.99
Rank: 2
1771 - 1847
HPI: 69.71
Rank: 3
1805 - 1847
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 4
1766 - 1847
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 5
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 6
1776 - 1847
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 7
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 8
1824 - 1847
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 9
1780 - 1847
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 10
1777 - 1847
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 11
1803 - 1847
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 12
1795 - 1847
HPI: 57.42
Rank: 13
1821 - 1847
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 14
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Franklin ranks 600 out of 7,765. Before him are Dirk Bogarde (1921), Leslie Howard (1893), Ramsay MacDonald (1866), Pope Adrian IV (1100), Malcolm Young (1953), and Ann Radcliffe (1764). After him are John Davis (1550), Nick Mason (1944), Edgar Adrian (1889), John Snow (1813), Tony Iommi (1948), and Tom Hardy (1977).
1921 - 1999
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 594
1893 - 1943
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 595
1866 - 1937
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 596
1100 - 1159
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 597
1953 - 2017
HPI: 63.22
Rank: 598
1764 - 1823
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 599
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 600
1550 - 1605
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 601
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 602
1889 - 1977
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 603
1813 - 1858
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 604
1948 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 605
1977 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 606
Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, John Franklin ranks 12. Before him are Edward Smith (1850), Alexander Selkirk (1676), Rudolf Abel (1903), Gertrude Bell (1868), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), and Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (1738). After him are Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby (1861), John Hanning Speke (1827), John Hawkins (1532), James Paul Moody (1887), William Bligh (1754), and Harold Lowe (1882).
1850 - 1912
HPI: 71.44
Rank: 6
1676 - 1721
HPI: 69.52
Rank: 7
1903 - 1971
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 8
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 9
1650 - 1722
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 10
1738 - 1805
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 11
1786 - 1847
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 12
1861 - 1936
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 13
1827 - 1864
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 14
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 15
1887 - 1912
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 16
1754 - 1817
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 17
1882 - 1944
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 18