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John Hancock

1737 - 1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He served as president of the Second Continental Congress and was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. He is remembered for his large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence, so much so that in the United States, John Hancock or Hancock has become a colloquialism for a person's signature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hancock has received more than 4,219,964 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). John Hancock is the 7,436th most popular politician (down from 5,493rd in 2019), the 2,430th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,884th in 2019) and the 160th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 43

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of John Hancocks by language

Over the past year John Hancock has had the most page views in the with 531,159 views, followed by Spanish (16,463), and Russian (13,700). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Icelandic (98.65%), Sinhalese (91.16%), and Mingrelian (69.74%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hancock ranks 7,436 out of 19,576. Before him are Conrad I, Count of Luxembourg, Li Yu, José Antonio Páez, Jalal-ud-din Khalji, Mir Jafar Baghirov, and Louis Alexandre, Prince of Lamballe. After him are Wiman of Gojoseon, Pierre Messmer, Vasile Milea, Józef Beck, Stephan Burián von Rajecz, and Adolfo de la Huerta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, John Hancock ranks 15. Before him are Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov, Josef Mysliveček, Tokugawa Ieharu, Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria, and Morten Thrane Brünnich. After him are Jacob Philipp Hackert, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Iosif Igelström. Among people deceased in 1793, John Hancock ranks 25. Before him are John Hunter, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Fletcher Christian, Jacques Cathelineau, and William Aiton. After him are Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Louis-Michel le Peletier, marquis de Saint-Fargeau, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, and Armand Louis de Gontaut.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hancock ranks 2,430 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Lucas (1930), Tony Sirico (1942), Charles Addams (1912), Mandy Patinkin (1952), Lana Del Rey (1985), and Berenice Abbott (1898). After him are Kirsten Dunst (1982), Nile Rodgers (1952), Rip Torn (1931), Eddie Money (1949), Saul Bass (1920), and Michael Kamen (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Hancock ranks 160. Before him are Jerome Powell (1953), Bess Truman (1885), Dwight F. Davis (1879), Stacey Abrams (1973), John Connally (1917), and Henry Morgenthau Jr. (1891). After him are Dan Quayle (1947), Jeb Bush (1953), Harry Dexter White (1892), Thomas R. Marshall (1854), James Baker (1930), and John C. Calhoun (1782).

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