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John Hawkwood

1320 - 1394

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Sir John Hawkwood (c. 1323 – 17 March 1394) was an English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or condottiero in Italy. As his name was difficult to pronounce for non-English-speaking contemporaries, there are many variations of it in the historical record. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hawkwood has received more than 612,543 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hawkwood is the 6,446th most popular politician (down from 4,356th in 2019), the 1,273rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 949th in 2019) and the 213th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 610k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hawkwood ranks 6,446 out of 19,576. Before him are Loukas Notaras, Kusunoki Masashige, Ceawlin of Wessex, Injong of Goryeo, Ashur-uballit II, and Constanze Manziarly. After him are Princess Sophia Dorothea of Prussia, Dina Boluarte, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Emperor Kōmyō, Vseslav of Polotsk, and Leo II, King of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1320, John Hawkwood ranks 8. Before him are Toghon Temür, Peter I of Portugal, Bertrand du Guesclin, Vukašin of Serbia, Blanche of Namur, and Danashri. After him are Chen Youliang, Ragibagh Khan, Cápac Yupanqui, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Galeazzo II Visconti, and Louis I of Naples. Among people deceased in 1394, John Hawkwood ranks 5. Before him are Antipope Clement VII, Anne of Bohemia, Gongyang of Goryeo, and Emperor Chōkei. After him are Constance of Castile, Duchess of Lancaster, Mary de Bohun, Adolf III of the Marck, Dorothea of Montau, Maria Angelina Doukaina Palaiologina, and Nerio I Acciaioli.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hawkwood ranks 1,273 out of 8,785. Before him are Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837), Hudson Taylor (1832), Joseph Needham (1900), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Frances de la Tour (1944), and Scott Adkins (1976). After him are Walafrid Strabo (808), Sylvia Pankhurst (1882), Alexander of Hales (1175), David Byron (1947), Mark Sykes (1879), and Shirley Bassey (1937).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Hawkwood ranks 213. Before him are Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), and Ceawlin of Wessex (600). After him are Thomas Gresham (1519), Alexander I of Scotland (1078), Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773), Joan of Kent (1328), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), and Fletcher Christian (1764).

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