1737 - 1821
Vice Admiral John Hunter (29 August 1737 – 13 March 1821) was an officer of the Royal Navy, who succeeded Arthur Phillip as the second Governor of New South Wales, serving from 1795 to 1800.Both a sailor and a scholar, he explored the Parramatta River as early as 1788, and was the first to surmise that Tasmania might be an island. As governor, he tried to combat serious abuses by the military in the face of powerful local interests led by John MacArthur. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Hunter has received more than 48,467 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Hunter is the 14,337th most popular politician, the 3,957th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 496th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, John Hunter ranks 14,337 out of 15,577. Before him are Margaret Abbott, Ylli Bufi, Vladimir Konstantinov, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, and María Teresa Fernández de la Vega. After him are José María Pérez de Urdininea, Manfred Stolpe, Eduardo Schaerer, Jóhann Hafstein, Lucius Valerius Flaccus, and Daniel Bashiel Warner.
1878 - 1955
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 14,331
1948 - Present
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 14,332
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 14,333
1879 - 1964
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 14,334
1858 - 1927
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 14,335
1949 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 14,336
1737 - 1821
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 14,337
1784 - 1865
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 14,338
1936 - 2019
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 14,339
1873 - 1941
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 14,340
1915 - 1980
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 14,341
300 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 14,342
1815 - 1880
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 14,343
Among people born in 1737, John Hunter ranks 30. Before him are William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Alexander Dalrymple, Charlotte de Rohan, Charles Carroll of Carrollton, Vasily Bazhenov, and Morten Thrane Brünnich. After him are Francis Hopkinson and Charles Hutton. Among people deceased in 1821, John Hunter ranks 32. Before him are Georg Friedrich von Martens, Elizabeth Ann Seton, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Marie-Louise Lachapelle, and Carlo Porta. After him is Elizabeth Inchbald.
1737 - 1805
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 24
1737 - 1808
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 25
1737 - 1760
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 26
1737 - 1832
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 27
1737 - 1799
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 28
1737 - 1827
HPI: 47.78
Rank: 29
1737 - 1821
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 30
1737 - 1791
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 31
1737 - 1823
HPI: 41.03
Rank: 32
1756 - 1821
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 26
1774 - 1821
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 27
1743 - 1821
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 28
1785 - 1821
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 29
1769 - 1821
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 30
1775 - 1821
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 31
1737 - 1821
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 32
1753 - 1821
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 33
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 3,957 out of 7,765. Before him are Morton Betts (1847), Brendan Perry (1959), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Charles Wilkins (1749), George Graham (1944), and Dev Patel (1990). After him are Thomas Love Peacock (1785), Delia Derbyshire (1937), Donald Campbell (1921), Herbert Giles (1845), Christopher O'Neill (1974), and Jayne Atkinson (1959).
1847 - 1914
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,951
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,952
1911 - 1997
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,953
1749 - 1836
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,954
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,955
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,956
1737 - 1821
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,957
1785 - 1866
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,958
1937 - 2001
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,959
1921 - 1967
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,960
1845 - 1935
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 3,961
1974 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 3,962
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 3,963
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Hunter ranks 496. Before him are Archibald Sayce (1845), David Amess (1952), Charles Booth (1840), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), and Philip Hammond (1955). After him are Henry Percy, 2nd Earl of Northumberland (1393), Alex Salmond (1954), Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880), Martin McGuinness (1950), Billy Hughes (1862), and Jack Straw (1946).
1845 - 1933
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 490
1952 - 2021
HPI: 45.13
Rank: 491
1840 - 1916
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 492
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 493
1768 - 1854
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 494
1955 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 495
1737 - 1821
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 496
1393 - 1455
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 497
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 498
1880 - 1959
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 499
1950 - 2017
HPI: 44.59
Rank: 500
1862 - 1952
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 501
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 502