POLITICIAN

John Lilburne

1614 - 1657

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John Lilburne (c. 1614 – 29 August 1657), also known as Freeborn John, was an English political Leveller before, during and after the English Civil Wars 1642–1650. He coined the term "freeborn rights", defining them as rights with which every human being is born, as opposed to rights bestowed by government or human law. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lilburne has received more than 314,160 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). John Lilburne is the 13,346th most popular politician (down from 11,640th in 2019), the 3,025th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,636th in 2019) and the 432nd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Lilburne ranks 13,346 out of 19,576. Before him are Phormio, Clodovil Hernandes, Jiří Hájek, Mart Siimann, Jyoti Basu, and Princess Louisa of Great Britain. After him are Giuseppe Bottai, Philipp Etter, Eemil Nestor Setälä, Puzur-Ashur II, Diogo Freitas do Amaral, and Aulus Postumius Albinus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1614, John Lilburne ranks 16. Before him are Henry More, Michał Boym, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Élisabeth de Bourbon, Franz Tunder, and Francisco Rizi. After him is Gonzales Coques. Among people deceased in 1657, John Lilburne ranks 21. Before him are Olimpia Maidalchini, Jacob van Eyck, Menasseh Ben Israel, Johann Baptist Cysat, Evert van Aelst, and Bartholomeus Breenbergh. After him are William Bradford, and Dilras Banu Begum.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lilburne ranks 3,025 out of 8,785. Before him are John Hartley (1849), David Gregory (1659), Edmund Leach (1910), Alan Brown (1919), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), and Donald Watson (1910). After him are Allan Ramsay (1713), Jerome Flynn (1963), Billie Whitelaw (1932), Fred Pentland (1883), David Almond (1951), and Martin McDonagh (1970).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Lilburne ranks 432. Before him are Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), Enoch Powell (1912), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405), and Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749). After him are Ruth Belville (1854), Konstantinos Paspatis (1878), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), Charles Townshend (1725), and Florence Green (1901).

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