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John Shakespeare

1530 - 1601

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John Shakespeare (c. 1531 – 7 September 1601) was an English businessman and politician who was the father of William Shakespeare. Active in Stratford-upon-Avon, he was a glover and whittawer (leather worker) by trade. Shakespeare was elected to several municipal offices, serving as an alderman and culminating in a term as bailiff, the chief magistrate of the town council, and mayor of Stratford in 1568, before he fell on hard times for reasons unknown. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Shakespeare has received more than 817,453 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. John Shakespeare is the 14,144th most popular politician, the 3,380th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 461st most popular British Politician.

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Shakespeare ranks 14,144 out of 19,576. Before him are José María Gil-Robles, Étienne Mourrut, Tiberius Sempronius Longus, Edmund, Earl of Rutland, Leonid Sobolev, and Wehha of East Anglia. After him are George Fernandes, Dubravka Šuica, Seankhenre Mentuhotepi, Sigeberht the Good, Josep Pintat Solans, and Akaki Chkhenkeli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1530, John Shakespeare ranks 23. Before him are Symon Budny, Ōtomo Sōrin, Ranuccio Farnese, Grace O'Malley, Patriarch Hermogenes of Moscow, and Nicholas Rémy.  Among people deceased in 1601, John Shakespeare ranks 11. Before him are Damat Ibrahim Pasha, Henriette of Cleves, Starina Novak, Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Gebhard Truchsess von Waldburg, and Ivan Moskvitin. After him is Thomas Nashe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Shakespeare ranks 3,380 out of 8,785. Before him are David Octavius Hill (1802), Harold Spencer Jones (1890), Henry Bishop (1786), Freddie Bartholomew (1924), Patrick Malahide (1945), and David Cox (1924). After him are Susan George (1950), Edward Thomas (1878), Stanley Baker (1928), Michael Mann (1942), Algernon Sidney (1623), and William Hopkins (1793).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Shakespeare ranks 461. Before him are John Negroponte (1939), Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), William Bradford (1590), John de la Pole, 1st Earl of Lincoln (1462), and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887). After him are Algernon Sidney (1623), Gerrard Winstanley (1609), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), and Keir Starmer (1962).

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