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John Wilkes

1725 - 1797

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John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical journalist and politician, as well as a magistrate, essayist and soldier. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters—rather than the House of Commons—to determine their representatives. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Wilkes has received more than 831,856 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). John Wilkes is the 11,599th most popular politician (down from 10,782nd in 2019), the 2,605th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,544th in 2019) and the 398th most popular British Politician.

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  • 24

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  • 3.65

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Wilkes ranks 11,599 out of 15,577. Before him are Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Louis Charles Delescluze, Wahibre Ibiau, Francesco Contarini, Lee Friedlander, and Marcus Aurelius Cotta. After him are Tlepolemus, Josep Tarradellas, Leopold III, Prince of Lippe, Winfield Scott Hancock, Ralph Abercromby, and Agus Salim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, John Wilkes ranks 25. Before him are Arthur Guinness, Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Francesco Bartolozzi, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, and Joseph Duplessis. After him are Jean-Étienne Montucla, George Mason, Ivan Osterman, Charles Townshend, William Duesbury, and Dru Drury. Among people deceased in 1797, John Wilkes ranks 22. Before him are Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Molla Panah Vagif, Pasquale Anfossi, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Princess Joséphine of Lorraine, and Ivan Shuvalov. After him are Francesco Sabatini, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Asaf-ud-Daula, and Carter Braxton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wilkes ranks 2,605 out of 7,765. Before him are Phil Campbell (1961), Nobby Stiles (1942), Gertrude Jekyll (1843), Catherine of York (1479), Venetia Burney (1918), and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609). After him are Gladys Cooper (1888), Jeremy Bulloch (1945), Ralph Abercromby (1734), Sergey Kapitsa (1928), Amanda Tapping (1965), and Rory McCann (1969).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Wilkes ranks 398. Before him are Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent (1301), Thomas Fairfax (1612), Ida of Bernicia (450), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Catherine of York (1479), and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609). After him are Ralph Abercromby (1734), Anne of York (1475), John Lilburne (1614), John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough (1822), Charles Lennox, 1st Duke of Richmond (1672), and John Turner (1929).

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