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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 882,426 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). John Wilkes is the 12,426th most popular politician (down from 11,565th in 2019), the 2,675th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,599th in 2019) and the 389th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Wilkes ranks 12,426 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Caroline of Great Britain, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Alfred Raoul, Frederick IV, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, King Jing of Zhou, and Konstantinos Kollias. After him are Publius Claudius Pulcher, Quintus Mucius Scaevola, Alaksandar Milinkievič, Amyntas of Galatia, Johan Ehrnrooth, and Pyotr Masherov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, John Wilkes ranks 27. Before him are Maria Teresa Cybo-Malaspina, Duchess of Massa, Johann Peter Beaulieu, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Joseph Duplessis, and Francesco Bartolozzi. After him are Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Charles Townshend, Ivan Osterman, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, Paul Sandby, and John Morton. Among people deceased in 1797, John Wilkes ranks 22. Before him are Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec, Olaudah Equiano, Wang Zhenyi, Molla Panah Vagif, and Ivan Shuvalov. After him are Francesco Sabatini, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Pietro Verri, Asaf-ud-Daula, Carter Braxton, and Oliver Wolcott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wilkes ranks 2,675 out of 8,785. Before him are John Tavener (1944), Stephen Daldry (1960), William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk (1396), Centwine of Wessex (643), Terence Fisher (1904), and Gorden Kaye (1941). After him are Nick Hornby (1957), Mary Renault (1905), Hugh Latimer (1485), Mark Addy (1964), James Guillaume (1844), and Ken Aston (1915).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Wilkes ranks 389. Before him are Henry Pottinger (1789), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), John Turner (1929), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), and Centwine of Wessex (643). After him are Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841), Ida of Bernicia (450), Gary Hocking (1937), and Alexander Mackenzie (1822).

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