1809 - 1876
Joseph Jenkins Roberts (March 15, 1809 – February 24, 1876) was an Americo-Liberian merchant who emigrated to Liberia in 1829, where he became a politician. Elected as the first (1848–1856) and seventh (1872–1876) president of Liberia after independence, he was the first man of African descent to govern the country, serving previously as governor from 1841 to 1848. He later returned to office following the 1871 Liberian coup d'état. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Jenkins Roberts has received more than 642,741 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Joseph Jenkins Roberts is the 9,589th most popular politician (down from 9,381st in 2019), the 3,487th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,555th in 2019) and the 221st most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Joseph Jenkins Roberts ranks 9,589 out of 15,577. Before him are Yves Leterme, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Georges Marchais, Hadadezer, Igor Moiseyev, and John Profumo. After him are Constance of France, Princess of Antioch, Cuilén, Tiridates II of Parthia, Nebettawy, Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera, and Djehuti.
1960 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,583
1901 - 1966
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 9,584
1920 - 1997
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,585
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,586
1906 - 2007
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,587
1915 - 2006
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,588
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,589
1078 - 1126
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,590
954 - 971
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 9,591
100 BC - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 9,592
1250 BC - 1250 BC
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 9,593
1155 - 1211
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 9,594
1650 BC - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 9,595
Among people born in 1809, Joseph Jenkins Roberts ranks 40. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Jules Favre, Edward FitzGerald, Heinrich Hoffmann, Matsumura Sōkon, and Karl Koch. After him are James Glaisher, Kit Carson, Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, Cyrus McCormick, Rutherford Alcock, and Louis Charles Delescluze. Among people deceased in 1876, Joseph Jenkins Roberts ranks 31. Before him are Friedrich Christian Diez, Eugène Fromentin, Harriet Martineau, Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart, Philipp Mainländer, and Infanta Isabel Maria of Braganza. After him are Aleksander Fredro, Manuel Blanco Encalada, Karl Eichwald, Giacomo Antonelli, Count Anton Alexander von Auersperg, and Braxton Bragg.
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 34
1809 - 1880
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 35
1809 - 1883
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 36
1809 - 1894
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 37
1809 - 1899
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 38
1809 - 1879
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 39
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 40
1809 - 1903
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 41
1809 - 1868
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 42
1809 - 1864
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 43
1809 - 1884
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 44
1809 - 1897
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 45
1809 - 1871
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 46
1794 - 1876
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 25
1820 - 1876
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 26
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 27
1801 - 1876
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 28
1841 - 1876
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 29
1801 - 1876
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 30
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 31
1793 - 1876
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 32
1790 - 1876
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 33
1795 - 1876
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 34
1806 - 1876
HPI: 51.64
Rank: 35
1806 - 1876
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 36
1817 - 1876
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 37
Among people born in United States, Joseph Jenkins Roberts ranks 3,487 out of 18,182. Before him are John Marshall (1755), Tito Jackson (1953), Claire Danes (1979), George Raft (1901), Joshua Fishman (1926), and Erica Jong (1942). After him are Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (1958), Don Felder (1947), Herb Alpert (1935), George Clinton (1941), Tony Sirico (1942), and Joel Grey (1932).
1755 - 1835
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 3,481
1953 - Present
HPI: 52.71
Rank: 3,482
1979 - Present
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 3,483
1901 - 1980
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 3,484
1926 - 2015
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 3,485
1942 - Present
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 3,486
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 3,487
1958 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 3,488
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 3,489
1935 - Present
HPI: 52.68
Rank: 3,490
1941 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 3,491
1942 - 2022
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 3,492
1932 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 3,493
Among politicians born in United States, Joseph Jenkins Roberts ranks 221. Before him are Ross Perot (1930), Ignacio Zaragoza (1829), Michael Dukakis (1933), Black Hawk (1767), Lawrence Eagleburger (1930), and George Koval (1913). After him are Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš (1964), William P. Rogers (1913), John C. Breckinridge (1821), Lou Henry Hoover (1874), R. Budd Dwyer (1939), and Judith Reisman (1935).
1930 - 2019
HPI: 52.83
Rank: 215
1829 - 1862
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 216
1933 - Present
HPI: 52.78
Rank: 217
1767 - 1838
HPI: 52.76
Rank: 218
1930 - 2011
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 219
1913 - 2006
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 220
1809 - 1876
HPI: 52.69
Rank: 221
1964 - Present
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 222
1913 - 2001
HPI: 52.61
Rank: 223
1821 - 1875
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 224
1874 - 1944
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 225
1939 - 1987
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 226
1935 - 2021
HPI: 52.44
Rank: 227