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Patrick Henry

1736 - 1799

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Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 [O.S. May 18, 1736] – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786. A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Henry was primarily educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, as well as assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, he became a lawyer through self-study. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Henry has received more than 3,362,210 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Henry is the 11,092nd most popular politician (down from 8,537th in 2019), the 4,033rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,013th in 2019) and the 267th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Patrick Henry ranks 11,092 out of 19,576. Before him are Nina Bocharova, Ambrose Burnside, Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany, Appius Claudius Pulcher, Nazim al-Qudsi, and Mehmed Said Pasha. After him are Leung Chun-ying, Charles de Bonchamps, Ariarathes VI of Cappadocia, Majid bin Said of Zanzibar, Mokgweetsi Masisi, and Ilie Verdeț.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, Patrick Henry ranks 18. Before him are Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Edward Waring, Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Anton Graff, and Friedrich Kasimir Medikus. After him are Daniel Morgan, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Juan Bautista de Anza, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Joseph Pickford. Among people deceased in 1799, Patrick Henry ranks 27. Before him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Claude Balbastre, Marcus Elieser Bloch, and Jean-Étienne Montucla. After him are Giuseppe Parini, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Johann Julius Walbaum, William Curtis, Alexander Bezborodko, and Francesco Mario Pagano.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 4,033 out of 20,380. Before him are Jennifer Tilly (1958), Harvey Cushing (1869), Denis O'Hare (1962), Ambrose Burnside (1824), Luther Burbank (1849), and Charles W. Gilmore (1874). After him are Robert David Hall (1947), Vince Vaughn (1970), Gary Kildall (1942), Kate Hudson (1979), Dutch Schultz (1902), and Richard Hartshorne (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 267. Before him are John W. McCormack (1891), Robert Mueller (1944), Surangel Whipps Jr. (1968), Elihu Yale (1649), Judith Reisman (1935), and Ambrose Burnside (1824). After him are Robert Smith (1757), Michael Kahn (1935), George M. Dallas (1792), John Nance Garner (1868), Chuck Hagel (1946), and Maurice Hilleman (1919).

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