1736 - 1799
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 3,135,225 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Henry is the 8,562nd most popular politician (up from 8,904th in 2019), the 3,020th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,318th in 2019) and the 186th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Patrick Henry ranks 8,562 out of 15,577. Before him are Agapenor, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Tevfik Esenç, Mohammad bin Salman, Lucius Scribonius Libo, and Ada of Caria. After him are Väinö Tanner, Nebojša Radmanović, Wilhelm Ohnesorge, Thomas A. Hendricks, Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, and Vladimir of Novgorod.
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,556
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,557
1904 - 1992
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,558
1985 - Present
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,559
50 BC - 34 BC
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,560
400 BC - 326 BC
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,561
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 8,562
1881 - 1966
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 8,563
1949 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 8,564
1872 - 1962
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 8,565
1819 - 1885
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 8,566
1170 - 1196
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 8,567
1020 - 1052
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 8,568
Among people born in 1736, Patrick Henry ranks 16. Before him are Rudolf Erich Raspe, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Edward Waring, and Anton Graff. After him are Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Infanta Maria Ana Francisca of Portugal, Daniel Morgan, Maria, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, and Joseph Pickford. Among people deceased in 1799, Patrick Henry ranks 21. Before him are Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Jan Ingenhousz, Jean-Charles de Borda, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Jean-François Marmontel, and Chevalier de Saint-Georges. After him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Claude Balbastre, Marcus Elieser Bloch, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, William Curtis, and Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz.
1736 - 1794
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 10
1736 - 1798
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 11
1736 - 1783
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 12
1736 - 1808
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 13
1736 - 1798
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 14
1736 - 1813
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 15
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 16
1736 - 1807
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 17
1736 - 1800
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 18
1736 - 1813
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 19
1736 - 1802
HPI: 44.54
Rank: 20
1736 - 1807
HPI: 43.78
Rank: 21
1736 - 1782
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 22
1739 - 1799
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 15
1730 - 1799
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 16
1733 - 1799
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 17
1769 - 1799
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 18
1723 - 1799
HPI: 57.10
Rank: 19
1745 - 1799
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 20
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 21
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 22
1724 - 1799
HPI: 52.07
Rank: 23
1723 - 1799
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 24
1715 - 1799
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 25
1746 - 1799
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 26
1722 - 1799
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 27
Among people born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 3,020 out of 18,182. Before him are Eric Hoffer (1898), Charles Barkley (1963), Chad Smith (1961), Ronald Evans (1933), John Ritter (1948), and John Basilone (1916). After him are Madeleine Astor (1893), Kate Walsh (1967), Tico Torres (1953), Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Patti Page (1927), and Blake Lively (1987).
1898 - 1983
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 3,014
1963 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 3,015
1961 - Present
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 3,016
1933 - 1990
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 3,017
1948 - 2003
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,018
1916 - 1945
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,019
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 3,020
1893 - 1940
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,021
1967 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,022
1953 - Present
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,023
1819 - 1885
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,024
1927 - 2013
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 3,025
1987 - Present
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 3,026
Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 186. Before him are Hannibal Hamlin (1809), Babushka Lady (1930), Winfield Scott (1786), P. J. Kennedy (1858), Edith Roosevelt (1861), and James F. Byrnes (1882). After him are Thomas A. Hendricks (1819), Elihu Root (1845), Dean Rusk (1909), Jim Garrison (1921), James S. Sherman (1855), and Marie Smith Jones (1918).
1809 - 1891
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 180
1930 - Present
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 181
1786 - 1866
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 182
1858 - 1929
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 183
1861 - 1948
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 184
1882 - 1972
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 185
1736 - 1799
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 186
1819 - 1885
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 187
1845 - 1937
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 188
1909 - 1994
HPI: 53.85
Rank: 189
1921 - 1992
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 190
1855 - 1912
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 191
1918 - 2008
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 192