1736 - 1799
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American attorney, planter, politician, and orator best known for his declaration 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. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia, and was for the most part educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, and assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, Henry became a lawyer through self-study. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Henry has received more than 2,147,253 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Patrick Henry is the 8,920th most popular politician (down from 8,172nd in 2019), the 3,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,781st in 2019) and the 204th most popular American Politician.
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Among politicians, Patrick Henry ranks 8,920 out of 15,710. Before him are Hugo von Pohl, François de Charette, Glaucias of Taulantii, Alan IV, Duke of Brittany, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, and Maria Dobroniega of Kiev. After him are He Long, Domenico Selvo, Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara, Paolo Renier, Giovanni Spadolini, and Jalal-ud-din Khalji.
1855 - 1916
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 8,914
1763 - 1796
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 8,915
335 BC - 302 BC
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 8,916
1060 - 1119
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 8,917
1737 - 1805
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 8,918
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 8,919
1736 - 1799
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 8,920
1896 - 1969
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 8,921
1100 - 1087
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 8,922
1450 - 1493
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 8,923
1710 - 1789
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 8,924
1925 - 1994
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 8,925
1220 - 1296
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 8,926
Among people born in 1736, Patrick Henry ranks 16. Before him are Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Friedrich Kasimir Medikus, Anton Graff, and Edward Waring. After him are Johannes Nikolaus Tetens, Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch, Joseph Pickford, Daniel Morgan, and Carter Braxton. Among people deceased in 1799, Patrick Henry ranks 24. Before him are Barthélemy Catherine Joubert, Jean-François Marmontel, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Johann Hedwig, and Claude Balbastre. After him are Marcus Elieser Bloch, Pierre Pigneau de Behaine, Pierre Charles Le Monnier, Giuseppe Parini, William Curtis, and Jean-Étienne Montucla.
1736 - 1818
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 10
1736 - 1783
HPI: 67.30
Rank: 11
1736 - 1798
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 12
1736 - 1808
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 13
1736 - 1813
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 14
1736 - 1798
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 15
1736 - 1799
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 16
1736 - 1807
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 17
1736 - 1800
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 18
1736 - 1782
HPI: 57.43
Rank: 19
1736 - 1802
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 20
1736 - 1797
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 21
1769 - 1799
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 18
1723 - 1799
HPI: 67.12
Rank: 19
1722 - 1799
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 20
1745 - 1799
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 21
1730 - 1799
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 22
1724 - 1799
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 23
1736 - 1799
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 24
1723 - 1799
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 25
1741 - 1799
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 26
1715 - 1799
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 27
1729 - 1799
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 28
1746 - 1799
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 29
1725 - 1799
HPI: 60.99
Rank: 30
Among people born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 3,319 out of 15,968. Before him are Kevin Mitnick (1963), Bill Cobbs (1934), Ralph Macchio (1961), Jon Cryer (1965), John G. Trump (1907), and Bix Beiderbecke (1903). After him are Kylie Jenner (1997), Sonny Boy Williamson II (1912), Barbara Kruger (1945), Dominic Chianese (1931), Frederic Forrest (1936), and Alfre Woodard (1952).
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3,313
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3,314
1961 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3,315
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3,316
1907 - 1985
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 3,317
1903 - 1931
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 3,318
1736 - 1799
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 3,319
1997 - Present
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 3,320
1912 - 1965
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3,321
1945 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3,322
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3,323
1936 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3,324
1952 - Present
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 3,325
Among politicians born in United States, Patrick Henry ranks 204. Before him are Bob Dole (1923), Milton George Henschel (1920), Elihu Root (1845), George M. Dallas (1792), Leo Ryan (1925), and Winfield Scott (1786). After him are Thomas R. Marshall (1854), Cyrus Vance (1917), Ralph Nader (1934), Marie Smith Jones (1918), Kamehameha IV (1834), and Andrew Cuomo (1957).
1923 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 198
1920 - 2003
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 199
1845 - 1937
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 200
1792 - 1864
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 201
1925 - 1978
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 202
1786 - 1866
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 203
1736 - 1799
HPI: 63.67
Rank: 204
1854 - 1925
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 205
1917 - 2002
HPI: 63.63
Rank: 206
1934 - Present
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 207
1918 - 2008
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 208
1834 - 1863
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 209
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 210