POLITICIAN

William Blount

1749 - 1800

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William Blount (April 6, 1749 – March 21, 1800) was an American politician, landowner and Founding Father who was one of the signers of the Constitution of the United States. He was a member of the North Carolina delegation at the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and led the efforts for North Carolina to ratify the Constitution in 1789 at the Fayetteville Convention. He then served as the only governor of the Southwest Territory and played a leading role in helping the territory gain admission to the union as the state of Tennessee. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Blount has received more than 437,512 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. William Blount is the 17,901st most popular politician (down from 16,326th in 2019), the 13,597th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,383rd in 2019) and the 954th most popular American Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 440k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of William Blounts by language

Over the past year William Blount has had the most page views in the with 49,275 views, followed by German (1,246), and Russian (804). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Romanian (32.20%), Russian (27.82%), and English (25.07%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Blount ranks 17,901 out of 19,576. Before him are Itsunori Onodera, Richard Grenell, Israel Pickens, Giuseppe Pericu, Sergey Abramov, and Serge Vohor. After him are Luca Zaia, Isabella Lövin, David McAllister, Simon Cameron, Hubertus Heil, and Alberto Gonzales.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1749, William Blount ranks 30. Before him are John Sims, Charles Wilkins, Gertrud Elisabeth Mara, Edward Rutledge, Charlotte Smith, and Levi Lincoln Sr.. After him is Jared Ingersoll. Among people deceased in 1800, William Blount ranks 40. Before him are Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount Sydney, Hugh Blair, Edward Rutledge, Thomas Mifflin, and John Blair Jr..

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Blount ranks 13,597 out of 20,380. Before him are Margaret Bailes (1951), Rob Morgan (1973), Bob Armstrong (1939), H. R. McMaster (1962), Debbie Cameron (1958), and Alex Webster (1969). After him are Colin Jost (1982), James Gleick (1954), Caity Lotz (1986), Lillian Watson (1950), John Carl Buechler (1952), and Neil Shubin (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Blount ranks 954. Before him are Maggie Hassan (1958), Brian Kemp (1963), Phil Murphy (1957), Al D'Amato (1937), Richard Grenell (1966), and Israel Pickens (1780). After him are Simon Cameron (1799), Alberto Gonzales (1955), Marion Barry (1936), Tom Ridge (1945), Joseph B. Foraker (1846), and Bill Clements (1917).

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