1720 - 1764
William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, (8 May 1720 – 2 October 1764), styled Lord Cavendish before 1729, and Marquess of Hartington between 1729 and 1755, was a British Whig statesman and nobleman who was briefly nominal Prime Minister of Great Britain. He was the first son of William Cavendish, 3rd Duke of Devonshire and his wife, Catherine Hoskins. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire has received more than 510,868 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire is the 7,467th most popular politician (down from 5,641st in 2019), the 1,566th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,236th in 2019) and the 250th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 7,467 out of 15,577. Before him are Cesare Mori, Zhang Wentian, Moza bint Nasser, Adama Barrow, Carmen Pereira, and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen. After him are Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria, Namhae of Silla, Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh, Constantin Sănătescu, Adela of France, and Emperor Xuanzong of Jin.
1871 - 1942
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,461
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,462
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,463
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,464
1937 - 2016
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,465
1784 - 1860
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,466
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 7,467
1825 - 1864
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 7,468
50 BC - 24
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 7,469
1769 - 1822
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 7,470
1885 - 1947
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 7,471
1009 - 1079
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 7,472
1163 - 1224
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 7,473
Among people born in 1720, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 16. Before him are Vilna Gaon, Charles Bonnet, Heraclius II of Georgia, Frederick II, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Honoré III, Prince of Monaco, and Hyder Ali. After him are Maximilian Hell, Johann Friedrich Agricola, Johann Schobert, Maria Teresa Agnesi Pinottini, Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, and Balaji Baji Rao. Among people deceased in 1764, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 12. Before him are Pietro Locatelli, Jean-Marie Leclair, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann Mattheson, Erik Pontoppidan, and Francesco Algarotti. After him are Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro, Semyon Chelyuskin, Nathaniel Bliss, Picander, and Sophie Caroline of Brandenburg-Kulmbach.
1720 - 1797
HPI: 61.14
Rank: 10
1720 - 1793
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 11
1720 - 1798
HPI: 58.04
Rank: 12
1720 - 1785
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 13
1720 - 1795
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 14
1720 - 1782
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 15
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 16
1720 - 1792
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 17
1720 - 1774
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 18
1720 - 1767
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 19
1720 - 1795
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 20
1720 - 1788
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 21
1720 - 1761
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 22
1695 - 1764
HPI: 62.03
Rank: 6
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 7
1697 - 1764
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 8
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 9
1698 - 1764
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 10
1712 - 1764
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 11
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 12
1676 - 1764
HPI: 51.54
Rank: 13
1700 - 1764
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 14
1700 - 1764
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 15
1700 - 1764
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 16
1705 - 1764
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 17
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 1,566 out of 7,765. Before him are Hertha Ayrton (1854), Margaret Burbidge (1919), Olaf Stapledon (1886), John Smyth (1570), George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784), and William Auld (1924). After him are John Muir (1838), David Coulthard (1971), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Margaret Douglas (1515), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), and John Barbirolli (1899).
1854 - 1923
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,560
1919 - 2020
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,561
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,562
1570 - 1612
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,563
1784 - 1860
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,564
1924 - 2006
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,565
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,566
1838 - 1914
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 1,567
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,568
1936 - 2004
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,569
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,570
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,571
1899 - 1970
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,572
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire ranks 250. Before him are Lulach (1030), George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk (1473), and George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen (1784). After him are Margaret Douglas (1515), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Joe Davis (1901), and George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737).
1030 - 1058
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 244
1608 - 1670
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 245
1886 - 1974
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 246
1531 - 1570
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 247
1473 - 1554
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 248
1784 - 1860
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 249
1720 - 1764
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 250
1515 - 1578
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 251
1708 - 1778
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 252
1455 - 1483
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 253
550 - 624
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 254
1901 - 1978
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 255
1737 - 1806
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 256