1857 - 1930
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States (1909–1913) and the tenth chief justice of the United States (1921–1930), the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Howard Taft has received more than 10,368,885 page views. His biography is available in 122 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 117 in 2019). William Howard Taft is the 847th most popular politician (up from 1,003rd in 2019), the 249th most popular biography from United States (up from 311th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Politician.
William Howard Taft is most famous for being the 27th President of the United States. He served as president from 1909 to 1913.
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Among politicians, William Howard Taft ranks 847 out of 15,577. Before him are Nur ad-Din, Cao Pi, Cleopatra I Syra, Lech Kaczyński, Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, and Louis I of Spain. After him are Frederick VI of Denmark, Manuel II Palaiologos, Ruth, Modu Chanyu, Gustav III of Sweden, and Wilm Hosenfeld.
1116 - 1174
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 841
187 - 226
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 842
204 BC - 176 BC
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 843
1949 - 2010
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 844
62 BC - 47 BC
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 845
1707 - 1724
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 846
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 847
1768 - 1839
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 848
1350 - 1425
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 849
1200 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 70.28
Rank: 850
234 BC - 174 BC
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 851
1746 - 1792
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 852
1895 - 1952
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 853
Among people born in 1857, William Howard Taft ranks 12. Before him are Joseph Conrad, Edward Elgar, Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom, Henrik Pontoppidan, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. After him are Alfonso XII of Spain, Alfred Binet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Eugen Bleuler, Alexander of Battenberg, and Theo van Gogh. Among people deceased in 1930, William Howard Taft ranks 6. Before him are Arthur Conan Doyle, Alfred Wegener, Fridtjof Nansen, Ilya Repin, and Vladimir Mayakovsky. After him are Zewditu, Allvar Gullstrand, Cosima Wagner, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Christiaan Eijkman, and Victoria of Baden.
1857 - 1924
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 6
1857 - 1934
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 7
1857 - 1919
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 8
1857 - 1944
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 9
1857 - 1943
HPI: 70.82
Rank: 10
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 11
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 12
1857 - 1885
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 13
1857 - 1911
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 14
1857 - 1919
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 15
1857 - 1939
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 16
1857 - 1893
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 17
1857 - 1891
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
1859 - 1930
HPI: 80.26
Rank: 1
1880 - 1930
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 2
1861 - 1930
HPI: 75.22
Rank: 3
1844 - 1930
HPI: 75.20
Rank: 4
1893 - 1930
HPI: 71.07
Rank: 5
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 6
1876 - 1930
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 7
1862 - 1930
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 8
1837 - 1930
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 9
1870 - 1930
HPI: 67.49
Rank: 10
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 11
1862 - 1930
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, William Howard Taft ranks 249 out of 18,182. Before him are Burt Lancaster (1913), Tony Curtis (1925), Desmond Doss (1919), Robert Duvall (1931), Steve Wozniak (1950), and Lee Van Cleef (1925). After him are Joe Dassin (1938), Calvin Coolidge (1872), Paul Samuelson (1915), John Cage (1912), Rocky Marciano (1923), and Ray Kroc (1902).
1913 - 1994
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 243
1925 - 2010
HPI: 70.44
Rank: 244
1919 - 2006
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 245
1931 - Present
HPI: 70.38
Rank: 246
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 247
1925 - 1989
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 248
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 249
1938 - 1980
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 250
1872 - 1933
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 251
1915 - 2009
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 252
1912 - 1992
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 253
1923 - 1969
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 254
1902 - 1984
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 255
Among politicians born in United States, William Howard Taft ranks 35. Before him are John Adams (1735), Herbert Hoover (1874), James Monroe (1758), James Madison (1751), Andrew Jackson (1767), and Robert F. Kennedy (1925). After him are Calvin Coolidge (1872), John Quincy Adams (1767), Benjamin Harrison (1833), Andrew Johnson (1808), George Marshall (1880), and Grover Cleveland (1837).
1735 - 1826
HPI: 73.70
Rank: 29
1874 - 1964
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 30
1758 - 1831
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 31
1751 - 1836
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 32
1767 - 1845
HPI: 70.98
Rank: 33
1925 - 1968
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 34
1857 - 1930
HPI: 70.30
Rank: 35
1872 - 1933
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 36
1767 - 1848
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 37
1833 - 1901
HPI: 69.86
Rank: 38
1808 - 1875
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 39
1880 - 1959
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 40
1837 - 1908
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 41