1765 - 1837
William IV (William Henry; 21 August 1765 – 20 June 1837) was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and King of Hanover from 26 June 1830 until his death in 1837. The third son of George III, William succeeded his elder brother George IV, becoming the last king and penultimate monarch of Britain's House of Hanover. William served in the Royal Navy in his youth, spending time in British North America and the Caribbean, and was later nicknamed the "Sailor King". Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William IV of the United Kingdom has received more than 10,080,086 page views. His biography is available in 83 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). William IV of the United Kingdom is the 525th most popular politician (down from 488th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 131st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular British Politician.
King William IV of the United Kingdom is most famous for being the monarch during the reign of Queen Victoria.
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Among politicians, William IV of the United Kingdom ranks 525 out of 15,577. Before him are Leopold III of Belgium, Nicolas Sarkozy, Philip V of France, Moshe Dayan, Æthelstan, and Charles the Fat. After him are Lavrentiy Beria, Frederick I of Prussia, Louis the German, John Hunyadi, Alexander IV of Macedon, and Sonia Gandhi.
1901 - 1983
HPI: 73.06
Rank: 519
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 520
1293 - 1322
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 521
1915 - 1981
HPI: 73.04
Rank: 522
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 523
839 - 888
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 524
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 525
1899 - 1953
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 526
1657 - 1713
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 527
806 - 876
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 528
1407 - 1456
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 529
323 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 530
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 531
Among people born in 1765, William IV of the United Kingdom ranks 3. Before him are Pope Gregory XVI and Nicéphore Niépce. After him are Robert Fulton, Pyotr Bagration, Jacques MacDonald, Charles Felix of Sardinia, Emma, Lady Hamilton, Karl Ludwig Harding, Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paolo Ruffini, and José María Morelos. Among people deceased in 1837, William IV of the United Kingdom ranks 3. Before him are Alexander Pushkin and Charles Fourier. After him are Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, John Constable, Hortense de Beauharnais, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Giacomo Leopardi, Georg Büchner, John Field, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands, and François Gérard.
1765 - 1846
HPI: 75.94
Rank: 1
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 2
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 3
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 4
1765 - 1812
HPI: 67.36
Rank: 5
1765 - 1840
HPI: 62.97
Rank: 6
1765 - 1831
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 7
1765 - 1815
HPI: 61.76
Rank: 8
1765 - 1834
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 9
1765 - 1796
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 10
1765 - 1822
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 11
1765 - 1815
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 12
1799 - 1837
HPI: 81.46
Rank: 1
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 2
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 3
1778 - 1837
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 4
1776 - 1837
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 5
1783 - 1837
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 6
1778 - 1837
HPI: 67.05
Rank: 7
1798 - 1837
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 8
1813 - 1837
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 9
1782 - 1837
HPI: 63.60
Rank: 10
1774 - 1837
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 11
1770 - 1837
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, William IV of the United Kingdom ranks 138 out of 7,765. Before him are Henry Purcell (1659), T. E. Lawrence (1888), Olav V of Norway (1903), George Boole (1815), Æthelstan (895), and J. J. Thomson (1856). After him are John Venn (1834), Anthony Eden (1897), Rosalind Franklin (1920), John, King of England (1166), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), and Charlie Watts (1941).
1659 - 1695
HPI: 73.25
Rank: 132
1888 - 1935
HPI: 73.17
Rank: 133
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 134
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 135
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 136
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 137
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 138
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 139
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 140
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 141
1166 - 1216
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 142
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 143
1941 - 2021
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 144
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William IV of the United Kingdom ranks 32. Before him are George III of the United Kingdom (1738), Charles I of England (1600), James II of England (1633), Robert the Bruce (1274), Olav V of Norway (1903), and Æthelstan (895). After him are Anthony Eden (1897), John, King of England (1166), George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Edward the Elder (871), and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830).
1738 - 1820
HPI: 74.34
Rank: 26
1600 - 1649
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 27
1633 - 1701
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 28
1274 - 1329
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 29
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 30
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 31
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 32
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 33
1166 - 1216
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 34
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 35
1665 - 1714
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 36
871 - 924
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 37
1830 - 1903
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 38