Politician

William McKinley

25th President of the United States

1843 - 1901

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His biography is available in 124 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 121 in 2024). William McKinley is the 32nd most popular politician (up from 1,439th in 2024), the 11th most popular biography from United States (up from 419th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Politician.

William McKinley is most famous for being the 25th president of the United States. He is also known for being the president who led the country into the Spanish-American War.

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William McKinley is the most memorable of the 3 notable people born in Niles, Ohio, United States, ahead of Dominic Sena and Tim Ryan.

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Of the 108 people in Pantheon born in 1843, William McKinley is the most memorable.

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William McKinley's biography appears in 124 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 99% of all Politicians.

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William McKinley shares a January 29 birthday with Anton Chekhov, Romain Rolland, and Tom Selleck.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, William McKinley ranks 32 out of 19,576. Before him are George V, James VI and I, Commodus, Edward VI of England, Mehmed the Conqueror, and Huang Xianfan. After him are Umar, Edward VIII, Ulysses S. Grant, Kim Il-sung, Constantine the Great, and David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, William McKinley ranks 1. After him are Edvard Grieg, Robert Koch, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Camillo Golgi, Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, and Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1901, William McKinley ranks 1. After him are Giuseppe Verdi, Queen Victoria, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Victoria, Princess Royal, Johanna Spyri, Leon Czolgosz, Benjamin Harrison, Arnold Böcklin, Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, George Francis FitzGerald, and Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William McKinley ranks 11 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Edison (1847), J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904), Muhammad Ali (1942), Andrew Jackson (1767), Edgar Allan Poe (1809), and Pope Leo XIV (1955). After him are Al Pacino (1940), Sylvester Stallone (1946), Clint Eastwood (1930), Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Martin Van Buren (1782), and Steve Jobs (1955).

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Among Politicians In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William McKinley ranks 5. Before him are Donald Trump (1946), Jimmy Carter (1924), Thomas Jefferson (1743), and Andrew Jackson (1767). After him are Ulysses S. Grant (1822), Martin Van Buren (1782), Hillary Clinton (1947), Abraham Lincoln (1809), James K. Polk (1795), Ronald Reagan (1911), and George Washington (1732).

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