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William Paca

1740 - 1799

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William Paca ( PAY-kə or PAK-ə; October 31, 1740 – October 13, 1799) was a Founding Father of the United States who was a signatory to the Continental Association and the United States Declaration of Independence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Paca has received more than 195,959 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). William Paca is the 17,320th most popular politician (down from 15,710th in 2019), the 11,960th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,669th in 2019) and the 805th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Paca ranks 17,320 out of 19,576Before him are Wendell Ford, Martín Vázquez, John Kennedy, Shashi Tharoor, Bruce Golding, and Sofia Sakorafa. After him are Keith Holyoake, Alexander Bustamante, Nick Clegg, Guntars Krasts, Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, and Doug Burgum.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, William Paca ranks 29Before him are Anders Johan Lexell, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Johan Andreas Murray, Samuel Arnold, John Sullivan, and Ivan Lepyokhin. After him is Alexander Martin. Among people deceased in 1799, William Paca ranks 38Before him are Alexander Bezborodko, Francesco Mario Pagano, William Withering, Vasily Bazhenov, Louis Claude Cadet de Gassicourt, and Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, William Paca ranks 11,960 out of 20,380Before him are Jessie Andrews (1992), Eugene J. Martin (1938), Anita Ward (1956), Chi Chi LaRue (1959), Danny Thomas (1912), and Vincent Curatola (1953). After him are Robert Lighthizer (1947), Mara Wilson (1987), Nancy Carell (1966), Doug Burgum (1956), Nancy Dupree (1927), and Frank Press (1924).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, William Paca ranks 805Before him are John Boozman (1950), David Ige (1957), William Hooper (1742), Peyton Randolph (1721), Wendell Ford (1924), and John Kennedy (1951). After him are Doug Burgum (1956), Walter Forward (1786), Mike DeWine (1947), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever (1886), and Mark Parkinson (1957).