1745 - 1806
William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States. Born in County Antrim, Ireland, Paterson moved to the North American British colonies at a young age. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Paterson has received more than 24,068 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). William Paterson is the 15,155th most popular politician (down from 14,027th in 2019), the 280th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 288th in 2019) and the 45th most popular Irish Politician.
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Among politicians, William Paterson ranks 15,155 out of 15,577. Before him are Dudley Senanayake, Osred I of Northumbria, Neil Abercrombie, Jim Risch, Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge, and Francis Hopkinson. After him are Spyridon Chazapis, Manuel Robles Pezuela, Petras Klimas, Wael Nader al-Halqi, Luciano Burti, and Basuki Tjahaja Purnama.
1911 - 1973
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,149
697 - 716
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,150
1938 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,151
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,152
1785 - 1856
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,153
1737 - 1791
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 15,154
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,155
1872 - 2000
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,156
1817 - 1862
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,157
1891 - 1969
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,158
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,159
1975 - Present
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 15,160
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.59
Rank: 15,161
Among people born in 1745, William Paterson ranks 45. Before him are Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, Timothy Pickering, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, John Jeffries, Oliver Ellsworth, and Anthony Wayne. After him are Samuel Hearne, Sydney Parkinson, Richard Bassett, and Caleb Strong. Among people deceased in 1806, William Paterson ranks 47. Before him are Joseph Gottlieb Kölreuter, Moritz Balthasar Borkhausen, Benjamin Banneker, Robert Morris, Heinrich Christian Boie, and Rana Bahadur Shah. After him are John Breckinridge, Charlotte Smith, and George Wythe.
1745 - 1790
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 39
1745 - 1829
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 40
1745 - 1818
HPI: 45.59
Rank: 41
1745 - 1819
HPI: 44.83
Rank: 42
1745 - 1807
HPI: 43.39
Rank: 43
1745 - 1796
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 44
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 45
1745 - 1792
HPI: 41.50
Rank: 46
1745 - 1771
HPI: 41.14
Rank: 47
1745 - 1815
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 48
1745 - 1819
HPI: 35.05
Rank: 49
1733 - 1806
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 41
1760 - 1806
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 42
1731 - 1806
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 43
1734 - 1806
HPI: 44.26
Rank: 44
1744 - 1806
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 45
1775 - 1806
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 46
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 47
1760 - 1806
HPI: 39.57
Rank: 48
1749 - 1806
HPI: 38.96
Rank: 49
1726 - 1806
HPI: 38.00
Rank: 50
Among people born in Ireland, William Paterson ranks 280 out of 501. Before him are Peter Sutherland (1946), Louis Walsh (1952), Cathal Brugha (1874), Colin O'Donoghue (1981), Margaret Mazzantini (1961), and Mairead McGuinness (1959). After him are Tony Dunne (1941), Cecelia Ahern (1981), Liam O'Flaherty (1896), Róisín Murphy (1973), Sharon Corr (1970), and Patrick Leahy (1877).
1946 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 274
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 275
1874 - 1922
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 276
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 277
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 278
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 279
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 280
1941 - 2020
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 281
1981 - Present
HPI: 42.51
Rank: 282
1896 - 1984
HPI: 42.48
Rank: 283
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.38
Rank: 284
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.36
Rank: 285
1877 - 1926
HPI: 42.20
Rank: 286
Among politicians born in Ireland, William Paterson ranks 45. Before him are Garret FitzGerald (1926), Charles Haughey (1925), John A. Costello (1891), Peter Sutherland (1946), Cathal Brugha (1874), and Mairead McGuinness (1959). After him are William Hobson (1792), Richard Mulcahy (1886), Albert Reynolds (1932), Joseph Plunkett (1887), Seán Mac Diarmada (1883), and Jack Lynch (1917).
1926 - 2011
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 39
1925 - 2006
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 40
1891 - 1976
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 41
1946 - 2018
HPI: 42.87
Rank: 42
1874 - 1922
HPI: 42.77
Rank: 43
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.63
Rank: 44
1745 - 1806
HPI: 42.60
Rank: 45
1792 - Present
HPI: 41.41
Rank: 46
1886 - 1971
HPI: 41.25
Rank: 47
1932 - 2014
HPI: 40.76
Rank: 48
1887 - 1916
HPI: 40.75
Rank: 49
1883 - 1916
HPI: 40.51
Rank: 50
1917 - 1999
HPI: 40.19
Rank: 51