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William Penn

1645 - 1718

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William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. Penn, an advocate of democracy and religious freedom, was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania prior to European settlements in the state. In 1681, King Charles II granted a large piece of his North American land holdings along the North Atlantic Ocean coast to Penn to offset debts he owed Penn's father, the admiral and politician Sir William Penn. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Penn has received more than 4,005,350 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). William Penn is the 3,878th most popular politician (down from 3,419th in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 785th in 2019) and the 151st most popular British Politician.

William Penn is most famous for being the founder of Pennsylvania.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Penn ranks 3,878 out of 15,577Before him are Causantín mac Cináeda, Juan Manuel de Rosas, Eric II of Norway, Olave Baden-Powell, Claude Louis Hector de Villars, and Rudolph III of Burgundy. After him are Tantamani, Sun Hao, Mathilde Kschessinska, Senakhtenre Ahmose, Pompeius Strabo, and Theresa, Countess of Portugal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1645, William Penn ranks 5Before him are Marc-Antoine Charpentier, William Kidd, Johann Ambrosius Bach, and Jean de La Bruyère. After him are Marguerite Louise d'Orléans, Aert de Gelder, Andreas Werckmeister, Francis I Rákóczi, Eusebio Kino, Nicolas Lemery, and Anne Dacier. Among people deceased in 1718, William Penn ranks 5Before him are Charles XII of Sweden, Blackbeard, Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia, and Mary of Modena. After him are Stede Bonnet, Vincenzo Coronelli, Philippe de La Hire, Charles, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Jacques Ozanam, Margherita Maria Farnese, and Louis Frederick I, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Penn ranks 854 out of 7,765Before him are Damon Hill (1960), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), W. H. Auden (1907), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), and Olave Baden-Powell (1889). After him are William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), Billy Idol (1955), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), John Hawkins (1532), Kevin Keegan (1951), and Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915).

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