1708 - 1778
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in the middle of the 18th century. Historians call him Chatham or William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son, William Pitt the Younger, who was also a prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham has received more than 1,268,833 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham is the 6,545th most popular politician (down from 6,110th in 2019), the 1,423rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 231st most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 6,545 out of 15,710. Before him are Heinz Jost, Laurent Fabius, Abdon, Al-Mansur Ali, Sabinus Julianus, and Ali Bey al-Kabir. After him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin, Meleager, Stanisław Kania, Roger III of Sicily, Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, and Mithridates III of Pontus.
1904 - 1964
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,539
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,540
1117 BC - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,541
1242 - 1259
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,542
300 - 285
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,543
1728 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,544
1708 - 1778
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,545
1766 - 1841
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,546
320 BC - 279 BC
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6,547
1927 - 2020
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 6,548
1175 - 1193
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 6,549
1860 - 1917
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 6,550
300 BC - 200 BC
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 6,551
Among people born in 1708, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 6. Before him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Albrecht von Haller, 7th Dalai Lama, and Pompeo Batoni. After him are Antiochus Kantemir, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Johann Adolf Scheibe, and Olof von Dalin. Among people deceased in 1778, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 9. Before him are Voltaire, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Anna Maria Mozart, Laura Bassi, James Hargreaves, and Thomas Arne. After him are Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Charles De Geer, and Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.
1708 - 1765
HPI: 82.23
Rank: 1
1708 - 1728
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 2
1708 - 1777
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 3
1708 - 1757
HPI: 67.85
Rank: 4
1708 - 1787
HPI: 66.46
Rank: 5
1708 - 1778
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 6
1708 - 1744
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 7
1708 - 1752
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 8
1708 - 1776
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 9
1708 - 1763
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 10
1694 - 1778
HPI: 90.89
Rank: 3
1720 - 1778
HPI: 75.31
Rank: 4
1720 - 1778
HPI: 73.99
Rank: 5
1711 - 1778
HPI: 73.55
Rank: 6
1720 - 1778
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 7
1710 - 1778
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 8
1708 - 1778
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 9
1717 - 1778
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 10
1701 - 1778
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 11
1720 - 1778
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 12
1725 - 1778
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 13
Among people born in United Kingdom, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 1,423 out of 6,924. Before him are Mark of Cornwall (480), Gildas (500), Rupert Everett (1959), John Guillermin (1925), Paddy Roy Bates (1921), and Herbert Pitman (1877). After him are Channing Tatum (1980), Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Ethel Smyth (1858), Steven Runciman (1903), Arthur Machen (1863), and William George Horner (1786).
480 - 555
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 1,417
500 - 570
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,418
1959 - Present
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,419
1925 - 2015
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,420
1921 - 2012
HPI: 66.12
Rank: 1,421
1877 - 1961
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,422
1708 - 1778
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,423
1980 - Present
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,424
1766 - 1841
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 1,425
1858 - 1944
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,426
1903 - 2000
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 1,427
1863 - 1947
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 1,428
1786 - 1837
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 1,429
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 231. Before him are Arthur Drewry (1891), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Joe Davis (1901), Henry Pelham (1694), Mark of Cornwall (480), and Herbert Pitman (1877). After him are Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766), Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex (1565), Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet (1810), John Hume (1937), Jeremy Corbyn (1949), and Glenda Jackson (1936).
1891 - 1961
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 225
1345 - 1368
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 226
1901 - 1978
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 227
1694 - 1754
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 228
480 - 555
HPI: 66.13
Rank: 229
1877 - 1961
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 230
1708 - 1778
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 231
1766 - 1841
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 232
1565 - 1601
HPI: 66.08
Rank: 233
1810 - 1895
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 234
1937 - 2020
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 235
1949 - Present
HPI: 66.02
Rank: 236
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 237