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Algernon Sidney

1623 - 1683

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Algernon Sidney or Sydney (15 January 1623 – 7 December 1683) was an English politician, republican political theorist and colonel. A member of the middle part of the Long Parliament and commissioner of the trial of King Charles I of England, he opposed the king's execution. Sidney was later charged with plotting against Charles II, in part based on his most famous work, Discourses Concerning Government, which was used by the prosecution as a witness at his trial. He was executed for treason. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Algernon Sidney is the 14,738th most popular politician (down from 14,145th in 2024), the 3,783rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,385th in 2019) and the 512th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Algernon Sidney ranks 14,738 out of 19,576. Before him are Archibald Sayce, Juan Orlando Hernández, Joseph von Radowitz, Kristi Noem, Mazie Hirono, and Rose Cleveland. After him are Vladas Mironas, Mardavij, Jack Straw, Edem Kodjo, Peter Scully, and Kriangsak Chamanan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1623, Algernon Sidney ranks 11. Before him are Margravine Hedwig Sophie of Brandenburg, Zhu Youlang, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Christian Louis I, François de Laval, and Reinier Nooms.  Among people deceased in 1683, Algernon Sidney ranks 15. Before him are Nicolaes Pieterszoon Berchem, Jacob Stainer, Juraj Križanić, John Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, John Owen, and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury. After him are Robert Morison, and Izaak Walton.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Algernon Sidney ranks 3,784 out of 8,785. Before him are Barry Flanagan (1941), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), Archibald Sayce (1845), John Ireland (1879), Stephen Hendry (1969), and Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899). After him are Jack Straw (1946), Richard Madden (1986), Jack Goody (1919), John Hartley (1849), Seán Lester (1888), and William Frederick Denning (1848).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Algernon Sidney ranks 512. Before him are Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Negroponte (1939), John Julius Norwich (1929), Philippa, 5th Countess of Ulster (1355), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), and Archibald Sayce (1845). After him are Jack Straw (1946), Cenwalh of Wessex (601), Margaret Beckett (1943), Alicia Moreau de Justo (1885), Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede (1871), and Samuel Hoare, 1st Viscount Templewood (1880).

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