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Edmund Burke

1729 - 1797

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His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2024). Edmund Burke is the 1,039th most popular politician (down from 776th in 2024), the 15th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 12th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Politician.

Edmund Burke is most famous for his work on the French Revolution, in which he argued that the revolution was a natural consequence of the Enlightenment and the ideas of the philosophes.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Edmund Burke ranks 1,039 out of 19,576. Before him are Marwan I, Ludwig I of Bavaria, Henry I of England, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, Konstantin von Neurath, and Adolphe Thiers. After him are Constantine II, Maria Luisa of Spain, Eleanor of Austria, John I Tzimiskes, Jair Bolsonaro, and Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1729, Edmund Burke ranks 4. Before him are Catherine the Great, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, and Louis, Dauphin of France. After him are Moses Mendelssohn, Lazzaro Spallanzani, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg, and Johann Daniel Titius. Among people deceased in 1797, Edmund Burke ranks 5. Before him are Frederick William II of Prussia, Baron Munchausen, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Horace Walpole. After him are François-Noël Babeuf, James Hutton, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Lazare Hoche, Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, and Vilna Gaon.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Edmund Burke ranks 15 out of NaN. Before him are Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brigid of Kildare (451), and Bram Stoker (1847). After him are Michael Gambon (1940), Francis Bacon (1909), Eddie Jordan (1948), Sinéad O'Connor (1966), George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), and Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769).

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Among Politicians In Ireland

Among politicians born in Ireland, Edmund Burke ranks 1. After him are George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence (1449), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Bertie Ahern (1951), Harald Gille (1103), John Boland (1870), Causantín mac Cináeda (836), Michael Collins (1890), Brian Cowen (1960), Mary Robinson (1944), and Malcolm II of Scotland (954).

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