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Gerrard Winstanley

1609 - 1676

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Gerrard Winstanley (baptised 19 October 1609 – 10 September 1676) was an English Protestant religious reformer, political philosopher, and activist during the period of the Commonwealth of England. Winstanley was the leader and one of the founders of the English group known as the True Levellers or Diggers. The group occupied formerly common land that had been privatised by enclosures and dug them over, pulling down hedges and filling in ditches, to plant crops. "True Levellers" was the name they used to describe themselves, whereas the term "Diggers" was coined by contemporaries. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerrard Winstanley is the 15,186th most popular politician (down from 14,210th in 2019), the 4,074th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,433rd in 2019) and the 533rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 15,186 out of 19,576. Before him are Hans van Mierlo, Bezalel Smotrich, José Patricio Guggiari, Gyude Bryant, Kálmán Széll, and Eevi Huttunen. After him are Sigurður Eggerz, Kay Ivey, Ada Colau, Nygmet Nurmakov, Julius Curtius, and Lev Rokhlin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 20. Before him are Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Paul Fleming, Jean Rotrou, and Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon. After him are Robert Moray, and John Suckling. Among people deceased in 1676, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 23. Before him are Abraham Bosse, Jean Desmarets, Saib Tabrizi, Nicolò Sagredo, Gisbertus Voetius, and Metacomet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 4,075 out of 8,785. Before him are Marmaduke Tunstall (1743), Glenn Hoddle (1957), Donald Nicol (1923), Edith Hannam (1878), Tom Boyd (1965), and Robert James-Collier (1976). After him are Jimmy White (1962), Linda Martin (1952), Peter Kemp (1878), Helen Shapiro (1946), Simone Perrotta (1977), and Vivian Woodward (1879).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Gerrard Winstanley ranks 533. Before him are Hywel Dda (880), Charlie Whiting (1952), Tony Benn (1925), John Shakespeare (1530), George Galloway (1954), and Henrietta Godolphin, 2nd Duchess of Marlborough (1681). After him are Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), William Warham (1450), Tommy Douglas (1904), Stephen Gardiner (1497), and Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810).

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