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John Adams

1735 - 1826

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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the U.S. government as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first person to hold the office of vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Adams is the 472nd most popular politician (up from 507th in 2019), the 138th most popular biography from United States (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular American Politician.

John Adams is most famous for being the second president of the United States, and for signing the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War.

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Among politicians, John Adams ranks 472 out of 19,576. Before him are Nawaz Sharif, Volodymyr Zelensky, Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Vitellius, Frederick William II of Prussia, and Macbeth, King of Scotland. After him are Alexander Lukashenko, Paul I of Russia, Alcibiades, António Guterres, Isaias Afwerki, and Qianlong Emperor.

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Among people born in 1735, John Adams ranks 1. After him are Johann Christian Bach, Charles William Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick, Crown Prince Sado, François Christophe de Kellermann, Charles-Joseph, 7th Prince of Ligne, Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, Ibrahim Bey, August Ludwig von Schlözer, Caspar Friedrich Wolff, Torbern Bergman, and Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti. Among people deceased in 1826, John Adams ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Jefferson. After him are Carl Maria von Weber, Giuseppe Piazzi, Joseph von Fraunhofer, John VI of Portugal, Philippe Pinel, René Laennec, Joseph Proust, Maria Leopoldina of Austria, Louis-Gabriel Suchet, and Stamford Raffles.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Adams ranks 138 out of 20,380. Before him are Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (1929), Michael Douglas (1944), Noam Chomsky (1928), H. P. Lovecraft (1890), Liliʻuokalani (1838), and Philip Warren Anderson (1923). After him are Woody Allen (1935), Jimi Hendrix (1942), Robert McNamara (1916), Harrison Ford (1942), Chuck Norris (1940), and Patti Smith (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Adams ranks 32. Before him are Barbara Bush (1925), Barack Obama (1961), Theodore Roosevelt (1858), Woodrow Wilson (1856), Gerald Ford (1913), and Lyndon B. Johnson (1908). After him are Daniel D. Tompkins (1774), William R. King (1786), Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888), John Nance Garner (1868), Herbert Hoover (1874), and James Monroe (1758).

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