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John Hancock

1737 - 1793

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John Hancock (January 23, 1737 [O.S. January 12, 1736] – October 8, 1793) was an American Founding Father, merchant, statesman, and prominent Patriot of the American Revolution. He was the longest-serving president of the Continental Congress, having served as the second president of the Second Continental Congress and the seventh president of the Congress of the Confederation. He was the first and third governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. His large and stylish signature on the United States Declaration of Independence led to John Hancock or Hancock becoming a colloquialism for a person's signature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hancock is the 8,060th most popular politician (down from 7,434th in 2019), the 2,970th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,430th in 2019) and the 260th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Hancock ranks 8,060 out of 19,576. Before him are Charles I, Lord of Monaco, Rostislav Mikhailovich, Alexios IV of Trebizond, Zidanta I, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, and Gaius Claudius Nero. After him are Phriapatius, Karl Leopold, Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Minamoto no Yoriie, Emperor Xizong of Jin, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, and Leo I, Prince of Armenia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1737, John Hancock ranks 19. Before him are Tokugawa Ieharu, Morten Thrane Brünnich, George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, Prince Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, and Princess Augusta of Great Britain. After him are Jacob Philipp Hackert, Ernest Augustus II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne, Iosif Igelström, and Suzanne Curchod. Among people deceased in 1793, John Hancock ranks 28. Before him are Antoine Barnave, Charles Eugene, Duke of Württemberg, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, Jacques Cathelineau, Fletcher Christian, and John Hunter. After him are Joannicius III of Constantinople, Pietro Nardini, Frederick Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Nicolaas Laurens Burman, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, and Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Hancock ranks 2,970 out of 20,380. Before him are Mary Parker Follett (1868), Lil Jon (1971), Joseph Dunford (1955), Elbridge Gerry (1744), Ben Johnson (1918), and Simon Fraser (1776). After him are Jess McMahon (1882), Seth Barnes Nicholson (1891), Philly Joe Jones (1923), Clark L. Hull (1884), William Klein (1928), and Charles Rangel (1930).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, John Hancock ranks 260. Before him are Marjorie Taylor Greene (1974), Charles W. Fairbanks (1852), Levi P. Morton (1824), Joseph Jenkins Roberts (1809), Charlie Baker (1956), and Elbridge Gerry (1744). After him are Charles Rangel (1930), James Baker (1930), Lew Wallace (1827), Richard Mentor Johnson (1780), John Connally (1917), and Charles Curtis (1860).

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