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John Wilkes

1725 - 1797

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John Wilkes (17 October 1725 – 26 December 1797) was an English radical journalist and politician, as well as a magistrate, essayist and soldier. He was first elected a Member of Parliament in 1757. In the Middlesex election dispute, he fought for the right of his voters – rather than the House of Commons – to determine their representatives. In 1768, angry protests of his supporters were suppressed in the Massacre of St George's Fields. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Wilkes is the 13,038th most popular politician (down from 12,424th in 2019), the 3,085th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,676th in 2019) and the 434th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Wilkes ranks 13,038 out of 19,576. Before him are Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry, Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles, Eero Mäntyranta, Jafar Sharif-Emami, Simon I of Kartli, and Princess Nora of Liechtenstein. After him are Nông Đức Mạnh, Víctor Balaguer i Cirera, Ariarathes I of Cappadocia, Walter Isaacson, Ernst Brenner, and Mustafa Ould Salek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1725, John Wilkes ranks 26. Before him are Arthur Guinness, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Countess Palatine Christiane Henriette of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Jean-Étienne Montucla, Joseph Duplessis, and Johann Peter Beaulieu. After him are Francesco Bartolozzi, Charles Townshend, George Mason, Ivan Osterman, Paul Sandby, and Karl Wilhelm Ramler. Among people deceased in 1797, John Wilkes ranks 23. Before him are Wang Zhenyi, Asaf-ud-Daula, Olaudah Equiano, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Ivan Shuvalov, and Francesco Sabatini. After him are Molla Panah Vagif, Michel-Jean Sedaine, Pietro Verri, Carter Braxton, and Oliver Wolcott.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Wilkes ranks 3,086 out of 8,785. Before him are R. M. Hare (1919), John McVie (1945), Florence Green (1901), Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869), Antonio Pappano (1959), and Quentin Blake (1932). After him are Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Jim Ratcliffe (1952), Paul Nurse (1949), Imogen Heap (1977), John Playfair (1748), and Lady Sarah Chatto (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Wilkes ranks 434. Before him are Sigeberht of Wessex (750), James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce (1838), Gary Hocking (1937), Æthelheard of Wessex (750), Florence Green (1901), and Albert, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1869). After him are Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), James Douglas, Lord of Douglas (1286), Terence O'Neill (1914), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), William Camden (1551), and Banastre Tarleton (1754).

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