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Pōmare I

1742 - 1803

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Pōmare I (c. 1753 – September 3, 1803) (fully in old orthography: Tu-nui-ea-i-te-atua-i-Tarahoi Vaira'atoa Taina Pōmare I; also known as Tu or Tinah or Outu, or more formally as Tu-nui-e-a'a-i-te-atua) was the unifier and first king of Tahiti and founder of the Pōmare dynasty and the Kingdom of Tahiti between 1788 and 1791. He abdicated in 1791 but remained in power as the guardian regent during the minority of his successor Pōmare II from 1791 until 1803. He is best known in the western world for being the ruler of Tahiti during the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pōmare I is the 7,372nd most popular politician (up from 12,047th in 2019), the 2nd most popular biography from French Polynesia (up from 3rd in 2019) and the most popular Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Pōmare I ranks 7,372 out of 19,576Before her are Henry Campbell-Bannerman, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein, Dirk III, Count of Holland, Edward Carson, and Titus Flavius Clemens. After her are Jakaya Kikwete, Olusegun Obasanjo, Johann Homann, Valko Chervenkov, Eduard Taaffe, 11th Viscount Taaffe, and Léon Flameng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1742, Pōmare I ranks 14Before her are Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Nicolas Leblanc, David Bushnell, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, and Dositej Obradović. After her are François Laurent d'Arlandes, Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard, Ignaz von Born, Charlotte von Stein, Joseph Brant, and Anders Jahan Retzius. Among people deceased in 1803, Pōmare I ranks 17Before her are Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Ami Argand, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Xenia of Saint Petersburg, and Samuel Adams. After her are Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, François Devienne, Gottfried van Swieten, William Hamilton, Maria Fortunata d'Este, and Kirill Razumovski.

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In French Polynesia

Among people born in French Polynesia, Pōmare I ranks 2 out of 24Before her are Tarita Teriipaia (1941). After her are Pōmare V (1839), Pōmare II (1782), Pōmare III (1820), Oscar Temaru (1944), Karina Lombard (1969), Conrad Hall (1926), Édouard Fritch (1952), Fabrice Santoro (1972), Jocelyne LaGarde (1924), and Pascal Vahirua (1966).

Among POLITICIANS In French Polynesia

Among politicians born in French Polynesia, Pōmare I ranks 1After her are Pōmare V (1839), Pōmare II (1782), Pōmare III (1820), Oscar Temaru (1944), and Édouard Fritch (1952).