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Samuel Adams

1722 - 1803

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Samuel Adams (September 27 [O.S. September 16], 1722 – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence and other founding documents, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. He was a second cousin to his fellow Founding Father, President John Adams. He founded the Sons of Liberty. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Samuel Adams is the 7,105th most popular politician (down from 6,243rd in 2019), the 2,591st most popular biography from United States (down from 1,993rd in 2019) and the 218th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Samuel Adams ranks 7,105 out of 19,576. Before him are Sarah Aaronsohn, Francisco Morazán, Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah, Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, Jalal al-Din Khan ibn Tokhtamysh, and Vaballathus. After him are Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia, Naftali Bennett, Setepenre, Eberhard III, Duke of Württemberg, Roman of Bulgaria, and Mike Pompeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1722, Samuel Adams ranks 9. Before him are Prince Augustus William of Prussia, Gregory Skovoroda, Georg Benda, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Jazzar Pasha, and Paisius of Hilendar. After him are Duchess Luise of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Leopold Auenbrugger, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt, Paisius Velichkovsky, and Pietro Nardini. Among people deceased in 1803, Samuel Adams ranks 16. Before him are Vittorio Alfieri, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Ami Argand, Louis Claude de Saint-Martin, Georg I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Xenia of Saint Petersburg. After him are Pōmare I, Nizam Ali Khan, Asaf Jah II, François Devienne, Gottfried van Swieten, William Hamilton, and Maria Fortunata d'Este.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Samuel Adams ranks 2,591 out of 20,380. Before him are Ethel Barrymore (1879), Ub Iwerks (1901), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Maggie Hassan (1958), Michael Rosbash (1944), and Stockton Rush (1962). After him are J. Carrol Naish (1896), Kate Capshaw (1953), Mike Pompeo (1963), Megan Fox (1986), W. I. Thomas (1863), and Rita Wilson (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Samuel Adams ranks 218. Before him are Sam Houston (1793), Ron Paul (1935), Henry L. Stimson (1867), George Wallace (1919), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), and Maggie Hassan (1958). After him are Mike Pompeo (1963), John Breckinridge (1760), Shirley Chisholm (1924), John C. Calhoun (1782), Cus D'Amato (1908), and Nicholas Murray Butler (1862).

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