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William Bradford

1590 - 1657

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William Bradford (c. 19 March 1590 – 9 May 1657) was an English Puritan Separatist originally from the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England. He moved to Leiden in the Dutch Republic in order to escape persecution from King James I of England, and then emigrated to the Plymouth Colony on the Mayflower in 1620. He was a signatory to the Mayflower Compact and went on to serve as Governor of the Plymouth Colony intermittently for about 30 years between 1621 and 1657. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Bradford is the 4,187th most popular politician (up from 14,064th in 2019), the 996th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,347th in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Bradford ranks 4,187 out of 19,576. Before him are Aristobulus I, Empress Kōken, Sin-Muballit, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick, Khalil Sultan, and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. After him are Emperor Ankō, Hasdrubal the Boetharch, Liutprand of Cremona, William V, Duke of Bavaria, Demetrios Palaiologos, and Constantine Bodin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1590, William Bradford ranks 7. Before him are Ahmed I, Kösem Sultan, Pope Clement X, Mahfiruz Hatun, Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Simon Vouet. After him are Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw, Gioachino Greco, Urbain Grandier, John Albert II, Yamada Nagamasa, and Théophile de Viau. Among people deceased in 1657, William Bradford ranks 5. Before him are William Harvey, Bohdan Khmelnytsky, Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Frans Snyders. After him are Clara Peeters, Balthasar van der Ast, Jacob van Campen, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, Menasseh Ben Israel, Nicole, Duchess of Lorraine, and Kâtip Çelebi.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Bradford ranks 996 out of 8,785. Before him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), James Clark Ross (1800), Alfred Molina (1953), Leigh Hunt (1784), Michael Palin (1943), and Harry Kane (1993). After him are Henry Bessemer (1813), Thomas Chippendale (1718), Julie Walters (1950), Edward B. Titchener (1867), Julia Gillard (1961), and Jony Ive (1967).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Bradford ranks 191. Before him are William Penn (1645), H. H. Asquith (1852), Matilda of England, Duchess of Saxony (1156), Robert Peel (1788), Edward of Norwich, 2nd Duke of York (1373), and Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671). After him are Julia Gillard (1961), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), David I of Scotland (1084), Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430), and David Cameron (1966).

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