55.1% of matchups won
312 matchups
Elo 1580
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/10/04
mission: Promote social and political reform · Literature and satire · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing55%
picked as helping wellbeing
275 matchups
59%
picked as hurting wellbeing
37 matchups
People are split on it.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Adam Swift
→
72.9% wins · British political philosopher and sociologist
02
Voltaire
→
65.5% wins · French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
03
John Wilkes
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68.4% wins · English radical, journalist, and politician (1725–1797)
04
John Ball
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71.6% wins · English rebel and priest (1338-1381)
05
Thomas More
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64.7% wins · English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
Known for
- Gulliver's Travels
- A Modest Proposal
- Drapier's Letters
- Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral
- Literary legacy
Based on 312 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/04. Full rankings ·
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