Chess Player
Nigel Short
1965 - today
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Nigel Short
His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2024). Nigel Short is the 50th most popular chess player (up from 215th in 2024), the 1,646th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,275th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Chess Player.
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Among Chess Players
Among chess players, Nigel Short ranks 50 out of 461. Before him are Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona, Alexander McDonnell, Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais, Jan Timman, László Szabó, and Olga Rubtsova. After him are Gioachino Greco, Yuri Averbakh, Mir Sultan Khan, Henry Bird, Lajos Portisch, and Andor Lilienthal.
Most Popular Chess Players in Wikipedia
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Giovanni Leonardo Di Bona
1542 - 1597
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 44
Alexander McDonnell
1798 - 1835
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 45
Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais
1796 - 1840
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 46
Jan Timman
1951 - Present
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 47
László Szabó
1917 - 1998
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 48
Olga Rubtsova
1909 - 1994
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 49
Nigel Short
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 50
Gioachino Greco
1590 - 1630
HPI: 63.73
Rank: 51
Yuri Averbakh
1922 - 2022
HPI: 63.71
Rank: 52
Mir Sultan Khan
1905 - 1966
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 53
Henry Bird
1830 - 1908
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 54
Lajos Portisch
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 55
Andor Lilienthal
1911 - 2010
HPI: 63.46
Rank: 56
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1965, Nigel Short ranks 64. Before him are Vahide Perçin, Mick Doohan, Aldair, Andrea M. Ghez, Jan-Ove Waldner, and Lucinda Riley. After him are Linda Evangelista, Fernanda Torres, Ali Dia, Nicholas Sparks, Elizabeth Hurley, and Katarina Witt.
Others Born in 1965
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Vahide Perçin
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 58
Mick Doohan
RACING DRIVER
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.11
Rank: 59
Aldair
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 60
Andrea M. Ghez
ASTRONOMER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.93
Rank: 61
Jan-Ove Waldner
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 62
Lucinda Riley
WRITER
1965 - 2021
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 63
Nigel Short
CHESS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 64
Linda Evangelista
MODEL
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 65
Fernanda Torres
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 66
Ali Dia
SOCCER PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 67
Nicholas Sparks
WRITER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 68
Elizabeth Hurley
ACTOR
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.28
Rank: 69
Katarina Witt
SKATER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 70
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 1,646 out of NaN. Before him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), Lucinda Riley (1965), Thomas Hodgkin (1798), Walafrid Strabo (808), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836). After him are Michael Owen (1979), Gary Lineker (1960), Beau Brummell (1778), Christabel Pankhurst (1880), Jon Anderson (1944), and Jessie J (1988).
Others born in United Kingdom
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John French, 1st Earl of Ypres
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 1,640
Lucinda Riley
WRITER
1965 - 2021
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 1,641
Thomas Hodgkin
PHYSICIAN
1798 - 1866
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 1,642
Walafrid Strabo
WRITER
808 - 849
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 1,643
Oliver Lodge
INVENTOR
1851 - 1940
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 1,644
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1908
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 1,645
Nigel Short
CHESS PLAYER
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 1,646
Michael Owen
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 1,647
Gary Lineker
SOCCER PLAYER
1960 - Present
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 1,648
Beau Brummell
DESIGNER
1778 - 1840
HPI: 63.76
Rank: 1,649
Christabel Pankhurst
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1880 - 1958
HPI: 63.75
Rank: 1,650
Jon Anderson
SINGER
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 1,651
Jessie J
SINGER
1988 - Present
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 1,652
Among Chess Players In United Kingdom
Among chess players born in United Kingdom, Nigel Short ranks 3. Before him are Howard Staunton (1810), and Alexander McDonnell (1798). After him are Henry Bird (1830), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Michael Adams (1971), Fred Yates (1884), Horatio Caro (1862), Amos Burn (1848), Jonathan Penrose (1933), John Owen (1827), and John Nunn (1955).
Howard Staunton
1810 - 1874
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 1
Alexander McDonnell
1798 - 1835
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 2
Nigel Short
1965 - Present
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 3
Henry Bird
1830 - 1908
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 4
Joseph Henry Blackburne
1841 - 1924
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 5
Michael Adams
1971 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 6
Fred Yates
1884 - 1932
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 7
Horatio Caro
1862 - 1920
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 8
Amos Burn
1848 - 1925
HPI: 53.65
Rank: 9
Jonathan Penrose
1933 - 2021
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 10
John Owen
1827 - 1901
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 11
John Nunn
1955 - Present
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 12
