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Alex Salmond

1954 - 2024

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Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond ( SAM-ənd; 31 December 1954 – 12 October 2024) was a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2007 to 2014. A prominent figure in the Scottish nationalist movement, he was Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) on two occasions, from 1990 to 2000 and from 2004 to 2014. He then served as leader of the Alba Party from 2021 until his death in 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alex Salmond has received more than 2,704,662 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Alex Salmond is the 14,839th most popular politician (down from 14,344th in 2019), the 3,752nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,001st in 2019) and the 494th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 54

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Alex Salmond ranks 14,839 out of 19,576. Before him are Ashok Gehlot, Qiao Guanhua, Gulab Singh, Gustav Schuft, Inomjon Usmonxoʻjayev, and Geoffrey IV, Count of Anjou. After him are Elmira Minita Gordon, Denys Monastyrsky, Harry Reid, Juan Bautista Topete, Uri Ariel, and Ragna Nielsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Alex Salmond ranks 350. Before him are Ash Carter, Mark Herman, Robert Carradine, Rahim Ademi, Michael Badalucco, and Guy Kawasaki. After him are Graziano Rossi, Bob Menendez, Einar Már Guðmundsson, Medha Patkar, Piero Gros, and Brother Alois. Among people deceased in 2024, Alex Salmond ranks 298. Before him are Zdeněk Pecka, Barbara Rush, Jacques Roubaud, Mokhtar Hasni, Dieter Burdenski, and Richard H. Truly. After him are Şerif Gören, Franciszek Smuda, Imerio Massignan, Tony Lo Bianco, Dikembe Mutombo, and Earl Holliman.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alex Salmond ranks 3,752 out of 8,785. Before him are Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe (1726), Harrison Birtwistle (1934), Steve Redgrave (1962), Henry Edward Manning (1808), Robin Dunbar (1947), and Max Beerbohm (1872). After him are John Neville Keynes (1852), William Davenant (1606), Ed Skrein (1983), Edgar Wright (1974), Peter Lorimer (1946), and Ashley Young (1985).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Alex Salmond ranks 494. Before him are Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), Archibald Sayce (1845), Margaret Beckett (1943), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), and Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750). After him are Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743), Rhys ap Gruffydd (1132), Jane Marcet (1769), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), Andrew Fisher (1862), and James Wilson (1742).

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