1953 - 2023
Alistair Maclean Darling, Baron Darling of Roulanish, (28 November 1953 – 30 November 2023) was a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer under prime minister Gordon Brown from 2007 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament (MP) from 1987 to 2015, representing Edinburgh Central and Edinburgh South West. Darling was first appointed chief secretary to the Treasury by prime minister Tony Blair in 1997, and was promoted to secretary of state for work and pensions in 1998. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alistair Darling has received more than 1,128,199 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Alistair Darling is the 16,694th most popular politician (down from 14,890th in 2019), the 5,839th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,280th in 2019) and the 628th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Alistair Darling ranks 16,694 out of 15,577. Before him are Amama Mbabazi, Ricardo Mangue Obama Nfubea, Jake Sullivan, Valeriu Streleț, Wael Ghonim, and Cynthia Lummis. After him are Gilad Erdan, Yemi Osinbajo, Christine Lieberknecht, Patrick John, Lubna Khalid Al Qasimi, and Igor Chudinov.
1949 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 16,688
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 16,689
1976 - Present
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 16,690
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 16,691
1980 - Present
HPI: 35.63
Rank: 16,692
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 16,693
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 16,694
1970 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 16,695
1957 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 16,696
1958 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,697
1938 - 2021
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,698
1962 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,699
1961 - Present
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 16,700
Among people born in 1953, Alistair Darling ranks 562. Before him are Tatyana Providokhina, John Sessions, Sam Kinison, Glen Ballard, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, and Helmut Roleder. After him are Edward Lowassa, Karl-Heinz Brunner, David Kennedy, Pat Cadigan, Suleiman Nyambui, and Moushumi Chatterjee. Among people deceased in 2023, Alistair Darling ranks 402. Before him are Abderrahim Ouakili, Basil van Rooyen, Arleen Sorkin, Ganira Pashayeva, Allan Jay, and Modeste M'bami. After him are Richard Davis, Samuel T. Durrance, Cynthia Weil, Sara Tavares, Greg Foster, and Bray Wyatt.
1953 - Present
HPI: 36.23
Rank: 556
1953 - 2020
HPI: 35.99
Rank: 557
1953 - 1992
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 558
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.94
Rank: 559
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.89
Rank: 560
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.74
Rank: 561
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 562
1953 - 2024
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 563
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 564
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.55
Rank: 565
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.45
Rank: 566
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.35
Rank: 567
1953 - Present
HPI: 35.18
Rank: 568
1970 - 2023
HPI: 36.14
Rank: 396
1939 - 2023
HPI: 36.12
Rank: 397
1956 - 2023
HPI: 36.04
Rank: 398
1975 - 2023
HPI: 35.73
Rank: 399
1931 - 2023
HPI: 35.72
Rank: 400
1982 - 2023
HPI: 35.68
Rank: 401
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 402
1930 - 2023
HPI: 35.56
Rank: 403
1943 - 2023
HPI: 35.37
Rank: 404
1940 - 2023
HPI: 35.25
Rank: 405
1978 - 2023
HPI: 34.76
Rank: 406
1958 - 2023
HPI: 34.50
Rank: 407
1987 - 2023
HPI: 34.06
Rank: 408
Among people born in United Kingdom, Alistair Darling ranks 5,839 out of 7,765. Before him are Gary Pallister (1965), Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880), Wes Morgan (1984), Jessica Barden (1992), Benjamin Jowett (1817), and Justin Chancellor (1971). After him are Andrea Levy (1956), Andy Sneap (1969), Peter Thompson (1942), Tom Cullen (1985), Bill Steer (1969), and Tom Sturridge (1985).
1965 - Present
HPI: 35.67
Rank: 5,833
1880 - 1956
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 5,834
1984 - Present
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 5,835
1992 - Present
HPI: 35.65
Rank: 5,836
1817 - 1893
HPI: 35.64
Rank: 5,837
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 5,838
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 5,839
1956 - 2019
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 5,840
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.61
Rank: 5,841
1942 - 2018
HPI: 35.60
Rank: 5,842
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.59
Rank: 5,843
1969 - Present
HPI: 35.58
Rank: 5,844
1985 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 5,845
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Alistair Darling ranks 628. Before him are Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), David Miliband (1965), Francis Pym (1922), Mark Drakeford (1954), Michael Gove (1967), and Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880). After him are George Osborne (1971), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Diane Abbott (1953), Dominic Cummings (1971), Norman Lamont (1942), and Malcolm Rifkind (1946).
1960 - Present
HPI: 36.32
Rank: 622
1965 - Present
HPI: 36.26
Rank: 623
1922 - 2008
HPI: 36.25
Rank: 624
1954 - Present
HPI: 35.98
Rank: 625
1967 - Present
HPI: 35.81
Rank: 626
1880 - 1956
HPI: 35.66
Rank: 627
1953 - 2023
HPI: 35.62
Rank: 628
1971 - Present
HPI: 35.57
Rank: 629
1907 - 1990
HPI: 35.38
Rank: 630
1953 - Present
HPI: 34.94
Rank: 631
1971 - Present
HPI: 34.65
Rank: 632
1942 - Present
HPI: 34.56
Rank: 633
1946 - Present
HPI: 34.51
Rank: 634