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INSPIRATION

Andrew Wakefield

1957 - Today

Andrew Wakefield

Andrew Jeremy Wakefield (born September 3, 1956) is a British fraudster, discredited academic, anti-vaccine activist, and former physician. He was struck off the medical register for his involvement in The Lancet MMR autism fraud, a 1998 study that fraudulently claimed a link between the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine and autism. He has subsequently become known for anti-vaccination activism. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Wakefield has received more than 4,375,609 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Andrew Wakefield is the 6th most popular inspiration, the 1,783rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,174th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Inspiration.

Memorability Metrics

4.4M
Page Views (PV)
54.00
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
3.71
Effective Languages (L*)
3.56
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Andrew Wakefields by language

Among INSPIRATIONS

Among inspirations, Andrew Wakefield ranks 6 out of 7. Before him are Vlad the Impaler, Eugène François Vidocq, Johann Georg Faust, Alice Liddell, and Joseph Bell. After him are Jack LaLanne and George Floyd.

Most Popular Inspirations in Wikipedia

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Vlad the Impaler
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 1
Eugène François Vidocq
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 2
Johann Georg Faust
1480 - 1541
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 3
Alice Liddell
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 4
Joseph Bell
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5
Andrew Wakefield
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
Jack LaLanne
1914 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 7
George Floyd
1973 - 2020
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 8

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Andrew Wakefield ranks 79. Before him are Clive Burr, Irvine Welsh, Luis Garavito, Ricardo Darín, Jüri Tamm, and Shigeru Ban. After him are Lucélia Santos, John Lasseter, Paweł Pawlikowski, Joaquim de Almeida, Ray Winstone, and Steve Harvey.

Others Born in 1957

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Clive Burr
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 73
Irvine Welsh
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 74
Luis Garavito
1957 - 2023
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 75
Ricardo Darín
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 76
Jüri Tamm
1957 - 2021
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 77
Shigeru Ban
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 78
Andrew Wakefield
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 79
Lucélia Santos
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 80
John Lasseter
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 81
Paweł Pawlikowski
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 82
Joaquim de Almeida
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 83
Ray Winstone
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 84
Steve Harvey
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 85

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Andrew Wakefield ranks 1,783 out of 7,765. Before him are Orderic Vitalis (1075), Tom Felton (1987), Paul W. S. Anderson (1965), Sandie Shaw (1947), Roland Joffé (1945), and Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (1878). After him are FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788), Luke Evans (1979), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), Arthur Rostron (1869), Nicolas Roeg (1928), and James Boswell (1740).

Others born in United Kingdom

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Orderic Vitalis
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,777
Tom Felton
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,778
Paul W. S. Anderson
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,779
Sandie Shaw
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,780
Roland Joffé
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,781
Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,782
Andrew Wakefield
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,783
FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,784
Luke Evans
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,785
Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto
1751 - 1814
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,786
Arthur Rostron
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,787
Nicolas Roeg
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,788
James Boswell
1740 - 1795
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 1,789