1957 - Today
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 4,347,879 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.
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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.
1431 - 1476
HPI: 84.22
Rank: 1
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 2
1480 - 1541
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 3
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 4
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 5
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 6
1914 - 2011
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 7
1973 - 2020
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 8
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.
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 73
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 74
1957 - 2023
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 75
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 76
1957 - 2021
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 77
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 78
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 79
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 80
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 81
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 82
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 83
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 84
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 85
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).
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 1,777
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,778
1965 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,779
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,780
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 1,781
1878 - 1957
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 1,782
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,783
1788 - 1855
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 1,784
1979 - Present
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,785
1751 - 1814
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,786
1869 - 1940
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,787
1928 - 2018
HPI: 53.99
Rank: 1,788
1740 - 1795
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 1,789
Among inspirations born in United Kingdom, Andrew Wakefield ranks 3. Before him are Alice Liddell (1852) and Joseph Bell (1837).
1852 - 1934
HPI: 63.87
Rank: 1
1837 - 1911
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 2
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 3