1897 - 1977
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1955 until his resignation in 1957. Achieving rapid promotion as a young Conservative member of Parliament, he became foreign secretary aged 38, before resigning in protest at Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy towards Mussolini's Fascist regime in Italy. He again held that position for most of the Second World War, and a third time in the early 1950s. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Eden has received more than 17,310,890 page views. His biography is available in 80 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 72 in 2019). Anthony Eden is the 533rd most popular politician (up from 556th in 2019), the 140th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 147th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Politician.
Anthony Eden was the British Prime Minister from 1955 to 1957. He is most famous for being the Prime Minister during the Suez Crisis.
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Among politicians, Anthony Eden ranks 533 out of 15,577. Before him are Frederick I of Prussia, Louis the German, John Hunyadi, Alexander IV of Macedon, Sonia Gandhi, and Sergio Mattarella. After him are Theodosius II, Rehoboam, Franz von Papen, Ahmose I, Emperor Wu of Han, and Gideon.
1657 - 1713
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 527
806 - 876
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 528
1407 - 1456
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 529
323 BC - 309 BC
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 530
1946 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 531
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 532
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 533
401 - 450
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 534
972 BC - 914 BC
HPI: 72.91
Rank: 535
1879 - 1969
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 536
1560 BC - 1525 BC
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 537
156 BC - 87 BC
HPI: 72.87
Rank: 538
1140 BC - 1080 BC
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 539
Among people born in 1897, Anthony Eden ranks 6. Before him are Joseph Goebbels, Irène Joliot-Curie, Pope Paul VI, William Faulkner, and Amelia Earhart. After him are Subhas Chandra Bose, Ivan Konev, Lucky Luciano, Ludwig Erhard, Wilhelm Reich, and Paavo Nurmi. Among people deceased in 1977, Anthony Eden ranks 6. Before him are Charlie Chaplin, Elvis Presley, Maria Callas, Vladimir Nabokov, and Wernher von Braun. After him are Roberto Rossellini, Ludwig Erhard, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Jacques Prévert, René Goscinny, and Aleksandr Vasilevsky.
1897 - 1945
HPI: 78.93
Rank: 1
1897 - 1956
HPI: 78.05
Rank: 2
1897 - 1978
HPI: 77.90
Rank: 3
1897 - 1962
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 4
1897 - 1937
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 5
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 6
1897 - 1945
HPI: 71.66
Rank: 7
1897 - 1973
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 8
1897 - 1962
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 9
1897 - 1977
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 10
1897 - 1957
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 11
1897 - 1973
HPI: 69.81
Rank: 12
1889 - 1977
HPI: 86.83
Rank: 1
1935 - 1977
HPI: 83.18
Rank: 2
1923 - 1977
HPI: 78.28
Rank: 3
1899 - 1977
HPI: 76.00
Rank: 4
1912 - 1977
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 5
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 6
1906 - 1977
HPI: 71.22
Rank: 7
1897 - 1977
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 8
1887 - 1977
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 9
1900 - 1977
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 10
1926 - 1977
HPI: 68.68
Rank: 11
1895 - 1977
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Eden ranks 140 out of 7,765. Before him are Olav V of Norway (1903), George Boole (1815), Æthelstan (895), J. J. Thomson (1856), William IV of the United Kingdom (1765), and John Venn (1834). After him are Rosalind Franklin (1920), John, King of England (1166), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823), Charlie Watts (1941), George Harrison (1943), and Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857).
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 134
1815 - 1864
HPI: 73.05
Rank: 135
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 136
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 137
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 138
1834 - 1923
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 139
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 140
1920 - 1958
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 141
1166 - 1216
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 142
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 143
1941 - 2021
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 144
1943 - 2001
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 145
1857 - 1944
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 146
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Eden ranks 33. Before him are Charles I of England (1600), James II of England (1633), Robert the Bruce (1274), Olav V of Norway (1903), Æthelstan (895), and William IV of the United Kingdom (1765). After him are John, King of England (1166), George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Edward the Elder (871), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), and Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900).
1600 - 1649
HPI: 74.22
Rank: 27
1633 - 1701
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 28
1274 - 1329
HPI: 73.74
Rank: 29
1903 - 1991
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 30
895 - 939
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 31
1765 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 32
1897 - 1977
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 33
1166 - 1216
HPI: 72.81
Rank: 34
1762 - 1830
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 35
1665 - 1714
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 36
871 - 924
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 37
1830 - 1903
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 38
1900 - 1979
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 39