1897 - 1977
Robert Anthony Eden, 1st Earl of Avon, (12 June 1897 – 14 January 1977), was a British Conservative politician who served three periods as Foreign Secretary and then a particularly short term as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1955 to 1957. Achieving rapid promotion as a young Member of Parliament, he became Foreign Secretary aged 38, before resigning in protest at Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy towards Mussolini's 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 12,456,937 page views. His biography is available in 72 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 70 in 2019). Anthony Eden is the 556th most popular politician (up from 1,026th in 2019), the 148th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 254th in 2019) and the 34th 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 556 out of 15,710. Before him are Juliana of the Netherlands, Edward the Elder, Ivan III of Russia, Zoë Porphyrogenita, Bernie Sanders, and Irene of Athens. After him are Philip V of France, Heraklonas, Frederick William I of Prussia, Oscar II of Sweden, Hatice Sultan, and Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan.
1909 - 2004
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 550
871 - 924
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 551
1440 - 1505
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 552
978 - 1050
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 553
1941 - Present
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 554
752 - 803
HPI: 78.98
Rank: 555
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 556
1293 - 1322
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 557
618 - 641
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 558
1688 - 1740
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 559
1829 - 1907
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 560
1496 - 1538
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 561
1640 - 1707
HPI: 78.94
Rank: 562
Among people born in 1897, Anthony Eden ranks 6. Before him are Joseph Goebbels, Pope Paul VI, William Faulkner, Amelia Earhart, and Irène Joliot-Curie. After him are Ivan Konev, Lucky Luciano, Wilhelm Reich, Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, and Subhas Chandra Bose. 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, René Goscinny, Ludwig Erhard, Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Jacques Prévert, and Alexey Stakhanov.
1897 - 1945
HPI: 83.80
Rank: 1
1897 - 1978
HPI: 82.87
Rank: 2
1897 - 1962
HPI: 80.40
Rank: 3
1897 - 1937
HPI: 80.03
Rank: 4
1897 - 1956
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 5
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 6
1897 - 1973
HPI: 78.41
Rank: 7
1897 - 1962
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 8
1897 - 1957
HPI: 77.46
Rank: 9
1897 - 1973
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 10
1897 - 1977
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 11
1897 - 1945
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 12
1889 - 1977
HPI: 90.72
Rank: 1
1935 - 1977
HPI: 88.09
Rank: 2
1923 - 1977
HPI: 84.45
Rank: 3
1899 - 1977
HPI: 82.16
Rank: 4
1912 - 1977
HPI: 79.67
Rank: 5
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 6
1906 - 1977
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 7
1926 - 1977
HPI: 77.27
Rank: 8
1897 - 1977
HPI: 77.13
Rank: 9
1887 - 1977
HPI: 76.96
Rank: 10
1900 - 1977
HPI: 76.14
Rank: 11
1906 - 1977
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Anthony Eden ranks 148 out of 6,924. Before him are Henry IV of England (1367), John Wycliffe (1324), Bernard Montgomery (1887), Paul Dirac (1902), Victoria, Princess Royal (1840), and Edward the Elder (871). After him are Roald Dahl (1916), Duns Scotus (1265), Robert the Bruce (1274), Cat Stevens (1948), Ada Lovelace (1815), and Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935).
1367 - 1413
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 142
1324 - 1384
HPI: 79.05
Rank: 143
1887 - 1976
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 144
1902 - 1984
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 145
1840 - 1901
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 146
871 - 924
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 147
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 148
1916 - 1990
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 149
1265 - 1308
HPI: 78.90
Rank: 150
1274 - 1329
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 151
1948 - Present
HPI: 78.83
Rank: 152
1815 - 1852
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 153
1935 - Present
HPI: 78.77
Rank: 154
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Anthony Eden ranks 34. Before him are Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), William IV of the United Kingdom (1765), James II of England (1633), Neville Chamberlain (1869), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), and Edward the Elder (871). After him are Robert the Bruce (1274), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Olav V of Norway (1903), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Henry III of England (1207), and Boudica (33).
800 - 839
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 28
1765 - 1837
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 29
1633 - 1701
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 30
1869 - 1940
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 31
1738 - 1820
HPI: 79.20
Rank: 32
871 - 924
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 33
1897 - 1977
HPI: 78.97
Rank: 34
1274 - 1329
HPI: 78.87
Rank: 35
1665 - 1714
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 36
1903 - 1991
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 37
1830 - 1903
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 38
1207 - 1272
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 39
33 - 61
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 40