POLITICIAN

Arthur Balfour

1848 - 1930

Photo of Arthur Balfour

Icon of person Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (; 25 July 1848 – 19 March 1930) was a British statesman and Conservative Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on behalf of the cabinet, which supported a "home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. Entering Parliament in 1874, Balfour achieved prominence as Chief Secretary for Ireland, in which position he suppressed agrarian unrest whilst taking measures against absentee landlords. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Balfour has received more than 2,041,516 page views. His biography is available in 65 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 63 in 2019). Arthur Balfour is the 1,705th most popular politician (up from 2,083rd in 2019), the 364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 480th in 2019) and the 65th most popular British Politician.

Arthur Balfour was a British Prime Minister from 1902-1905. He is most famous for his Balfour Declaration, which was a letter he wrote to Lord Rothschild in 1917 that stated the British government's support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 65

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Arthur Balfour ranks 1,705 out of 19,576. Before him are Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Cyrus the Younger, Tedros Adhanom, Theresa May, and Afonso III of Portugal. After him are Bernhard von Bülow, Libius Severus, Marozia, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Munjong of Joseon, and Sebastián Piñera.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Arthur Balfour ranks 10. Before him are Gottlob Frege, Otto Lilienthal, Helmuth von Moltke the Younger, Gustave Caillebotte, Otto of Bavaria, and Joris-Karl Huysmans. After him are Tōgō Heihachirō, Hugo de Vries, Albert I, Prince of Monaco, Robert I, Duke of Parma, Wyatt Earp, and Wilhelm Windelband. Among people deceased in 1930, Arthur Balfour ranks 15. Before him are Joan Gamper, Christiaan Eijkman, Fritz Pregl, Miguel Primo de Rivera, Victoria of Baden, and Cosima Wagner. After him are Alfred von Tirpitz, D. H. Lawrence, Horst Wessel, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Siegfried Wagner, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria.

Others Born in 1848

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1930

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Balfour ranks 364 out of 8,785. Before him are Benny Hill (1924), Philip Larkin (1922), Anthony Burgess (1917), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Joseph Merrick (1862), and Theresa May (1956). After him are Henry Moore (1898), Francis William Aston (1877), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), John Ruskin (1819), William Laud (1573), and Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Arthur Balfour ranks 65. Before him are Edmund Ironside (993), Edmund I (921), James V of Scotland (1512), Halford Mackinder (1861), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), and Theresa May (1956). After him are Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Harthacnut (1018), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Oswald Mosley (1896), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), and Edgar the Peaceful (943).

British born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous