1863 - 1937
Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain (16 October 1863 – 16 March 1937) was a British statesman, son of Joseph Chamberlain and older half-brother of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. He served as Chancellor of the Exchequer (twice) and was briefly Conservative Party leader before serving as Foreign Secretary. Brought up to be the political heir of his father, whom he physically resembled, he was elected to Parliament as a Liberal Unionist at a by-election in 1892, and held office in the Unionist coalition governments of 1895–1905, remaining in the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer (1903–05) after his father resigned in 1903 to campaign for Tariff Reform. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Austen Chamberlain has received more than 350,808 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Austen Chamberlain is the 1,979th most popular politician (up from 2,144th in 2019), the 489th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 506th in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Politician.
Austen Chamberlain is most famous for being the British Foreign Secretary during World War I. He was instrumental in negotiating the Treaty of Versailles.
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Among politicians, Austen Chamberlain ranks 1,979 out of 15,710. Before him are Jürgen Stroop, Ali Abdullah Saleh, François Darlan, Taichang Emperor, Richard II, Duke of Normandy, and King Wen of Zhou. After him are Maria Luisa of Spain, Babrak Karmal, Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Alfonso the Battler, Bimbisara, and Amenemhat I.
1895 - 1952
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 1,973
1947 - 2017
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 1,974
1881 - 1942
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 1,975
1582 - 1620
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 1,976
963 - 1026
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 1,977
1112 BC - 1050 BC
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 1,978
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,979
1745 - 1792
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,980
1929 - 1996
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,981
1490 - 1527
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,982
1073 - 1134
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,983
558 BC - 491 BC
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,984
1991 BC - 1962 BC
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 1,985
Among people born in 1863, Austen Chamberlain ranks 18. Before him are David Lloyd George, Swami Vivekananda, Alexandre Yersin, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Carlos I of Portugal, and Werner Sombart. After him are Vladimir Vernadsky, Abdul Karim, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Joaquín Sorolla, Wilhelm Marx, and Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky. Among people deceased in 1937, Austen Chamberlain ranks 20. Before him are Mikhail Tukhachevsky, J. M. Barrie, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Gerda Taro, J. Bruce Ismay, and Gustaf Dalén. After him are Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Sergo Ordzhonikidze, Jean Harlow, Gaston Doumergue, Ramsay MacDonald, and Wallace Carothers.
1863 - 1945
HPI: 75.86
Rank: 12
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 13
1863 - 1943
HPI: 74.63
Rank: 14
1863 - 1938
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 15
1863 - 1908
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 16
1863 - 1941
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 17
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 18
1863 - 1945
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 19
1863 - 1909
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 20
1863 - 1950
HPI: 72.50
Rank: 21
1863 - 1923
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 22
1863 - 1946
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 23
1863 - 1944
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 24
1893 - 1937
HPI: 78.06
Rank: 14
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 15
1884 - 1937
HPI: 74.00
Rank: 16
1910 - 1937
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 17
1862 - 1937
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 18
1869 - 1937
HPI: 73.79
Rank: 19
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 20
1911 - 1937
HPI: 72.35
Rank: 21
1886 - 1937
HPI: 72.11
Rank: 22
1911 - 1937
HPI: 71.74
Rank: 23
1863 - 1937
HPI: 71.55
Rank: 24
1866 - 1937
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 25
1896 - 1937
HPI: 70.95
Rank: 26
Among people born in United Kingdom, Austen Chamberlain ranks 489 out of 6,924. Before him are Thomas Harriot (1560), Peter Brook (1925), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767), Thomas Savery (1650), John Couch Adams (1819), and John Bonham (1948). After him are Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090), G. E. Moore (1873), Offa of Mercia (800), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), James Bradley (1693), and William Shockley (1910).
1560 - 1621
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 483
1925 - Present
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 484
1767 - 1820
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 485
1650 - 1715
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 486
1819 - 1892
HPI: 73.02
Rank: 487
1948 - 1980
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 488
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 489
1090 - 1155
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 490
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 491
800 - 796
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 492
1660 - 1744
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 493
1693 - 1762
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 494
1910 - 1989
HPI: 72.94
Rank: 495
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Austen Chamberlain ranks 85. Before him are Edward the Confessor (1003), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Harthacnut (1018), James Callaghan (1912), and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (1767). After him are Offa of Mercia (800), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Arthur Balfour (1848), Eadwig (940), Eadred (923), and Sweyn II of Denmark (1020).
1003 - 1066
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 79
1809 - 1898
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 80
1532 - 1588
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 81
1018 - 1042
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 82
1912 - 2005
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 83
1767 - 1820
HPI: 73.07
Rank: 84
1863 - 1937
HPI: 73.00
Rank: 85
800 - 796
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 86
1660 - 1744
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 87
1848 - 1930
HPI: 72.93
Rank: 88
940 - 959
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 89
923 - 955
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 90
1020 - 1076
HPI: 72.74
Rank: 91