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Boudica

33 - 61

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Boudica or Boudicca (, from Brythonic *boudi 'victory, win' + *-kā 'having' suffix, i.e. 'Victorious Woman', known in Latin chronicles as Boadicea or Boudicea, and in Welsh as Buddug, pronounced [ˈbɨðɨɡ]) was a queen of the ancient British Iceni tribe, who led a failed uprising against the conquering forces of the Roman Empire in AD 60 or 61. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boudica has received more than 8,815,033 page views. Her biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Boudica is the 749th most popular politician (up from 1,542nd in 2019), the 178th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 365th in 2019) and the 36th most popular British Politician.

Boudica is most famous for leading an uprising against the Roman Empire in 60 AD.

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  • 71.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 69

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.46

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Boudica ranks 749 out of 19,576Before her are Börte, John Quincy Adams, Jérôme Bonaparte, Sun Quan, Napoléon Louis Bonaparte, and Pedro II of Brazil. After her are Conrad III of Germany, Cao Pi, Qaboos bin Said al Said, Martti Ahtisaari, Ptolemy V Epiphanes, and Louis, Grand Dauphin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 33, Boudica ranks 1After her are Marcia, and Heo Hwang-ok. Among people deceased in 61, Boudica ranks 2Before her is Barnabas.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Boudica ranks 178 out of 8,785Before her are George Boole (1815), Guy Fawkes (1570), John Milton (1608), George Best (1946), Edward Smith (1850), and Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935). After her are Aleister Crowley (1875), Humphry Davy (1778), Charlotte Rampling (1946), Elizabeth of York (1466), Henry III of England (1207), and Geoffrey Chaucer (1343).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Boudica ranks 36Before her are George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Æthelstan (895), John, King of England (1166), James VI and I (1566), Edward V of England (1470), and Anthony Eden (1897). After her are Henry III of England (1207), Robert the Bruce (1274), Tony Blair (1953), Arthur Henderson (1863), Charles II of England (1630), and Henry I of England (1068).