1909 - 1993
Cyril Northcote Parkinson (30 July 1909 – 9 March 1993) was a British naval historian and author of some 60 books, the most famous of which was his best-seller Parkinson's Law (1957), in which Parkinson advanced the eponymous law stating that "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion", an insight which led him to be regarded as an important scholar in public administration and management. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of C. Northcote Parkinson has received more than 258,934 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. C. Northcote Parkinson is the 115th most popular historian (down from 112th in 2019), the 1,325th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,338th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Historian.
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Among historians, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 115 out of 339. Before him are Vasily Bartold, Leo the Deacon, Henry Thomas Buckle, Doukas, Michael Rostovtzeff, and Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi. After him are Peter Burke, Richard Sennett, Golo Mann, François Furet, Árni Magnússon, and Anthony Blunt.
1869 - 1930
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 109
950 - 992
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 110
1821 - 1862
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 111
1400 - 1500
HPI: 57.14
Rank: 112
1870 - 1952
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 113
1002 - 1071
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 114
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 115
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 116
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 117
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 118
1927 - 1997
HPI: 56.37
Rank: 119
1663 - 1730
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 120
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1909, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 73. Before him are Robert Ryan, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Willi Boskovsky, Franz Bardon, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Robert Brasillach. After him are Tokizo Ichihashi, Werner Naumann, Mikhail Mil, Golo Mann, Franz Six, and Malcolm Lowry. Among people deceased in 1993, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 65. Before him are Rahmon Nabiyev, György Sárosi, Kenneth E. Boulding, Dražen Petrović, Tofiq Bahramov, and Hervé Villechaize. After him are Luciano Leggio, Myrna Loy, Yen Chia-kan, Silvina Ocampo, Nina Berberova, and Tatiana Nikolayeva.
1909 - 1973
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 67
1909 - 2002
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 68
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 69
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 70
1909 - 1969
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 71
1909 - 1945
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 72
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 73
1909 - Present
HPI: 56.47
Rank: 74
1909 - 1982
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 75
1909 - 1970
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 76
1909 - 1994
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 77
1909 - 1975
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 78
1909 - 1957
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 79
1930 - 1993
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 59
1912 - 1993
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 60
1910 - 1993
HPI: 56.84
Rank: 61
1964 - 1993
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 62
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 63
1943 - 1993
HPI: 56.76
Rank: 64
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 65
1925 - 1993
HPI: 56.50
Rank: 66
1905 - 1993
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 67
1905 - 1993
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 68
1903 - 1993
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 69
1901 - 1993
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 70
1924 - 1993
HPI: 56.21
Rank: 71
Among people born in United Kingdom, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 1,325 out of 7,765. Before him are Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), Gideon Mantell (1790), Smithson Tennant (1761), Glenn Tipton (1947), and John Charles (1931). After him are Mary Quant (1930), Julian Glover (1935), Seamus Heaney (1939), Walafrid Strabo (808), Peter Burke (1937), and Fletcher Christian (1764).
600 - 593
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,319
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 1,320
1790 - 1852
HPI: 56.71
Rank: 1,321
1761 - 1815
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,322
1947 - Present
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,323
1931 - 2004
HPI: 56.69
Rank: 1,324
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 1,325
1930 - 2023
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 1,326
1935 - Present
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,327
1939 - 2013
HPI: 56.66
Rank: 1,328
808 - 849
HPI: 56.65
Rank: 1,329
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 1,330
1764 - 1793
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 1,331
Among historians born in United Kingdom, C. Northcote Parkinson ranks 6. Before him are Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Bede (672), Edward Gibbon (1737), Bernard Lewis (1916), and Henry Thomas Buckle (1821). After him are Peter Burke (1937), Anthony Blunt (1907), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), Norman Davies (1939), E. P. Thompson (1924), and Ian Kershaw (1943).
1889 - 1975
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 1
672 - 735
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 2
1737 - 1794
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 3
1916 - 2018
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 4
1821 - 1862
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 5
1909 - 1993
HPI: 56.67
Rank: 6
1937 - Present
HPI: 56.64
Rank: 7
1907 - 1983
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 8
1800 - 1859
HPI: 55.89
Rank: 9
1939 - Present
HPI: 55.64
Rank: 10
1924 - 1993
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 11
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 12