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Catherine Ashton

1956 - Today

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Catherine Margaret Ashton, Baroness Ashton of Upholland, (born 20 March 1956) is a British Labour politician who served as the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and First Vice President of the European Commission in the Barroso Commission from 2009 to 2014. Her political career began in 1999 when she was created a life peer as Baroness Ashton of Upholland, of St Albans in the County of Hertfordshire, by Tony Blair's Labour government. She became the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department for Education and Skills in 2001 and subsequently in the Ministry of Justice in 2004. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Catherine Ashton has received more than 554,686 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia. Catherine Ashton is the 9,452nd most popular politician (down from 7,752nd in 2019), the 1,899th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,626th in 2019) and the 290th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 550k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Catherine Ashtons by language

Over the past year Catherine Ashton has had the most page views in the with 82,072 views, followed by Persian (13,930), and German (8,065). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Egyptian Arabic (12,850.00%), Dutch (73.57%), and Belarusian (70.23%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Catherine Ashton ranks 9,452 out of 19,576. Before her are Chuck Schumer, Federica Mogherini, Dámaso Berenguer, Nicholas, Crown Prince of Montenegro, Ishme-Dagan I, and Durvasa. After her are Ernst Wollweber, Hamengkubuwono IX, Fred Sinowatz, Lysandra, John Charles, Count Palatine of Gelnhausen, and Fernando I, Duke of Braganza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Catherine Ashton ranks 128. Before her are Afric Simone, Lisa Niemi, Pim Verbeek, Trần Đại Quang, Mirek Topolánek, and Zlatko Kranjčar. After her are Cherry Jones, Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Rolandas Paksas, Ahmed Hachani, Kenny G, and Dragan Čović.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton ranks 1,899 out of 8,785. Before her are John Aubrey (1626), Ælle of Sussex (500), Nell Gwyn (1650), Damon Albarn (1968), Billy Wright (1924), and Mike Rutherford (1950). After her are Harry Redknapp (1947), John Hume (1937), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Mike Leigh (1943), Ian Hill (1952), and James Wolfe (1727).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton ranks 290. Before her are Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390), Ken Tyrrell (1924), Andrew Bertie (1929), Ine of Wessex (700), Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1776), and Ælle of Sussex (500). After her are John Hume (1937), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Louise, Princess Royal (1867), William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville (1759), Prince William of Gloucester (1941), and Cynric (450).

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