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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 559,819 page views. Her biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Catherine Ashton is the 7,775th most popular politician (down from 7,150th in 2019), the 1,631st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,559th in 2019) and the 259th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 560k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.11

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Catherine Ashton ranks 7,775 out of 15,577. Before her are Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Johannes R. Becher, Sarit Thanarat, Sevar of Bulgaria, Charles Dupuy, and Chiang Fang-liang. After her are Sigismund Rákóczi, Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg, Azarmidokht, Anna Vasa of Sweden, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, and Mstislav of Chernigov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Catherine Ashton ranks 83. Before her are Sugar Ray Leonard, Bo Derek, Baruch Goldstein, Randy Rhoads, King Diamond, and Sultan bin Salman Al Saud. After her are Boris Trajkovski, Taur Matan Ruak, Miguel Bosé, Andrus Ansip, Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, and Alexey Pajitnov.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton ranks 1,631 out of 7,765. Before her are Richard Parkes Bonington (1801), Kingsley Amis (1922), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Patrick O'Brian (1914), Michael Halliday (1925), and Dick Francis (1920). After her are Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Duncan Haldane (1951), James Hilton (1900), Roger Deakins (1949), Colin Davis (1927), and Owain Glyndŵr (1359).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Catherine Ashton ranks 259. Before her are Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham (1455), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Joe Davis (1901), George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney (1737), Marjorie Bruce (1297), and Lord Guildford Dudley (1536). After her are Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Mark of Cornwall (480), Gytha of Wessex (1053), Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516), and Henry Pelham (1694).

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