600 - 597
Ceol ([t͡ʃe͜oːl] chey-ole; also known as Ceola or Ceolric) is portrayed by the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and West Saxon Genealogical Regnal List as King of Wessex for five to six years around 592 to 597 (the Chronicle) or 588 to 594 (the List). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ceol of Wessex has received more than 643,905 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Ceol of Wessex is the 11,065th most popular politician (up from 11,304th in 2019), the 2,439th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,746th in 2019) and the 372nd most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Ceol of Wessex ranks 11,065 out of 15,577. Before him are Rafael Núñez, August Philipp, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Ioannis Rallis, Gaston Eyskens, Ekaterina Maximova, and Yaroslav II of Kiev. After him are Zainab al Ghazali, Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, René de Froulay de Tessé, Kalyan Singh, and Gerberga, Countess of Provence.
1825 - 1894
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,059
1612 - 1675
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,060
1878 - 1946
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,061
1905 - 1988
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,062
1939 - 2009
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,063
1132 - 1180
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,064
600 - 597
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 11,065
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 11,066
1913 - 1977
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 11,067
1875 - 1943
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 11,068
1648 - 1725
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 11,069
1932 - 2021
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 11,070
1060 - 1115
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 11,071
Among people born in 600, Ceol of Wessex ranks 52. Before him are Æthelfrith, Khosrow III, Gisulf II of Friuli, Sigeberht the Good, Eadbald of Kent, and Gisulf I of Friuli. After him are Ælla of Deira, Bhāskara I, Mellitus, Justus, Ino Anastasia, and Ceolwulf of Wessex. Among people deceased in 597, Ceol of Wessex ranks 5. Before him are Fredegund, Columba, Zhiyi, and Simeon Stylites the Younger.
600 - 616
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 46
600 - 629
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 47
600 - 611
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 48
600 - 660
HPI: 51.44
Rank: 49
600 - 640
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 50
600 - 581
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 51
600 - 597
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 52
600 - 588
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 53
600 - 680
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 54
600 - 624
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 55
600 - 631
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 56
600 - 593
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 57
600 - 611
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 58
545 - 597
HPI: 62.92
Rank: 1
521 - 597
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 2
538 - 597
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 3
521 - 597
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 4
600 - 597
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 5
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ceol of Wessex ranks 2,439 out of 7,765. Before him are William Langland (1332), L. S. Lowry (1887), Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954), Nancy Mitford (1904), Ronald Neame (1911), and William Cowper (1731). After him are Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678), James Galway (1939), John Machin (1680), Paul Davies (1946), Anabella Drummond (1350), and Jon Finch (1942).
1332 - 1386
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 2,433
1887 - 1976
HPI: 50.77
Rank: 2,434
1954 - Present
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 2,435
1904 - 1973
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 2,436
1911 - 2010
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 2,437
1731 - 1800
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 2,438
600 - 597
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 2,439
1678 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 2,440
1939 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 2,441
1680 - 1751
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 2,442
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 2,443
1350 - 1401
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 2,444
1942 - 2012
HPI: 50.73
Rank: 2,445
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ceol of Wessex ranks 372. Before him are Ernest Bevin (1881), Gerry Adams (1948), William Martin (1767), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Blanche of England (1392), and Edmund Crouchback (1245). After him are Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), Margaret Bondfield (1873), Catherine Carey (1523), Thomas Wyatt the Younger (1521), Henry of Scotland (1115), and Henry Ireton (1611).
1881 - 1951
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 366
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.93
Rank: 367
1767 - 1810
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 368
1876 - 1951
HPI: 50.89
Rank: 369
1392 - 1409
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 370
1245 - 1296
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 371
600 - 597
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 372
1621 - 1683
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 373
1873 - 1953
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 374
1523 - 1569
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 375
1521 - 1554
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 376
1115 - 1152
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 377
1611 - 1651
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 378