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Chris Patten

1944 - Today

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Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, (Chinese: 彭定康; born 12 May 1944), is a British politician who was the Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992, and the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997. He was made a life peer in 2005 and served as Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 2003 to 2024. He is one of two living former governors of Hong Kong, alongside David Wilson. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Patten has received more than 2,037,236 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Chris Patten is the 5,419th most popular politician (up from 5,486th in 2019), the 1,077th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,173rd in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Politician.

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  • 33

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.39

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chris Patten ranks 5,419 out of 19,576. Before him are Egils Levits, Simon Thassi, Kijūrō Shidehara, Bocchus I, Emperor Jingzong of Tang, and Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia. After him are D. F. Malan, Ichirō Hatoyama, Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Emperor Montoku, Emperor Heizei, and Hermine Reuss of Greiz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Chris Patten ranks 128. Before him are Andris Bērziņš, Frank Oz, John Densmore, Ian Wilmut, Ferenc Bene, and Jane Hawking. After him are Roger Scruton, Agnes Baltsa, Robert C. Merton, Petar Zhekov, Faisal bin Musaid Al Saud, and Norodom Ranariddh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Patten ranks 1,077 out of 8,785. Before him are Bob Hope (1903), Ian Wilmut (1944), Mungo Park (1771), Edmund Leighton (1852), William Henry Perkin (1838), and Jane Hawking (1944). After him are Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Paul Grice (1913), Sacha Baron Cohen (1971), Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (1883), William Stuart-Houston (1911), and Dirk Bogarde (1921).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Patten ranks 183. Before him are Henry Tingle Wilde (1872), John Balliol (1249), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504). After him are Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1001), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge (1774), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), and John Russell, 1st Earl Russell (1792).

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