1944 - Today
Christopher Francis Patten, Baron Patten of Barnes, (Chinese: 彭定康; born 12 May 1944) is a British politician who was the 28th and last Governor of Hong Kong from 1992 to 1997 and Chairman of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1992. He was made a life peer in 2005 and has been Chancellor of the University of Oxford since 2003. Raised in west London, Patten studied history at Balliol College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Patten has received more than 1,423,649 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Chris Patten is the 6,292nd most popular politician (up from 7,442nd in 2019), the 1,364th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,559th in 2019) and the 222nd most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Chris Patten ranks 6,292 out of 15,710. Before him are Grimoald, King of the Lombards, Zhu Yujian, Zhang Jinghui, Ce Acatl Topiltzin, Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, and Sulayman ibn al-Hakam. After him are Margaret of Hungary, Aleida March, Ceawlin of Wessex, Bernard I, Duke of Saxony, Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and Ulrich von Hassell.
610 - 671
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 6,286
1602 - 1646
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,287
1871 - 1959
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,288
947 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,289
1938 - 2020
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,290
1000 - 1016
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,291
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,292
1175 - 1223
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 6,293
1936 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 6,294
600 - 593
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 6,295
950 - 1011
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 6,296
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 6,297
1881 - 1944
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 6,298
Among people born in 1944, Chris Patten ranks 135. Before him are Albert Hammond, Herbert Wimmer, Terry Brooks, Willem van Hanegem, Johnny Winter, and Mordechai Spiegler. After him are Brian Tracy, Sergei Belov, Chico Mendes, Michel Polnareff, Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, and Peter Mayhew.
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 129
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 130
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 131
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 132
1944 - 2014
HPI: 66.49
Rank: 133
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 134
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 135
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 136
1944 - 2013
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 137
1944 - 1988
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 138
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 139
1944 - 2020
HPI: 66.33
Rank: 140
1944 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 141
Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Patten ranks 1,364 out of 6,924. Before him are Gary Lineker (1960), Ruth Belville (1854), John Bowring (1792), Christine Keeler (1942), John Martin (1789), and William Prout (1785). After him are William Sturgeon (1783), Martin Gore (1961), Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), William Paley (1743), and Michael Jackson (1942).
1960 - Present
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,358
1854 - 1943
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,359
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,360
1942 - 2017
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 1,361
1789 - 1854
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,362
1785 - 1850
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,363
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,364
1783 - 1850
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,365
1961 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 1,366
600 - 593
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,367
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,368
1743 - 1805
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 1,369
1942 - 2007
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1,370
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Patten ranks 222. Before him are Ed Miliband (1969), Lulach (1030), Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence (1388), Cerdic of Wessex (467), Ruth Belville (1854), and John Bowring (1792). After him are Ceawlin of Wessex (600), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Arthur Drewry (1891), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Joe Davis (1901), and Henry Pelham (1694).
1969 - Present
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 216
1030 - 1058
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 217
1388 - 1421
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 218
467 - 534
HPI: 66.50
Rank: 219
1854 - 1943
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 220
1792 - 1872
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 221
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 222
600 - 593
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 223
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 224
1891 - 1961
HPI: 66.36
Rank: 225
1345 - 1368
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 226
1901 - 1978
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 227
1694 - 1754
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 228