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. Patten was born in Thornton Cleveleys in Lancashire and subsequently raised in west London. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chris Patten has received more than 1,797,684 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Chris Patten is the 5,557th most popular politician (up from 6,285th in 2019), the 1,177th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,364th in 2019) and the 198th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Chris Patten ranks 5,557 out of 15,577. Before him are Rached Ghannouchi, Ugyen Wangchuck, Vologases VI, Ulpia Marciana, Latinus, and Micheline Calmy-Rey. After him are Peter Minuit, Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Favila of Asturias, Princess Sophie of the Netherlands, René Préval, and Eleanor de' Medici.
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,551
1862 - 1926
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 5,552
200 - 228
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5,553
48 - 112
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5,554
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 5,555
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,556
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,557
1589 - 1638
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,558
1929 - 1972
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,559
715 - 739
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,560
1824 - 1897
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,561
1943 - 2017
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,562
1567 - 1611
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 5,563
Among people born in 1944, Chris Patten ranks 124. Before him are Patrice Chéreau, Andris Bērziņš, Christian Boltanski, Jan-Michael Vincent, Albert Hammond, and John Densmore. After him are Chico Mendes, Ferenc Bene, Sam Elliott, Jan Guillou, Peter Lindbergh, and Carlos Pace.
1944 - 2013
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 118
1944 - Present
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 119
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 120
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 121
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.90
Rank: 122
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 123
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 124
1944 - 1988
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 125
1944 - 2006
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 126
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 127
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.44
Rank: 128
1944 - 2019
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 129
1944 - 1977
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 130
Among people born in United Kingdom, Chris Patten ranks 1,177 out of 7,765. Before him are Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375), Frank Lloyd (1886), Alice Keppel (1868), Stephen Fry (1957), Robert Recorde (1512), and James Mirrlees (1936). After him are Peter Collins (1931), Edward Bach (1886), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), and Charles Bell (1774).
1375 - 1415
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,171
1886 - 1960
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,172
1868 - 1947
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,173
1957 - Present
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,174
1512 - 1558
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,175
1936 - 2018
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,176
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,177
1931 - 1958
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,178
1886 - 1936
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,179
1345 - 1368
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 1,180
1287 - 1330
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,181
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,182
1774 - 1842
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 1,183
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Chris Patten ranks 198. Before him are Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), Francis Walsingham (1532), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504), George Canning (1770), and Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge (1375). After him are Blanche of Lancaster (1345), Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March (1287), Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Joan of Kent (1328), Thomas Gresham (1519), and Abigail Masham, Baroness Masham (1670).
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 192
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 193
1504 - 1553
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 194
1504 - 1536
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 195
1770 - 1827
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 196
1375 - 1415
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 197
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 198
1345 - 1368
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 199
1287 - 1330
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 200
1884 - 1966
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 201
1328 - 1385
HPI: 57.73
Rank: 202
1519 - 1579
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 203
1670 - 1734
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 204