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Conrad Black

1944 - Today

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Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour (born 25 August 1944), is a Canadian and British former newspaper publisher, businessman, and writer. Black's father was businessman George Montegu Black II, who had significant holdings in Canadian manufacturing, retail and media businesses through part-ownership of the holding company Ravelston Corporation. In 1978, two years after their father's death, Conrad and his older brother Montegu took majority control of Ravelston. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Conrad Black has received more than 2,318,982 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Conrad Black is the 18,077th most popular politician (down from 16,773rd in 2019), the 835th most popular biography from Canada (down from 826th in 2019) and the 67th most popular Canadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Conrad Blacks by language

Over the past year Conrad Black has had the most page views in the with 177,273 views, followed by French (4,343), and German (2,711). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (194.77%), Haitian (89.31%), and Welsh (38.32%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Conrad Black ranks 18,077 out of 19,576. Before him are Nadezhda Neynsky, Roscoe Conkling, Sophia Duleep Singh, Margaret Heckler, Clement Comer Clay, and Ezekiel Alebua. After him are Monica Macovei, Tobias Billström, J. B. Pritzker, Sam Rayburn, Robert Bergland, and Faimalaga Luka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Conrad Black ranks 722. Before him are Terry Cooper, George Armstrong, Peter Asher, Bob Riley, Steve Jones, and Steve Beshear. After him are Dave Morgan, Bonnie Franklin, Ibrahim Gambari, Mike Oxley, Muzaffar Ali, and Bill Ayers.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Conrad Black ranks 835 out of 1,622. Before him are Catherine Mary Stewart (1959), Isabelle Boulay (1972), Caroline Dhavernas (1978), Daniel Cudmore (1981), Timothy Findley (1930), and Frank Fisher (1901). After him are Martin St. Louis (1975), Cory Doctorow (1971), Paulo Costanzo (1978), Meghan Ory (1982), Hazel McCallion (1921), and Milt Schmidt (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Conrad Black ranks 67. Before him are Hilda Cameron (1912), S. I. Hayakawa (1906), Georges Vanier (1888), Beattie Ramsay (1895), Ted Lindsay (1925), and Kathleen Wynne (1953). After him are Hazel McCallion (1921), Vincent Massey (1887), Tom Mulcair (1954), Edward Schreyer (1935), Joseph Albert Sullivan (1901), and André Boisclair (1966).

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