COMPANION

Cynthia Lennon

1939 - 2015

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Cynthia Lennon (née Powell; 10 September 1939 – 1 April 2015) was a British artist and author, and the first wife of John Lennon. Born in Blackpool and raised in Hoylake on the Wirral Peninsula, Powell attended the Liverpool College of Art, where Lennon was also a student. Powell and Lennon started a relationship after meeting in a calligraphy class. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cynthia Lennon has received more than 5,353,445 page views. Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Cynthia Lennon is the 414th most popular companion (down from 359th in 2019), the 1,164th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Companion.

Cynthia Lennon is most famous for being the first wife of the Beatles' frontman, John Lennon.

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  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.45

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Cynthia Lennon ranks 414 out of 784. Before her are Margaret of Bohemia, Queen of Hungary, Natalia Sedova, Ayşe Hatun, Gertrude of Hohenberg, Natalie of Serbia, and Catherine Stenbock. After her are Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal, Tadj ol-Molouk, Constance of Hungary, Duchess Charlotte Frederica of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Empress He, and Domitilla the Elder.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Cynthia Lennon ranks 99. Before her are Seamus Heaney, Infanta Margarita, Duchess of Soria, Eugene Fama, Nikola Pilić, Bernard Kouchner, and Yaphet Kotto. After her are Kathryn Joosten, Michael Moorcock, Lee Majors, Krzysztof Zanussi, Alexandros Panagoulis, and Abdul Ati al-Obeidi. Among people deceased in 2015, Cynthia Lennon ranks 81. Before her are Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Rod Taylor, Árpád Göncz, Patrick Macnee, Infante Carlos, Duke of Calabria, and Cabu. After her are Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Jin Youzhi, Ruth Rendell, Akiyuki Nosaka, Shigeru Mizuki, and Yaşar Kemal.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Cynthia Lennon ranks 1,164 out of 8,785. Before her are Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (1506), Frances Fisher (1952), Robert Fludd (1574), Prince Edward, Duke of Kent (1935), Bernard Lee (1908), and William the Lion (1142). After her are Ed Miliband (1969), John McLaughlin (1942), Rosemary Harris (1927), Rod Evans (1947), Joan Plowright (1929), and Stephen Harding (1059).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Cynthia Lennon ranks 37. Before her are Charles Lightoller (1874), Eadgyth (910), Anne Hyde (1637), Jane Boleyn, Viscountess Rochford (1505), Princess Marie of Orléans (1865), and Matilda of Scotland (1080). After her are Mary de Bohun (1369), John Newton (1725), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), Ealhswith (852), Lilian, Princess of Réthy (1916), and Elizabeth de Burgh (1289).

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