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David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter

1905 - 1981

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David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, KCMG KStJ (9 February 1905 – 21 October 1981), styled Lord Burghley before 1956 and also known as David Burghley, was an English athlete, sports official, peer, and Conservative Party politician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter has received more than 334,105 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter is the 1,751st most popular athlete (down from 770th in 2019), the 5,134th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,012th in 2019) and the 67th most popular British Athlete.

Memorability Metrics

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  • 42.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter ranks 1,751 out of 6,025. Before him are Marilyn Black, Alfons Dorfner, Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Gábor Novák, Emil Hegle Svendsen, and Kalevi Hämäläinen. After him are Max Stiepl, Frank Schepke, Lídia Sákovicsné Dömölky, Tatyana Lebedeva, Jaroslav Skobla, and Brit Pettersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter ranks 372. Before him are Leroy Carr, Enrico Rivolta, Pierre Jaccoud, George Gulack, René Bondoux, and Jule Styne. After him are Jacques Mairesse, Ivan Artobolevsky, Pentti Haanpää, The Boswell Sisters, Eleanor Audley, and Erwin Keller. Among people deceased in 1981, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter ranks 266. Before him are Adele Astaire, Alberto Héber Usher, Nikolai Tishchenko, Robert Russell Bennett, Eric Williams, and Margaret Lindsay. After him are Louis Kuehn, Sam Jones, Pierre Korb, Harry Chapin, Yip Harburg, and Kazimierz Kordylewski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter ranks 5,134 out of 8,785. Before him are William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), Simon Shelton (1966), Vic Elford (1935), Roger Taylor (1960), Nellie Sengupta (1886), and Michael Robinson (1958). After him are John Speed (1551), Humphrey Searle (1915), Sophia Di Martino (1983), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Sonya Walger (1974), and Philip Massinger (1583).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter ranks 67. Before him are Dorothy Shirley (1939), Queenie Newall (1854), Gordon Pirie (1931), Ann Packer (1942), Audrey Williamson (1926), and Peter Wright (1970). After him are George Cornet (1877), Harold Whitlock (1903), Janet Simpson (1944), Basil Heatley (1933), Michael Wheeler (1935), and Tony Nash (1936).

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