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David Owen

1938 - Today

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David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, (born 2 July 1938) is a British politician and physician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as a Labour Party MP under James Callaghan from 1977 to 1979, and later led the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He was a Member of Parliament for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992. Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, at the age of 38 the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Owen has received more than 1,020,527 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). David Owen is the 16,281st most popular politician (down from 15,025th in 2019), the 4,755th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,478th in 2019) and the 567th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.92

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Owen ranks 16,281 out of 19,576. Before him are Luis Alberto Riart, William H. McRaven, Muhammad Sakizli, Osred II of Northumbria, Mary Harrison McKee, and C. J. Hambro. After him are Bajram Rexhepi, Gary Johnson, Otto Arosemena, Anita Gradin, Miguel Arias Cañete, and Brigitte Zypries.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, David Owen ranks 508. Before him are Hampton Fancher, Giuseppe Merisi, Galina Gorokhova, Giorgio Puia, Bruce Alberts, and Fritz d'Orey. After him are Angelo Damiano, Miguel Jones, Paul Bartel, Jeanne Ashworth, Hayes Jones, and Luisa Valenzuela.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Owen ranks 4,755 out of 8,785. Before him are Steve Ovett (1955), John Gray (1948), A. H. M. Jones (1904), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), Fred Davis (1913), and Kieran Trippier (1990). After him are Dave Gibbons (1949), Nicollette Sheridan (1963), Mina Loy (1882), Arnold Jackson (1891), Jim Lea (1949), and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Owen ranks 567. Before him are Joseph Cook (1860), John Hunter (1737), George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), and Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860). After him are Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674), Nigel Lawson (1932), Reginald McKenna (1863), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), and John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860).

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