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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 949,700 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. David Owen is the 15,078th most popular politician (down from 13,632nd in 2019), the 4,487th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,215th in 2019) and the 543rd most popular British Politician.

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  • 950k

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  • 42.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Owen ranks 15,078 out of 15,577. Before him are Hannes Swoboda, Francesco Rutelli, Giulio Terzi di Sant'Agata, James Oglethorpe, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, and Akie Abe. After him are Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Salou Djibo, Algernon Sidney, Alexander Volkov, Karel De Gucht, and Israel Katz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, David Owen ranks 452. Before him are Alfred Raoul, Eugene J. Martin, Armando Tobar, Shuji Tsurumi, Geoff Murphy, and Johnny Tillotson. After him are Porter Goss, Stephen F. Cohen, Michael Ritchie, Aleksandar Kostov, Neil Abercrombie, and Jimmy Carl Black.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Owen ranks 4,487 out of 7,765. Before him are Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), Harry Blackstaffe (1868), Alasdair Gray (1934), John Le Mesurier (1912), James Oglethorpe (1696), and Iwan Rheon (1985). After him are Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Algernon Sidney (1623), Albert Ball (1896), Dorothy Tyler-Odam (1920), David O'Leary (1958), and Katrin Cartlidge (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Owen ranks 543. Before him are Margaret Beckett (1943), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Owain Gwynedd (1100), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), and James Oglethorpe (1696). After him are Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Algernon Sidney (1623), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), Douglas Hurd (1930), Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421), and Reginald McKenna (1863).

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