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Donald Dewar

1937 - 2000

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Donald Campbell Dewar (21 August 1937 – 11 October 2000) was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the inaugural first minister of Scotland and leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000. He was widely regarded as the "Father of the Nation" during his tenure as first minister, and the "Architect of Devolution" whilst serving as Secretary of State for Scotland from 1997 to 1999. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Anniesland (formerly Glasgow Garscadden) from 1978 to 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Dewar has received more than 653,065 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Donald Dewar is the 16,912th most popular politician (down from 15,752nd in 2019), the 5,270th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,084th in 2019) and the 599th most popular British Politician.

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  • 650k

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  • 42.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Donald Dewar ranks 16,912 out of 19,576. Before him are Dadullah, Paulo Muwanga, María Jesús Montero, Jean-Max Bellerive, Nell Arthur, and Jeremy Hunt. After him are Jim Inhofe, Marianne Thyssen, Jeremiah Denton, Bill Weld, Theodore Katsanevas, and Djimrangar Dadnadji.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Donald Dewar ranks 509. Before him are Franco De Piccoli, Archibald MacKinnon, Charles Dumas, Mario Bergara, Tatyana Talysheva, and Paul Hawkins. After him are Francis George, Arturo Chaires, Yury Sisikin, Bob Schul, Dee Palmer, and Alv Gjestvang. Among people deceased in 2000, Donald Dewar ranks 334. Before him are Francis Lederer, Chidambaram Subramaniam, Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Alfred Bohrmann, Henry Seiling, and Udham Singh. After him are Joan Hartigan, John O'Connor, Mae Faggs, Mihály Mayer, Iskandar Khatloni, and Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Dewar ranks 5,270 out of 8,785. Before him are Colin Davis (1933), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), Maurice Norman (1934), Donald Burgess (1933), Calvert Vaux (1824), and Jeremy Hunt (1966). After him are George Goulding (1884), Barbara Pym (1913), Jonathan Riley-Smith (1938), Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (1993), Nigel Short (1965), and Helen Bannerman (1862).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Donald Dewar ranks 599. Before him are Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873), Denis Healey (1917), James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose (1612), and Jeremy Hunt (1966). After him are Jo Cox (1974), Harriet Harman (1950), John Bercow (1963), Harry Pollitt (1890), Mark Drakeford (1954), and John Graves Simcoe (1752).

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