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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 previously served 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 588,339 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Donald Dewar is the 15,810th most popular politician (down from 14,242nd in 2019), the 5,096th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,712th in 2019) and the 583rd most popular British Politician.

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  • 590k

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  • 40.15

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.68

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.54

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Donald Dewar ranks 15,810 out of 15,577. Before him are Marcia Fudge, Silke Möller, David Marshall, Nicole Bricq, Ján Figeľ, and María Fernanda Espinosa. After him are Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, Mercedes Aráoz, Magomedsalam Magomedov, Moshe Kahlon, Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum, and Omar Sharmarke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Donald Dewar ranks 465. Before him are Roland Burris, Willi Koslowski, Viktor Mamatov, Peter Kreeft, George Steele, and David Del Tredici. After him are Charles Dumas, Todd Armstrong, Viktor Yakushev, Yury Sisikin, Derek Fowlds, and Bessie Head. Among people deceased in 2000, Donald Dewar ranks 294. Before him are John O'Connor, Patricia Jones, John Lindsay, Robert Cormier, Alberto Demiddi, and Alla Rakha. After him are Kirsty MacColl, Duane Swanson, Tranquilino Garcete, Bunny Austin, Jimmie Davis, and Mack Robinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Dewar ranks 5,096 out of 7,765. Before him are Mo Hayder (1962), Christopher Fry (1907), Leona Lewis (1985), Connor Swindells (1996), Polly Samson (1962), and Hughie Gallacher (1903). After him are Charles Lapworth (1842), Parminder Nagra (1975), Aslı Enver (1984), Billy Bragg (1957), Riz Ahmed (1982), and J. G. Farrell (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Donald Dewar ranks 583. Before him are Walter Rutherford (1857), James McHenry (1753), Jo Cox (1974), Eric Bristow (1957), Vince Cable (1943), and Harry Pollitt (1890). After him are David Davis (1948), George Lansbury (1859), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Nick Leeson (1967), David Kelly (1944), and Charles Rosher (1885).

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