943 - 975
Edgar (Old English: Ēadgār, [æːɑdɣɑːr]; c. 943 – 8 July 975), known as the Peaceful or the Peaceable, was King of the English from 959 until his death. He was the younger son of Edmund I and Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, and came to the throne as a teenager, following the death of his older brother Eadwig. As king, Edgar further consolidated the political unity achieved by his predecessors, with his reign being noted for its relative stability. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edgar the Peaceful has received more than 1,540,620 page views. His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 50 in 2019). Edgar the Peaceful is the 1,817th most popular politician (up from 1,940th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 462nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Edgar the Peaceful ranks 1,817 out of 15,710. Before him are John VI of Portugal, 1st Dalai Lama, Rodion Malinovsky, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, John Frederick I, Elector of Saxony, and Henry II of Castile. After him are Ferdinand I of Naples, Charles VIII of Sweden, Richard von Weizsäcker, Qa'a, Edward the Martyr, and Li Keqiang.
1767 - 1826
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,811
1391 - 1474
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,812
1898 - 1967
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,813
1679 - 1729
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,814
1503 - 1554
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 1,815
1334 - 1379
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,816
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,817
1423 - 1494
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,818
1409 - 1470
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,819
1920 - 2015
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,820
2950 BC - 2910 BC
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1,821
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 1,822
1955 - Present
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 1,823
Among people born in 943, Edgar the Peaceful ranks 1. After him are Ibn Hawqal and Matilda of France. Among people deceased in 975, Edgar the Peaceful ranks 2. Before him is Gwangjong of Goryeo. After him are Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah, Hasdai ibn Shaprut, Olof Björnsson, and Theobald I, Count of Blois.
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 1
943 - 988
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 2
943 - 992
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 3
925 - 975
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 1
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 2
931 - 975
HPI: 69.67
Rank: 3
910 - 975
HPI: 68.37
Rank: 4
950 - 975
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 5
910 - 975
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 6
Among people born in United Kingdom, Edgar the Peaceful ranks 438 out of 6,924. Before him are William McMaster Murdoch (1873), Isaac Barrow (1631), Walter Raleigh (1554), John Dowland (1563), James IV of Scotland (1473), and Thomas Hardy (1840). After him are Erasmus Darwin (1731), Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861), Sid Vicious (1957), Oliver Sacks (1933), William Adams (1564), and David Beckham (1975).
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 432
1631 - 1677
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 433
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 434
1563 - 1626
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 435
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 436
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 437
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 438
1731 - 1802
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 439
1861 - 1947
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 440
1957 - 1979
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 441
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 442
1564 - 1620
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 443
1975 - Present
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 444
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Edgar the Peaceful ranks 76. Before him are Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837), James I of Scotland (1394), Tony Blair (1953), James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Robert II of Scotland (1316), and James IV of Scotland (1473). After him are Edward the Martyr (962), Æthelflæd (869), Edward the Confessor (1003), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), and Harthacnut (1018).
837 - 871
HPI: 74.10
Rank: 70
1394 - 1437
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 71
1953 - Present
HPI: 73.82
Rank: 72
1534 - 1578
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 73
1316 - 1390
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 74
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 75
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 76
962 - 978
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 77
869 - 918
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 78
1003 - 1066
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 79
1809 - 1898
HPI: 73.24
Rank: 80
1532 - 1588
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 81
1018 - 1042
HPI: 73.15
Rank: 82