POLITICIAN

Geoffrey Howe

1926 - 2015

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Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon, (20 December 1926 – 9 October 2015), known from 1970 to 1992 as Sir Geoffrey Howe, was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1989 to 1990. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Margaret Thatcher's longest-serving Cabinet minister, successively holding the posts of chancellor of the Exchequer, foreign secretary, and finally leader of the House of Commons, deputy prime minister and lord president of the Council. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Geoffrey Howe has received more than 1,587,752 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Geoffrey Howe is the 13,102nd most popular politician (down from 12,111th in 2019), the 2,938th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,801st in 2019) and the 424th most popular British Politician.

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  • 28

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  • 2.77

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  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Geoffrey Howe ranks 13,102 out of 19,576. Before him are Sin Sukju, Qabus, Tlepolemus, José Santos Zelaya, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, and Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg. After him are John Warner, Jutta Rüdiger, Morgan Tsvangirai, Islam Shah Suri, Princess Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, and Badr Hari.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Geoffrey Howe ranks 275. Before him are Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Christine Jorgensen, James Krüss, Rodolfo Pini, Betsy Palmer, and Miguel Obando y Bravo. After him are Fred Gwynne, Richard Jaeckel, Moshe Sanbar, Rafiq Nishonov, René Depestre, and George C. Williams. Among people deceased in 2015, Geoffrey Howe ranks 241. Before him are Gurgen Dalibaltayan, Franjo Mihalić, Pino Daniele, Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni, Betsy Palmer, and Lynn Anderson. After him are Robert Chartoff, Corneliu Vadim Tudor, Jackie Collins, Angelo Anquilletti, Klaus Rifbjerg, and Peter Dickinson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Howe ranks 2,938 out of 8,785. Before him are Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), Eric Frank Russell (1905), Reece James (1999), Francis Lee (1944), Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621), and Ronald Neame (1911). After him are Teresa Ann Savoy (1955), Steven Knight (1959), Anabella Drummond (1350), Mary Beale (1633), Isabella of Scotland, Duchess of Brittany (1426), and Phil Taylor (1960).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Howe ranks 424. Before him are Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester (1640), Elizabeth Fry (1780), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812), and Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury (1621). After him are Phil Taylor (1960), Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin (1645), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), Enoch Powell (1912), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), and Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers (1405).

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