1926 - 2015
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 1,516,621 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 28 in 2019). Geoffrey Howe is the 12,153rd most popular politician (down from 12,129th in 2019), the 2,808th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,176th in 2019) and the 423rd most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Geoffrey Howe ranks 12,153 out of 15,577. Before him are Fernand Bouisson, Enoch Powell, Prince Toneri, Tony Abbott, Acrotatus II, and Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo. After him are Jaan Teemant, Elias I, Count of Maine, Esau de' Buondelmonti, Ottokar II of Styria, Khin Nyunt, and Rosamund Clifford.
1874 - 1959
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 12,147
1912 - 1998
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 12,148
676 - 735
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 12,149
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 12,150
400 BC - 262 BC
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 12,151
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 12,152
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 12,153
1872 - 1940
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 12,154
1100 - 1110
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 12,155
1355 - 1411
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12,156
1082 - 1122
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12,157
1939 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12,158
1150 - 1176
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 12,159
Among people born in 1926, Geoffrey Howe ranks 250. Before him are Stanley Cavell, Shinichi Hoshi, Alfred Pfaff, Julio César Britos, Juan Hohberg, and Pascual Pérez. After him are Alina Szapocznikow, Lino Aldani, Kerwin Mathews, Maneca, Dharamvir Bharati, and Yehuda Bauer. Among people deceased in 2015, Geoffrey Howe ranks 220. Before him are Daevid Allen, Alex Rocco, Giacomo Biffi, Geoff Duke, Dinkha IV, and László Paskai. After him are Karl Josef Becker, Nora Brockstedt, Lizabeth Scott, Betsy Palmer, Nicolae Rainea, and Karl-Erik Palmér.
1926 - 2018
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 244
1926 - 1997
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 245
1926 - 2008
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 246
1926 - 1998
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 247
1926 - 1996
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 248
1926 - 1977
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 249
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 250
1926 - 1973
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 251
1926 - 2009
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 252
1926 - 2007
HPI: 49.02
Rank: 253
1926 - 1961
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 254
1926 - 1997
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 255
1926 - Present
HPI: 48.79
Rank: 256
1938 - 2015
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 214
1936 - 2015
HPI: 49.37
Rank: 215
1928 - 2015
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 216
1923 - 2015
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 217
1935 - 2015
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 218
1927 - 2015
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 219
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 220
1928 - 2015
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 221
1923 - 2015
HPI: 48.94
Rank: 222
1922 - 2015
HPI: 48.78
Rank: 223
1926 - 2015
HPI: 48.77
Rank: 224
1933 - 2015
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 225
1929 - 2015
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 226
Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Howe ranks 2,808 out of 7,765. Before him are Enoch Powell (1912), Tony Abbott (1957), Anne Hutchinson (1591), Chris Barber (1930), Rita Tushingham (1942), and George Gissing (1857). After him are Hubert Parry (1848), Brian Blessed (1936), Rosamund Clifford (1150), Peter Banks (1947), Arthur Aikin (1773), and Henry de Bracton (1210).
1912 - 1998
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 2,802
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 2,803
1591 - 1643
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 2,804
1930 - 2021
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2,805
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2,806
1857 - 1903
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2,807
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 2,808
1848 - 1918
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,809
1936 - Present
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,810
1150 - 1176
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,811
1947 - 2013
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,812
1773 - 1854
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,813
1210 - 1268
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 2,814
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey Howe ranks 423. Before him are Ian Paisley (1926), Cosmo Duff-Gordon (1862), Lambert Simnel (1477), Nevile Henderson (1882), Enoch Powell (1912), and Tony Abbott (1957). After him are Rosamund Clifford (1150), Abhisit Vejjajiva (1964), Matthew Hopkins (1620), Ceolwulf of Wessex (600), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), and Frederick North, Lord North (1732).
1926 - 2014
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 417
1862 - 1931
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 418
1477 - 1525
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 419
1882 - 1942
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 420
1912 - 1998
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 421
1957 - Present
HPI: 49.18
Rank: 422
1926 - 2015
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 423
1150 - 1176
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 424
1964 - Present
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 425
1620 - 1647
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 426
600 - 611
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 427
1739 - 1767
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 428
1732 - 1792
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 429