1823 - 1900
George John Douglas Campbell, 8th and 1st Duke of Argyll (30 April 1823 – 24 April 1900; styled Marquess of Lorne until 1847), was a British polymath and Liberal statesman. He made a significant geological discovery in the 1850s when his tenant found fossilized leaves embedded among basalt lava on the Island of Mull. He also helped to popularize ornithology and was one of the first to give a detailed account of the principles of bird flight in the hopes of advancing artificial aerial navigation (i.e. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll has received more than 244,034 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll is the 15,332nd most popular politician (down from 13,915th in 2019), the 4,687th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,446th in 2019) and the 557th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 15,332 out of 15,577. Before him are Assimi Goïta, Norbert Röttgen, Tomio Okamura, Liberato Marcial Rojas, Waldemar Pawlak, and Lipit-Enlil. After him are Ella Pamfilova, Henri Emmanuelli, Kim Sol-song, John Smith, Chokri Belaid, and Miyeegombyn Enkhbold.
1983 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 15,326
1965 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 15,327
1972 - Present
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 15,328
1870 - 1922
HPI: 42.01
Rank: 15,329
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 15,330
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 15,331
1823 - 1900
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 15,332
1953 - Present
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 15,333
1945 - 2017
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 15,334
1974 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 15,335
1938 - 1994
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 15,336
1964 - 2013
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 15,337
1964 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 15,338
Among people born in 1823, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 68. Before him are William M. Tweed, Emilio Arrieta, Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Francisco Asenjo Barbieri, Spencer Fullerton Baird, and Charlotte Mary Yonge. After him are Mackenzie Bowell, Francis Parkman, Coventry Patmore, and George Henry Williams. Among people deceased in 1900, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 78. Before him are Joseph Jean Pierre Laurent, Charles Piazzi Smyth, William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Douglas, 9th Marquess of Queensberry, Nicolae Crețulescu, and Ali Shah Durrani. After him are Tomás Gomensoro Albín, Ernest Dowson, George Grove, R. D. Blackmore, and Augustus Pitt Rivers.
1823 - 1878
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 62
1823 - 1894
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 63
1823 - 1900
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 64
1823 - 1894
HPI: 45.60
Rank: 65
1823 - 1887
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 66
1823 - 1901
HPI: 42.71
Rank: 67
1823 - 1900
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 68
1823 - 1917
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 69
1823 - 1893
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 70
1823 - 1896
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 71
1823 - 1910
HPI: 36.86
Rank: 72
1823 - 1900
HPI: 45.68
Rank: 72
1819 - 1900
HPI: 45.55
Rank: 73
1810 - 1900
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 74
1844 - 1900
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 75
1812 - 1900
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 76
1800 - 1900
HPI: 43.79
Rank: 77
1823 - 1900
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 78
1810 - 1900
HPI: 41.93
Rank: 79
1867 - 1900
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 80
1820 - 1900
HPI: 41.37
Rank: 81
1825 - 1900
HPI: 38.57
Rank: 82
1827 - 1900
HPI: 36.16
Rank: 83
Among people born in United Kingdom, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 4,687 out of 7,765. Before him are Roma Ryan (1950), Mark Jones (1933), David Mackenzie (1966), Edgar Syers (1863), Edmund Gosse (1849), and Justin Wilson (1978). After him are Geoffrey Unsworth (1914), John Smith (1938), Jodie Comer (1993), Andrea Arnold (1961), Ann Lee (1967), and James Frain (1968).
1950 - Present
HPI: 42.02
Rank: 4,681
1933 - 1958
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 4,682
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 4,683
1863 - 1946
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 4,684
1849 - 1928
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 4,685
1978 - 2015
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 4,686
1823 - 1900
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 4,687
1914 - 1978
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 4,688
1938 - 1994
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 4,689
1993 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 4,690
1961 - Present
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 4,691
1967 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 4,692
1968 - Present
HPI: 41.97
Rank: 4,693
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll ranks 557. Before him are Abraham Beame (1906), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Neil Kinnock (1942), Lindsay Hoyle (1957), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845), and Amina J. Mohammed (1961). After him are John Smith (1938), Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere (1868), George Reid (1845), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), and Titus Oates (1649).
1906 - 2001
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 551
1824 - 1898
HPI: 42.11
Rank: 552
1942 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 553
1957 - Present
HPI: 42.08
Rank: 554
1845 - 1914
HPI: 42.06
Rank: 555
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.03
Rank: 556
1823 - 1900
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 557
1938 - 1994
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 558
1868 - 1940
HPI: 41.94
Rank: 559
1845 - 1918
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 560
1823 - 1917
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 561
1860 - 1908
HPI: 41.74
Rank: 562
1649 - 1705
HPI: 41.57
Rank: 563