1865 - 1936
George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 1865 – 20 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 until his death in 1936. Born during the reign of his grandmother Queen Victoria, George was third in the line of succession behind his father, Prince Albert Edward, and his own elder brother, Prince Albert Victor. From 1877 to 1892, George served in the Royal Navy, until the unexpected death of his elder brother in early 1892 put him directly in line for the throne. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George V has received more than 26,710,805 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 83 in 2019). George V is the 346th most popular politician (up from 480th in 2019), the 104th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 126th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular British Politician.
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Empire from 1910 to 1936. He was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and his reign was marked by World War I and the Great Depression.
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Among politicians, George V ranks 346 out of 15,710. Before him are Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Pertinax, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Alaric I, Mahidevran, and Louis II of Hungary. After him are Barack Obama, Goliath, Liu Bei, Cambyses II, Vyacheslav Molotov, and Caesarion.
1869 - 1947
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 340
126 - 193
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 341
1161 - 1185
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 342
376 - 410
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 343
1500 - 1581
HPI: 80.77
Rank: 344
1506 - 1526
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 345
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 346
1961 - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 347
1060 BC - Present
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 348
161 - 223
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 349
550 BC - 522 BC
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 350
1890 - 1986
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 351
47 BC - 30 BC
HPI: 80.73
Rank: 352
Among people born in 1865, George V ranks 3. Before him are Jean Sibelius and Rudyard Kipling. After him are Erich Ludendorff, Pieter Zeeman, Ferdinand I of Romania, W. B. Yeats, Archduke Otto of Austria, Alexander Glazunov, Warren G. Harding, Carl Nielsen, and Paul Dukas. Among people deceased in 1936, George V ranks 5. Before him are Ivan Pavlov, Maxim Gorky, Federico García Lorca, and Rudyard Kipling. After him are Lu Xun, Oswald Spengler, Lev Kamenev, Ferdinand Tönnies, Luigi Pirandello, Grigory Zinoviev, and Albert Fish.
1865 - 1957
HPI: 82.28
Rank: 1
1865 - 1936
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 2
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 3
1865 - 1937
HPI: 79.38
Rank: 4
1865 - 1943
HPI: 79.22
Rank: 5
1865 - 1927
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 6
1865 - 1939
HPI: 76.22
Rank: 7
1865 - 1906
HPI: 75.26
Rank: 8
1865 - 1936
HPI: 75.15
Rank: 9
1865 - 1923
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 10
1865 - 1931
HPI: 74.80
Rank: 11
1865 - 1935
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 12
1849 - 1936
HPI: 86.11
Rank: 1
1868 - 1936
HPI: 84.53
Rank: 2
1898 - 1936
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 3
1865 - 1936
HPI: 81.42
Rank: 4
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 5
1881 - 1936
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 6
1880 - 1936
HPI: 78.78
Rank: 7
1883 - 1936
HPI: 76.86
Rank: 8
1855 - 1936
HPI: 76.81
Rank: 9
1867 - 1936
HPI: 76.60
Rank: 10
1883 - 1936
HPI: 76.09
Rank: 11
1870 - 1936
HPI: 75.57
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, George V ranks 104 out of 6,924. Before him are Edward VIII (1894), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Michael Caine (1933), David Bowie (1947), T. E. Lawrence (1888), and George Harrison (1943). After him are Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), Aldous Huxley (1894), Blackbeard (1680), Ridley Scott (1937), Henry VI of England (1421), and Elton John (1947).
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 98
1816 - 1855
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 99
1933 - Present
HPI: 80.86
Rank: 100
1947 - 2016
HPI: 80.81
Rank: 101
1888 - 1935
HPI: 80.79
Rank: 102
1943 - 2001
HPI: 80.76
Rank: 103
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 104
1758 - 1805
HPI: 80.74
Rank: 105
1894 - 1963
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 106
1680 - 1718
HPI: 80.72
Rank: 107
1937 - Present
HPI: 80.70
Rank: 108
1421 - 1471
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 109
1947 - Present
HPI: 80.63
Rank: 110
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, George V ranks 23. Before him are Edward III of England (1312), Edward I of England (1239), George IV of the United Kingdom (1762), Edward V of England (1470), Edward II of England (1284), and Edward VIII (1894). After him are Henry VI of England (1421), Charles I of England (1600), John, King of England (1166), Æthelstan (895), Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), and William IV of the United Kingdom (1765).
1312 - 1377
HPI: 82.22
Rank: 17
1239 - 1307
HPI: 82.21
Rank: 18
1762 - 1830
HPI: 81.99
Rank: 19
1470 - 1483
HPI: 81.83
Rank: 20
1284 - 1327
HPI: 81.68
Rank: 21
1894 - 1972
HPI: 80.94
Rank: 22
1865 - 1936
HPI: 80.75
Rank: 23
1421 - 1471
HPI: 80.69
Rank: 24
1600 - 1649
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 25
1166 - 1216
HPI: 79.74
Rank: 26
895 - 939
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 27
800 - 839
HPI: 79.68
Rank: 28
1765 - 1837
HPI: 79.47
Rank: 29