POLITICIAN

George V of Hanover

1819 - 1878

Photo of George V of Hanover

Icon of person George V of Hanover

George V (Georg Friedrich Alexander Karl Ernst August; 27 May 1819 – 12 June 1878) was the last king of Hanover, reigning from 18 November 1851 to 20 September 1866. The only child of King Ernest Augustus and Queen Frederica, he succeeded his father in 1851. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George V of Hanover has received more than 1,667,010 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). George V of Hanover is the 2,599th most popular politician (down from 2,578th in 2019), the 686th most popular biography from Germany (up from 705th in 2019) and the 188th most popular German Politician.

George V of Hanover is most famous for being the last king of Hanover, which was annexed by Prussia in 1866.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.7M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of George V of Hanovers by language

Over the past year George V of Hanover has had the most page views in the with 309,963 views, followed by Spanish (51,309), and German (46,425). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Turkish (180.04%), Polish (74.00%), and Spanish (61.63%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, George V of Hanover ranks 2,599 out of 19,576Before him are Mircea Snegur, Atropates, Brasidas, Ted Kennedy, Al-Walid II, and Gülbahar Hatun. After him are Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Külüg Khan, Qalawun, Yazdegerd I, Guntram, and Emperor Reigen.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, George V of Hanover ranks 18Before him are Maria II of Portugal, John Ruskin, George Eliot, Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, John Couch Adams, and William T. G. Morton. After him are Theodor Fontane, Franz von Suppé, Stanisław Moniuszko, Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Gottfried Keller, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois. Among people deceased in 1878, George V of Hanover ranks 10Before him are Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, and Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies. After him are Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ernst Heinrich Weber, Antoine César Becquerel, Elias Magnus Fries, and Nikolay Nekrasov.

Others Born in 1819

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1878

Go to all Rankings

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, George V of Hanover ranks 686 out of 7,253Before him are Gertrude the Great (1256), Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria (1869), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), Hugo Ball (1886), Hans Morgenthau (1904), and Rudolf Otto (1869). After him are Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), Karl-Otto Koch (1897), Moritz Schlick (1882), Bernard Katz (1911), Helmut Rahn (1929), and Moses Hess (1812).

Among POLITICIANS In Germany