1852 - 1928
Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, (12 September 1852 – 15 February 1928), generally known as H. H. Asquith, was a British politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He was the last Liberal Party prime minister to command a majority government, and the most recent Liberal to have served as Leader of the Opposition. He played a major role in the design and passage of major liberal legislation and a reduction of the power of the House of Lords. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of H. H. Asquith has received more than 2,587,698 page views. His biography is available in 62 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). H. H. Asquith is the 4,100th most popular politician (down from 3,787th in 2019), the 909th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 869th in 2019) and the 160th most popular British Politician.
He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916. He is most famous for leading the UK through World War I.
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Among politicians, H. H. Asquith ranks 4,100 out of 15,577. Before him are Istämi, Lucius Munatius Plancus, George Akropolites, Şehzade Ahmet, István Tisza, and Kaykhusraw II. After him are Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans, Vladislaus II, Duke of Bohemia, Philip of Sweden, Maria Teresa of Savoy, Sviatoslav II of Kiev, and François Louis, Prince of Conti.
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 4,094
87 BC - 15 BC
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 4,095
1217 - 1282
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 4,096
1466 - 1513
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 4,097
1861 - 1918
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4,098
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4,099
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4,100
1848 - 1919
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4,101
1110 - 1174
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4,102
1105 - 1118
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 4,103
1803 - 1879
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 4,104
1027 - 1077
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 4,105
1664 - 1709
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 4,106
Among people born in 1852, H. H. Asquith ranks 24. Before him are Ferdinand von Lindemann, Calamity Jane, Julius Richard Petri, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Tewfik Pasha, and Constantin Fehrenbach. After him are Paul Bourget, Christian Krohg, Terauchi Masatake, Edmund Leighton, Daniel Burley Woolfall, and Hans Vaihinger. Among people deceased in 1928, H. H. Asquith ranks 28. Before him are Giovanni Giolitti, Li Yuanhong, Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, Álvaro Obregón, Armando Diaz, and Alexander Bogdanov. After him are Frederick II, Grand Duke of Baden, Lala Lajpat Rai, Mauritz Stiller, Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Jan Toorop, and Pavel Axelrod.
1852 - 1939
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 18
1852 - 1903
HPI: 62.48
Rank: 19
1852 - 1921
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 20
1852 - 1905
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 21
1852 - 1892
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 22
1852 - 1926
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 23
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 24
1852 - 1935
HPI: 59.60
Rank: 25
1852 - 1925
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 26
1852 - 1919
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 27
1852 - 1922
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 28
1852 - 1918
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 29
1852 - 1933
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 30
1842 - 1928
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 22
1864 - 1928
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 23
1867 - 1928
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 24
1880 - 1928
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 25
1861 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 26
1873 - 1928
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 27
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 28
1857 - 1928
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 29
1865 - 1928
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 30
1883 - 1928
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 31
1861 - 1928
HPI: 58.06
Rank: 32
1858 - 1928
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 33
1850 - 1928
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 34
Among people born in United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith ranks 909 out of 7,765. Before him are Infante Alfonso Carlos, Duke of San Jaime (1849), Lobsang Rampa (1910), Joan Collins (1933), Natasha Richardson (1963), Brian Josephson (1940), and Samuel Crompton (1753). After him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), William Henry Perkin (1838), Dave Gahan (1962), Antony Hewish (1924), David I of Scotland (1084), and John McLaughlin (1942).
1849 - 1936
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 903
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 904
1933 - Present
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 905
1963 - 2009
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 906
1940 - Present
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 907
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 908
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 909
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 910
1838 - 1907
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 911
1962 - Present
HPI: 60.02
Rank: 912
1924 - 2021
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 913
1084 - 1153
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 914
1942 - Present
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 915
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, H. H. Asquith ranks 160. Before him are Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1884), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), Robert Clive (1725), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), and Henry Tingle Wilde (1872). After him are David I of Scotland (1084), John Hawkwood (1320), Princess Muna al-Hussein (1941), Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans (1869), Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), and Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451).
1001 - 1040
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 154
1884 - 1954
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 155
1900 - 1996
HPI: 60.33
Rank: 156
1725 - 1774
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 157
1594 - 1612
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 158
1872 - 1912
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 159
1852 - 1928
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 160
1084 - 1153
HPI: 60.00
Rank: 161
1320 - 1394
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 162
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.48
Rank: 163
1869 - 1926
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 164
1871 - 1951
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 165
1451 - 1476
HPI: 59.39
Rank: 166