New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

POLITICIAN

Harold Macmillan

1894 - 1986

Photo of Harold Macmillan

Icon of person Harold Macmillan

Maurice Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, (10 February 1894 – 29 December 1986) was a British statesman and Conservative politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963. Nicknamed "Supermac", he was known for his pragmatism, wit, and unflappability. Macmillan was badly injured as an infantry officer during the First World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Macmillan has received more than 8,439,197 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 71 in 2019). Harold Macmillan is the 1,191st most popular politician (down from 1,100th in 2019), the 295th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 287th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Politician.

Harold Macmillan was most famous for his time as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was the Prime Minister from 1957 to 1963.

Memorability Metrics

  • 8.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 68.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 75

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Harold Macmillans by language


Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harold Macmillan ranks 1,191 out of 15,577. Before him are Harthacnut, Cleopatra II of Egypt, Romanos III Argyros, Suleyman Shah, Karl Haushofer, and Francesco I Sforza. After him are Marcian, Valdemar I of Denmark, Emperor Ninkō, Emperor Taizu of Song, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, and John II Komnenos.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Harold Macmillan ranks 15. Before him are Boris III of Bulgaria, John Ford, Jean Renoir, Norbert Wiener, Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, and Joseph Roth. After him are Fritz Sauckel, Dietrich von Choltitz, Gala Dalí, Benjamin Graham, Alfred Kinsey, and Isaac Babel. Among people deceased in 1986, Harold Macmillan ranks 15. Before him are Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Joseph Beuys, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Jean Genet. After him are Urho Kekkonen, Cliff Burton, Celâl Bayar, Henry Moore, Albert Szent-Györgyi, and Alva Myrdal.

Others Born in 1894

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1986

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan ranks 295 out of 7,765. Before him are Gary Oldman (1958), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Ritchie Blackmore (1945), Ken Follett (1949), Peter Sellers (1925), and Harthacnut (1018). After him are Alfred North Whitehead (1861), David Suchet (1946), Thomas Becket (1119), Richard Cromwell (1626), Frederick Sanger (1918), and William Henry Bragg (1862).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Harold Macmillan ranks 57. Before him are Ælfweard of Wessex (904), Edmund I (921), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), David Lloyd George (1863), Ælla of Northumbria (800), and Harthacnut (1018). After him are Richard Cromwell (1626), Halford Mackinder (1861), Æthelred the Unready (968), David II of Scotland (1324), Anne Neville (1456), and Æthelred I, King of Wessex (837).

British born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • DatawheelCL