1916 - 1995
James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970, and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He was the Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, and was a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harold Wilson has received more than 10,471,883 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 74 in 2019). Harold Wilson is the 785th most popular politician (up from 2,185th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 518th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Politician.
Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He is most famous for his term as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970, during which he oversaw the UK's entry into the European Economic Community, a precursor to the European Union.
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Among politicians, Harold Wilson ranks 785 out of 15,710. Before him are Simon of Cyrene, Petronius Maximus, Chaim Weizmann, Enver Pasha, Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden, and Béla IV of Hungary. After him are James V of Scotland, Childeric I, Baudouin of Belgium, Zeno, Kurt von Schleicher, and John III of Sweden.
100 BC - 100
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 779
396 - 455
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 780
1874 - 1952
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 781
1881 - 1922
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 782
1778 - 1837
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 783
1206 - 1270
HPI: 77.41
Rank: 784
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 785
1512 - 1542
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 786
440 - 481
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 787
1930 - 1993
HPI: 77.39
Rank: 788
425 - 491
HPI: 77.38
Rank: 789
1882 - 1934
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 790
1537 - 1592
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 791
Among people born in 1916, Harold Wilson ranks 10. Before him are Roald Dahl, Gregory Peck, Francis Crick, Elena Ceaușescu, Hans-Ulrich Rudel, and Lyudmila Pavlichenko. After him are Aldo Moro, Hans Eysenck, Claude Shannon, Ahmed Ben Bella, Herbert A. Simon, and Ferruccio Lamborghini. Among people deceased in 1995, Harold Wilson ranks 5. Before him are Yitzhak Rabin, Gilles Deleuze, Juan Manuel Fangio, and Emil Cioran. After him are Michael Ende, Emmanuel Levinas, Konrad Zuse, Mikhail Botvinnik, Anatoly Dyatlov, Gunnar Nordahl, and Dean Martin.
1916 - 1990
HPI: 78.96
Rank: 4
1916 - 2003
HPI: 78.76
Rank: 5
1916 - 2004
HPI: 78.54
Rank: 6
1916 - 1989
HPI: 78.50
Rank: 7
1916 - 1982
HPI: 78.10
Rank: 8
1916 - 1974
HPI: 78.02
Rank: 9
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 10
1916 - 1978
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 11
1916 - 1997
HPI: 75.90
Rank: 12
1916 - 2001
HPI: 75.83
Rank: 13
1916 - 2012
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 14
1916 - 2001
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 15
1916 - 1993
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 16
1922 - 1995
HPI: 82.10
Rank: 1
1925 - 1995
HPI: 79.66
Rank: 2
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.37
Rank: 3
1911 - 1995
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 4
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 5
1929 - 1995
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 6
1906 - 1995
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 7
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 8
1911 - 1995
HPI: 76.05
Rank: 9
1931 - 1995
HPI: 76.01
Rank: 10
1921 - 1995
HPI: 75.29
Rank: 11
1917 - 1995
HPI: 75.12
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Wilson ranks 203 out of 6,924. Before him are Ben Kingsley (1943), Princess Helena of the United Kingdom (1846), William Wordsworth (1770), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), Stan Laurel (1890), and Jason Statham (1967). After him are Henrietta of England (1644), James V of Scotland (1512), William Ramsay (1852), Saint Ursula (400), Edmond Halley (1656), and Anna Wintour (1949).
1943 - Present
HPI: 77.54
Rank: 197
1846 - 1923
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 198
1770 - 1850
HPI: 77.48
Rank: 199
1889 - 1975
HPI: 77.45
Rank: 200
1890 - 1965
HPI: 77.43
Rank: 201
1967 - Present
HPI: 77.42
Rank: 202
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 203
1644 - 1670
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 204
1512 - 1542
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 205
1852 - 1916
HPI: 77.37
Rank: 206
400 - 383
HPI: 77.36
Rank: 207
1656 - 1742
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 208
1949 - Present
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 209
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Harold Wilson ranks 42. Before him are Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Olav V of Norway (1903), Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Henry III of England (1207), Boudica (33), and Henry I of England (1068). After him are James V of Scotland (1512), Ælla of Northumbria (800), Charles II of England (1630), Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (1900), Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545), and Arthur Henderson (1863).
1665 - 1714
HPI: 78.49
Rank: 36
1903 - 1991
HPI: 78.40
Rank: 37
1830 - 1903
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 38
1207 - 1272
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 39
33 - 61
HPI: 77.73
Rank: 40
1068 - 1135
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 41
1916 - 1995
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 42
1512 - 1542
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 43
800 - 867
HPI: 77.33
Rank: 44
1630 - 1685
HPI: 77.26
Rank: 45
1900 - 1979
HPI: 77.16
Rank: 46
1545 - 1567
HPI: 77.06
Rank: 47
1863 - 1935
HPI: 76.89
Rank: 48