1906 - 1963
Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell (9 April 1906 – 18 January 1963) was a British politician who served as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1955 until his death in 1963. An economics lecturer and wartime civil servant, he was elected to Parliament in 1945 and held office in Clement Attlee's governments, notably as Minister of Fuel and Power following the bitter winter of 1946–47, and eventually joining the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Gaitskell has received more than 1,062,864 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugh Gaitskell is the 15,043rd most popular politician (down from 13,173rd in 2019), the 4,456th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,839th in 2019) and the 541st most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 15,043 out of 15,577. Before him are Denzil Douglas, Bob Avakian, Yohannes I, Man Mohan Adhikari, Milton Margai, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke. After him are Antonina Ryzhova, Inger Støjberg, Harold Nicolson, Reiner Haseloff, Ambrose Mandvulo Dlamini, and Amadou Gon Coulibaly.
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 15,037
1943 - Present
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 15,038
1640 - 1682
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 15,039
1920 - 1999
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 15,040
1895 - 1964
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,041
1705 - 1781
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,042
1906 - 1963
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,043
1934 - 2020
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,044
1973 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,045
1886 - 1968
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,046
1954 - Present
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,047
1968 - 2020
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 15,048
1959 - 2020
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 15,049
Among people born in 1906, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 335. Before him are Willy Ley, Clifford Odets, Knut Kroon, Carl-Erik Holmberg, Vincent Sherman, and René Fernández. After him are Richard Rado, Ludwig Lachmann, Cuth Harrison, Robert Surtees, Steve Anderson, and Leo Halle. Among people deceased in 1963, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 181. Before him are Gian Giorgio Trissino, Donald Piper, ZaSu Pitts, Clifford Odets, Alma Richards, and Sigvard Sivertsen. After him are Robert Hamer, Tashi Namgyal, Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Herbert H. Lehman, Theodore Roethke, and Monte Blue.
1906 - 1969
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 329
1906 - 1963
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 330
1906 - 1975
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 331
1906 - 1991
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 332
1906 - 2006
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 333
1906 - 1956
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 334
1906 - 1963
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 335
1906 - 1989
HPI: 42.93
Rank: 336
1906 - 1990
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 337
1906 - 1981
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 338
1906 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 339
1906 - 1988
HPI: 42.80
Rank: 340
1906 - 1992
HPI: 42.76
Rank: 341
1877 - 1963
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 175
1911 - 1963
HPI: 43.36
Rank: 176
1894 - 1963
HPI: 43.34
Rank: 177
1906 - 1963
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 178
1890 - 1963
HPI: 43.17
Rank: 179
1881 - 1963
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 180
1906 - 1963
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 181
1911 - 1963
HPI: 41.78
Rank: 182
1893 - 1963
HPI: 41.40
Rank: 183
1899 - 1963
HPI: 41.39
Rank: 184
1878 - 1963
HPI: 41.36
Rank: 185
1908 - 1963
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 186
1887 - 1963
HPI: 41.06
Rank: 187
Among people born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 4,456 out of 7,765. Before him are Mary Adela Blagg (1858), David Storey (1933), C. H. Dodd (1884), Molly Peters (1942), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), and Gerry Hitchens (1934). After him are John Wilbye (1574), Rebecca Mader (1977), Cuth Harrison (1906), Guy Fletcher (1960), Alister Hardy (1896), and Peter Warlock (1894).
1858 - 1944
HPI: 42.98
Rank: 4,450
1933 - 2017
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 4,451
1884 - 1973
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 4,452
1942 - 2017
HPI: 42.95
Rank: 4,453
1705 - 1781
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 4,454
1934 - 1983
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 4,455
1906 - 1963
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 4,456
1574 - 1638
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 4,457
1977 - Present
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 4,458
1906 - 1981
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 4,459
1960 - Present
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 4,460
1896 - 1985
HPI: 42.92
Rank: 4,461
1894 - 1930
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 4,462
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Hugh Gaitskell ranks 541. Before him are Michael Howard (1941), Cherie Blair (1954), Margaret Beckett (1943), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), Owain Gwynedd (1100), and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705). After him are James Oglethorpe (1696), David Owen (1938), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon (1831), Algernon Sidney (1623), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), and Douglas Hurd (1930).
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.25
Rank: 535
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.19
Rank: 536
1943 - Present
HPI: 43.15
Rank: 537
1951 - 2016
HPI: 43.04
Rank: 538
1100 - 1170
HPI: 43.02
Rank: 539
1705 - 1781
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 540
1906 - 1963
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 541
1696 - 1785
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 542
1938 - Present
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 543
1831 - 1890
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 544
1623 - 1683
HPI: 42.82
Rank: 545
1785 - 1856
HPI: 42.61
Rank: 546
1930 - Present
HPI: 42.40
Rank: 547