POLITICIAN

Hugh Shearer

1923 - 2004

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Hugh Lawson Shearer (18 May 1923 – 15 July 2004) was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugh Shearer has received more than 211,986 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Hugh Shearer is the 17,756th most popular politician (down from 16,681st in 2019), the 77th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 75th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Jamaican Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 210k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugh Shearer ranks 17,756 out of 19,576. Before him are George Dern, Kinzang Dorji, Tarun Gogoi, Amarinder Singh, Brice Hortefeux, and Andreas Norlén. After him are Ilse Aigner, Bob Kasten, Nasrin Oryakhil, Juan Manuel Moreno, Alfred Lindley, and Gilberto Kassab.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Hugh Shearer ranks 477. Before him are Frank Brian, Anne Jeffreys, Jean Wallace, Eugene Wright, Kuldip Nayar, and Ed McMahon. After him are V. N. Janaki, Moira Lister, Nicholas Parsons, Ted Knight, Gene Reynolds, and Norman Kirk. Among people deceased in 2004, Hugh Shearer ranks 325. Before him are Willie Watson, Brenda Fassie, Virginia Capers, Bob Tisdall, Kurt Dossin, and Albert Paulsen. After him are Henry Cockburn, Dennis Wilshaw, Beyers Naudé, Yash Johar, Salvador Laurel, and June Maston.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Hugh Shearer ranks 77 out of 189. Before him are Bruce Golding (1947), Alexander Bustamante (1884), Ini Kamoze (1957), Donovan Ricketts (1977), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), and Luther Blissett (1958). After him are Elaine Thompson (1992), Junior Murvin (1949), Diana King (1970), Keith Gardner (1929), Capleton (1967), and Dennis Brown (1957).

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Among POLITICIANS In Jamaica

Among politicians born in Jamaica, Hugh Shearer ranks 9. Before him are Michael Manley (1924), Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Andrew Holness (1972), Howard Cooke (1915), Bruce Golding (1947), and Alexander Bustamante (1884). After him are Norman Manley (1893), Donald Sangster (1911), and Lisa Hanna (1975).

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