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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 197,459 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Hugh Shearer is the 16,742nd most popular politician (down from 14,863rd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 70th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Jamaican Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 35.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hugh Shearer ranks 16,742 out of 15,577. Before him are Andrea Fischer, Javier Velásquez, Salvador Laurel, Buddy MacKay, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, and Om Birla. After him are Tony Evers, Sonia Pierre, Pawan Kumar Chamling, Lívia Járóka, Said Seyam, and Igor Kravchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Hugh Shearer ranks 426. Before him are Adele Mara, Don Barksdale, Moira Lister, Kenny Rollins, Anthony Bevilacqua, and John Mortimer. After him are Norman Kirk, Gloria Henry, Ray Lumpp, Dora Bryan, and James Abdnor. Among people deceased in 2004, Hugh Shearer ranks 298. Before him are Eddie Hopkinson, Brenda Fassie, Alphonso Ford, Dennis Wilshaw, Yash Johar, and Salvador Laurel. After him are Albeiro Usuriaga, Malika Pukhraj, Mikael Ljungberg, Arturo Tolentino, Johnny Warren, and Brock Adams.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Hugh Shearer ranks 76 out of 168. Before him are Luther Blissett (1958), Diana King (1970), Ini Kamoze (1957), Junior Murvin (1949), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), and Michael Frater (1982). After him are Sizzla (1976), Luton Shelton (1985), Capleton (1967), Howard Cooke (1915), Elaine Thompson (1992), and Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982).

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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), Alexander Bustamante (1884), Bruce Golding (1947), Andrew Holness (1972), and P. J. Patterson (1935). After him are Howard Cooke (1915) and Norman Manley (1893).

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