1912 - 2005
Leonard James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, ( KAL-ə-han; 27 March 1912 – 26 March 2005), commonly known as Jim Callaghan, was a British statesman and politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1976 to 1980. Callaghan is the only person to have held all four Great Offices of State, having served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1964 to 1967, Home Secretary from 1967 to 1970 and Foreign Secretary from 1974 to 1976. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Callaghan has received more than 4,913,998 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 69 in 2019). James Callaghan is the 1,978th most popular politician (down from 1,929th in 2019), the 457th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 477th in 2019) and the 84th most popular British Politician.
James Callaghan was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979. He is most famous for being in charge of the country when it faced a major economic crisis.
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Among politicians, James Callaghan ranks 1,978 out of 15,577. Before him are Gennady Yanayev, Afonso IV of Portugal, Pang Tong, Mary of Guise, Al-Kamil, and Gennady Zyuganov. After him are Tiglath-Pileser III, Constans, Biljana Plavšić, Boris I of Bulgaria, Emeric, King of Hungary, and George of Poděbrady.
1937 - 2010
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,972
1291 - 1357
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 1,973
179 - 214
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,974
1515 - 1560
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,975
1177 - 1238
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,976
1944 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,977
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,978
755 BC - 727 BC
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,979
320 - 350
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,980
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 1,981
828 - 907
HPI: 65.17
Rank: 1,982
1174 - 1204
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 1,983
1420 - 1471
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 1,984
Among people born in 1912, James Callaghan ranks 26. Before him are Chuck Jones, Adolf Galland, Millvina Dean, Hanna Reitsch, Gene Kelly, and Kim Philby. After him are Konrad Emil Bloch, Robert Doisneau, Maria Mandl, Alois Brunner, Pierre Boulle, and Sergiu Celibidache. Among people deceased in 2005, James Callaghan ranks 24. Before him are Rafic Hariri, Kenzō Tange, Zdzisław Beksiński, Hans Bethe, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Jack Kilby. After him are Sister Lúcia, Philip Johnson, Ernst Mayr, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, and George F. Kennan.
1912 - 2002
HPI: 66.66
Rank: 20
1912 - 1996
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 21
1912 - 2009
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 22
1912 - 1979
HPI: 65.87
Rank: 23
1912 - 1996
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 24
1912 - 1988
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 25
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 26
1912 - 2000
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 27
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 28
1912 - 1948
HPI: 64.74
Rank: 29
1912 - 2010
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 30
1912 - 1994
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 31
1912 - 1996
HPI: 63.91
Rank: 32
1944 - 2005
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 18
1913 - 2005
HPI: 65.41
Rank: 19
1929 - 2005
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 20
1906 - 2005
HPI: 65.29
Rank: 21
1927 - 2005
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 22
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 23
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 24
1907 - 2005
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 25
1906 - 2005
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 26
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 27
1924 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 28
1925 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 29
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 30
Among people born in United Kingdom, James Callaghan ranks 457 out of 7,765. Before him are Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (1863), Robert Plant (1948), William Shockley (1910), Mike Oldfield (1953), and Tony Scott (1944). After him are William Kidd (1645), Mary Anning (1799), Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (1751), John Knox (1514), Philip Larkin (1922), and Joshua Reynolds (1723).
1020 - 1076
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 451
1863 - 1950
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 452
1948 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 453
1910 - 1989
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 454
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 455
1944 - 2012
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 456
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 457
1645 - 1701
HPI: 65.16
Rank: 458
1799 - 1847
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 459
1751 - 1775
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 460
1514 - 1572
HPI: 65.07
Rank: 461
1922 - 1985
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 462
1723 - 1792
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 463
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, James Callaghan ranks 84. Before him are Tony Blair (1953), Eadred (923), Alec Douglas-Home (1903), James I of Scotland (1394), Robert II of Scotland (1316), and Sweyn II of Denmark (1020). After him are Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York (1473), Edmund Ironside (993), Austen Chamberlain (1863), Arthur Balfour (1848), Eadwig (940), and Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (1550).
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 78
923 - 955
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 79
1903 - 1995
HPI: 65.52
Rank: 80
1394 - 1437
HPI: 65.44
Rank: 81
1316 - 1390
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 82
1020 - 1076
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 83
1912 - 2005
HPI: 65.18
Rank: 84
1473 - 1483
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 85
993 - 1016
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 86
1863 - 1937
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 87
1848 - 1930
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 88
940 - 959
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 89
1550 - 1604
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 90