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Jeffrey Archer

1940 - Today

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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist, life peer, convicted criminal, and former elected politician who remains a member of the House of Lords. Before becoming an author, Archer was a Member of Parliament (1969–1974), but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt.Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist. His 1979 novel Kane and Abel remains one of the best-selling books in the world, with an estimated 34 million copies sold worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeffrey Archer has received more than 4,066,680 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Jeffrey Archer is the 8,172nd most popular politician (down from 6,968th in 2019), the 1,621st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,459th in 2019) and the 254th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.64

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.68

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Jeffrey Archers by language

Over the past year Jeffrey Archer has had the most page views in the with 437,540 views, followed by German (20,092), and Japanese (17,915). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Serbian (587.77%), Sinhalese (102.53%), and Simple English (53.62%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeffrey Archer ranks 8,172 out of 19,576. Before him are Gaius Terentius Varro, Ali Kemal, Giovanni Morelli, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, and Adolf Schmal. After him are Keisuke Okada, Brutus of Troy, Duke Louis of Württemberg, Roman Malinovsky, Shankar Dayal Sharma, and Emperor Sanjō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jeffrey Archer ranks 156. Before him are John Grinder, Linda Gray, James Herbert Brennan, Jan Stráský, John Warnock, and Antonio Skármeta. After him are John Havlicek, Dietmar Hopp, Charles Robert Jenkins, Wayne Dyer, Sam Waterston, and Luis Cubilla.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeffrey Archer ranks 1,621 out of 8,785. Before him are Paul Scofield (1922), Lynn Redgrave (1943), Bernie Taupin (1950), Jeremiah Horrocks (1618), Neil Tennant (1954), and Michael Anderson (1920). After him are John Dollond (1706), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), Matthew Festing (1949), Philippa Foot (1920), Charles Macintosh (1766), and Chris Martin (1977).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Jeffrey Archer ranks 254. Before him are Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Lord William Bentinck (1774), Gytha of Wessex (1053), William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland (1738), and Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693). After him are Princess Mary of Great Britain (1723), George Grenville (1712), Margaret Bondfield (1873), William Hamilton (1730), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), and David Trimble (1944).

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