POLITICIAN

Jeremy Thorpe

1929 - 2014

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John Jeremy Thorpe (29 April 1929 – 4 December 2014) was a British politician who served as the Member of Parliament for North Devon from 1959 to 1979, and as leader of the Liberal Party from 1967 to 1976. In May 1979 he was tried at the Old Bailey on charges of conspiracy and incitement to murder his ex-boyfriend Norman Scott, a former model. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeremy Thorpe has received more than 5,238,506 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Jeremy Thorpe is the 13,861st most popular politician (down from 10,734th in 2019), the 3,240th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,340th in 2019) and the 449th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.31

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 13,861 out of 19,576. Before him are Zinovios Valvis, S. Yizhar, Agum III, Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile, Erkki Tuomioja, and Imata Kabua. After him are Elise Richter, Kullervo Manner, Herneith, Doryssus, Ali Al-Naimi, and Givi Javakhishvili.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 334. Before him are Rafael Chimishkyan, Halyna Sevruk, Azzeddine Laraki, Lúcio Lara, Carlo Clerici, and Mikhail Simonov. After him are Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Germain Derycke, Karin Lindberg, Princess Alix of Luxembourg, Birgitta Trotzig, and Jimmy Cobb. Among people deceased in 2014, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 273. Before him are Lilli Carati, Joachim Fuchsberger, Helena Rakoczy, Richard N. Frye, Stefan Bozhkov, and Roger Lloyd-Pack. After him are Warren Clarke, Amiri Baraka, Zbigniew Messner, Åke Johansson, Joep Lange, and Zbigniew Pietrzykowski.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 3,240 out of 8,785. Before him are Lottie Dod (1871), John Lennard-Jones (1894), Lewis Fry Richardson (1881), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), John Benbow (1653), and Wilfrid (634). After him are Diana Dors (1931), Richard O'Brien (1942), Alan Bennett (1934), Martin McGuinness (1950), Jonathan Wild (1683), and Andy Goldsworthy (1956).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 449. Before him are George W. Campbell (1769), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Charlie Whiting (1952), Nevile Henderson (1882), and Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341). After him are Martin McGuinness (1950), Emil Voigt (1883), Matthew Hopkins (1620), Stephen Gardiner (1497), Catherine of York (1479), and John Negroponte (1939).

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