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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 5,008,436 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Jeremy Thorpe is the 10,763rd most popular politician (down from 10,188th in 2019), the 2,346th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,318th in 2019) and the 365th most popular British Politician.

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  • 5.0M

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  • 51.20

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 10,763 out of 15,577. Before him are Bernhard Kellermann, Appius Claudius Sabinus Regillensis, Huitzilihuitl, Meresankh II, Godfrey I, Count of Namur, and Iskandar Muda. After him are Girija Prasad Koirala, Annalena Baerbock, Francisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of Bailén, Engelbert, Duke of Carinthia, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and Max Vasmer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 223. Before him are Liselotte Pulver, Berry Gordy, Otar Patsatsia, Katherine Helmond, Lee Shau-kee, and Hermann Prey. After him are Link Wray, Józef Glemp, Lyudmila Zykina, Luigi Taveri, June Squibb, and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar. Among people deceased in 2014, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 160. Before him are René Burri, Glen A. Larson, Halet Çambel, Käbi Laretei, Paul Mazursky, and Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. After him are Emmanuel III Delly, Peret, Henning Carlsen, Stefanie Zweig, Rafael Addiego Bruno, and On Kawara.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 2,346 out of 7,765. Before him are William Gregor (1761), Tony Cragg (1949), Arthur Holmes (1890), Snowy White (1948), Ian Hill (1952), and Gordon Jackson (1923). After him are Brenda Milner (1918), Charles Burney (1726), Kevin McNally (1956), William Playfair (1759), Laurence Doherty (1875), and Ford Madox Ford (1873).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Jeremy Thorpe ranks 365. Before him are Caradoc (470), Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811), Prince Maurice of Battenberg (1891), Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (1874), and Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1870). After him are Ernest Bevin (1881), Gerry Adams (1948), William Martin (1767), Eric Drummond, 7th Earl of Perth (1876), Blanche of England (1392), and Edmund Crouchback (1245).

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