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John Prescott

1938 - 2024

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John Leslie Prescott, Baron Prescott (31 May 1938 – 20 November 2024) was a British politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007 and as First Secretary of State from 2001 to 2007. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kingston upon Hull East for 40 years, from 1970 to 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Prescott has received more than 2,028,160 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). John Prescott is the 15,880th most popular politician (down from 14,717th in 2019), the 4,436th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,253rd in 2019) and the 535th most popular British Politician.

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  • 2.0M

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  • 45.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Prescott ranks 15,880 out of 19,576. Before him are Amadou Gon Coulibaly, Keir Hardie, Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, Nabu-apla-iddina, Eligio Ayala, and J. B. Kripalani. After him are Malu Dreyer, Joseph Nérette, Wilhelmina Drucker, Toke Talagi, H. R. Haldeman, and Lee Yuan-tsu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, John Prescott ranks 470. Before him are Spencer Dryden, Carlos Garaikoetxea, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Stephen F. Cohen, Gyula Rákosi, and Herb Elliott. After him are Owe Ohlsson, Kito Lorenc, Sherman Hemsley, Allen Toussaint, Eppie Wietzes, and Jean-Marie Doré. Among people deceased in 2024, John Prescott ranks 335. Before him are Martin Mull, Alan Rees, Robert H. Dennard, Peter Armbruster, Richard Lewis, and Francisco Rodríguez. After him are Frank Auerbach, Guram Kostava, Fernando José de França Dias Van-Dúnem, E. Allen Emerson, Stephen Laybutt, and Jon Landau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Prescott ranks 4,436 out of 8,785. Before him are Keir Hardie (1856), L. S. Lowry (1887), Ann Bishop (1899), Piers Sellers (1955), Peter Morgan (1963), and Thomas Lewis (1881). After him are Anthony Newley (1931), Sophie Ellis-Bextor (1979), Christian Coulson (1978), Wordsworth Donisthorpe (1847), Holly Johnson (1960), and Ian McElhinney (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Prescott ranks 535. Before him are Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Reggie Pridmore (1886), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Leander Starr Jameson (1853), and Keir Hardie (1856). After him are George Reid (1845), Robert Moray (1609), George Galloway (1954), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), Michael Portillo (1953), and Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951).

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