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John Profumo

1915 - 2006

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John Dennis Profumo ( prə-FEW-moh; 30 January 1915 – 9 March 2006) was a British politician whose career ended in 1963 after a sexual relationship with the 19-year-old model Christine Keeler in 1961. The scandal, which became known as the Profumo affair, led to his resignation from the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan. After his resignation Profumo worked as a volunteer at Toynbee Hall, a charity in East London, and became its chief fundraiser. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Profumo has received more than 2,344,616 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 26 in 2019). John Profumo is the 9,588th most popular politician (down from 6,912th in 2019), the 2,034th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,503rd in 2019) and the 319th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Profumo ranks 9,588 out of 15,577Before him are Gagik II of Armenia, Yves Leterme, Stanisław Mikołajczyk, Georges Marchais, Hadadezer, and Igor Moiseyev. After him are Joseph Jenkins Roberts, Constance of France, Princess of Antioch, Cuilén, Tiridates II of Parthia, Nebettawy, and Euphrosyne Doukaina Kamatera.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, John Profumo ranks 105Before him are Evgeny Lifshitz, André Frossard, Marais Viljoen, Jo Van Fleet, Robert Monroe, and Mariano Rumor. After him are Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Ken Aston, James Tiptree Jr., Albert O. Hirschman, Henry Kuttner, and Caterina Boratto. Among people deceased in 2006, John Profumo ranks 135Before him are Ahmet Ertegun, Richard Bright, Dennis Weaver, Mickey Spillane, Ferenc Szusza, and George Koval. After him are Johannes Willebrands, W. Montgomery Watt, Peter Boyle, Paul Gleason, Rudi Carrell, and Gerard Reve.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Profumo ranks 2,034 out of 7,765Before him are Thomas Arnold (1795), Billy Wright (1924), Frederick Abberline (1843), George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Saint Alban (300), and Lily Collins (1989). After him are Arthur Sullivan (1842), G. M. B. Dobson (1889), Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (1777), Liam Payne (1993), John Maynard Smith (1920), and Cecil Beaton (1904).

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