POLITICIAN

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 2,450,860 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). John Profumo is the 10,038th most popular politician (down from 9,561st in 2019), the 2,054th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,029th in 2019) and the 315th most popular British Politician.

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  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Profumo ranks 10,038 out of 19,576. Before him are Jacques Georges, John Lee Ka-chiu, Nithard, Georg Leibbrandt, Glaucus of Corinth, and Shigeru Kayano. After him are Nikolai Denkov, Ahmad Shah Bahadur, Pedro González de Mendoza, Nilo Peçanha, Charles I of Albret, and Ashur-dan I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, John Profumo ranks 108. Before him are Tim, Artur London, Marais Viljoen, Evgeny Lifshitz, Alberto Burri, and Paul Castellano. After him are Herma Bauma, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Edmond O'Brien, Willie Dixon, Albert Ghiorso, and Takeshi Kamo. Among people deceased in 2006, John Profumo ranks 142. Before him are Red Buttons, Seymour Martin Lipset, Rocío Jurado, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Brudos, and Shigeru Kayano. After him are Mickey Hargitay, Ghulam Ishaq Khan, Paul Gleason, Rudi Carrell, Asima Chatterjee, and Jack Williamson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Profumo ranks 2,054 out of 8,785. Before him are The Edge (1961), Alfred Edwards (1850), Eddie the Eagle (1963), Damien Hirst (1965), George Albert Smith (1864), and William Foulke (1874). After him are William Paley (1743), Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Tim Hunt (1943), Rick Parfitt (1948), Thomas Gray (1716), and Samuel Frederick Gray (1766).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Profumo ranks 315. Before him are Æthelbald of Mercia (700), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Sadiq Khan (1970), Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury (1563), Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots (1404), and Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (1355). After him are Prince Arthur of Connaught (1883), Edward Balliol (1283), Eleanor, Fair Maid of Brittany (1182), James Connolly (1868), Caratacus (15), and Thomas Fairfax (1612).

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