1938 - 1994
John Smith (13 September 1938 – 12 May 1994) was a British Labour politician who served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party from July 1992 until his death from a heart attack in May 1994. Smith first entered Parliament in 1970 and, after junior ministerial roles as Minister of State for Energy (1975–1976) and Minister of State for the Privy Council Office (1976–1978), he entered the Cabinet towards the end of James Callaghan's tenure as Prime Minister, serving as Secretary of State for Trade and President of the Board of Trade (1978–1979). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Smith has received more than 257,208 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). John Smith is the 13,699th most popular politician (down from 11,705th in 2019), the 4,276th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,942nd in 2019) and the 507th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, John Smith ranks 13,699 out of 15,710. Before him are Susan Rice, Dmitry Kozak, Afonso Dhlakama, Douglas Hurd, Sonny Perdue, and Marcus Plautius Silvanus. After him are Jeremiah S. Black, Marco Rubio, Miriam A. Ferguson, Zlatko Mateša, Prince Ali bin Hussein, and Margrete Auken.
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 13,693
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 13,694
1953 - 2018
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 13,695
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 13,696
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 13,697
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 13,698
1938 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 13,699
1810 - 1883
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 13,700
1971 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 13,701
1875 - 1961
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 13,702
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 13,703
1975 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 13,704
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 13,705
Among people born in 1938, John Smith ranks 411. Before him are Giorgio Puia, Gimax, Ernie Pieterse, David Owen, Armando Tobar, and Spencer Dryden. After him are Judy Blume, Lester Bird, Napoleon Chagnon, Neil Abercrombie, Stanley Fish, and Galina Gorokhova. Among people deceased in 1994, John Smith ranks 246. Before him are R. D. Burman, Dack Rambo, Antal Kocsis, Bill Hicks, Martha Raye, and Raymond Scott. After him are Ellsworth Vines, Dolly Haas, Stephen McNally, Bud Houser, Duncan Hamilton, and Kristen Pfaff.
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 405
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 406
1938 - 2017
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 407
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 408
1938 - 2016
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 409
1938 - 2005
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 410
1938 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 411
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 412
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 413
1938 - 2019
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 414
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 415
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.26
Rank: 416
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 417
1939 - 1994
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 240
1941 - 1994
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 241
1905 - 1994
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 242
1961 - 1994
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 243
1916 - 1994
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 244
1908 - 1994
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 245
1938 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 246
1911 - 1994
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 247
1910 - 1994
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 248
1911 - 1994
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 249
1901 - 1994
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 250
1920 - 1994
HPI: 54.80
Rank: 251
1967 - 1994
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 252
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Smith ranks 4,276 out of 6,924. Before him are David Thompson (1770), Jonathan Penrose (1933), George Blagden (1989), David Brabham (1965), Beryl Bainbridge (1932), and Sheila Hancock (1933). After him are John Dill (1881), Ian McElhinney (1948), Chris Dreja (1945), Robert Service (1947), Chris Lawrence (1933), and James Herbert (1943).
1770 - 1857
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4,270
1933 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4,271
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 4,272
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 4,273
1932 - 2010
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 4,274
1933 - Present
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4,275
1938 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4,276
1881 - 1944
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 4,277
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 4,278
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 4,279
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 4,280
1933 - 2011
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,281
1943 - 2013
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 4,282
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Smith ranks 507. Before him are Keir Starmer (1962), George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland (1784), David Owen (1938), Margaret Beckett (1943), Cherie Blair (1954), and Douglas Hurd (1930). After him are Keir Hardie (1856), Mackenzie Bowell (1823), James Oglethorpe (1696), George Reid (1845), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), and John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon (1873).
1962 - Present
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 501
1784 - 1849
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 502
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 503
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 504
1954 - Present
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 505
1930 - Present
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 506
1938 - 1994
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 507
1856 - 1915
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 508
1823 - 1917
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 509
1696 - 1785
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 510
1845 - 1918
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 511
1785 - 1856
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 512
1873 - 1954
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 513