1924 - 1992
Edward John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer, (24 January 1924 – 29 March 1992), styled Viscount Althorp until June 1975, was a British nobleman, military officer, and courtier. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer has received more than 6,331,040 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer is the 3,144th most popular politician (up from 3,888th in 2019), the 717th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 886th in 2019) and the 129th most popular British Politician.
John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer is most famous for being the father of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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Among politicians, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer ranks 3,144 out of 15,577. Before him are Shajar al-Durr, Janez Janša, Gülbahar Hatun, Xiao He, Xin Zhui, and Lázaro Cárdenas. After him are Ferdinand IV of Castile, Hilderic, Georgy Chicherin, Louis, Duke of Savoy, Emperor Ōgimachi, and Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia.
1216 - 1257
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,138
1958 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,139
1429 - 1492
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,140
257 BC - 193
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,141
215 BC - 163 BC
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,142
1895 - 1970
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,143
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,144
1285 - 1312
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 3,145
460 - 533
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,146
1872 - 1936
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,147
1413 - 1465
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,148
1517 - 1593
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,149
1908 - 1975
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 3,150
Among people born in 1924, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer ranks 44. Before him are Roger Guillemin, Francisco Macías Nguema, Christopher Tolkien, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Ed Wood, and Karmapa. After him are Allan MacLeod Cormack, Guy Williams, Luigi Nono, Ahmadou Ahidjo, Madame Nhu, and Lee Iacocca. Among people deceased in 1992, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer ranks 31. Before him are Samuel Reshevsky, Karl Carstens, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Peyo, Daniel Bovet, and Paolo Borsellino. After him are Günther Anders, H. L. A. Hart, Kaysone Phomvihane, David Bohm, Sam Walton, and Denny Hulme.
1924 - Present
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 38
1924 - 1979
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 39
1924 - 2020
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 40
1924 - 2018
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 41
1924 - 1978
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 42
1924 - Present
HPI: 62.05
Rank: 43
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 44
1924 - 1998
HPI: 61.71
Rank: 45
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 46
1924 - 1990
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 47
1924 - 1989
HPI: 61.29
Rank: 48
1924 - 2011
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 49
1924 - 2019
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 50
1911 - 1992
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 25
1914 - 1992
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 26
1917 - 1992
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 27
1928 - 1992
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 28
1907 - 1992
HPI: 63.00
Rank: 29
1940 - 1992
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 30
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 31
1902 - 1992
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 32
1907 - 1992
HPI: 61.78
Rank: 33
1920 - 1992
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 34
1992 - 1992
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 35
1918 - 1992
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 36
1936 - 1992
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer ranks 717 out of 7,765. Before him are Edward B. Titchener (1867), Andrew Huxley (1917), Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809), John Kendrew (1917), William Oughtred (1574), and Kim Cattrall (1956). After him are Thomas Malory (1405), George Martin (1926), Willibrord (658), John Paul Jones (1946), Ian Paice (1948), and Benjamin Hornigold (1680).
1867 - 1927
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 711
1917 - 2012
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 712
1809 - 1892
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 713
1917 - 1997
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 714
1574 - 1660
HPI: 61.96
Rank: 715
1956 - Present
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 716
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 717
1405 - 1471
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 718
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 719
658 - 739
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 720
1946 - Present
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 721
1948 - Present
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 722
1680 - 1719
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 723
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer ranks 129. Before him are Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), Clementine Churchill (1885), Richard of Cornwall (1209), Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1853), Norman Angell (1872), and Margaret of York (1446). After him are James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534), Robert III of Scotland (1330), Gordon Brown (1951), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Richmond and Somerset (1519), Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443), and Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (1430).
1796 - 1817
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 123
1885 - 1977
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 124
1209 - 1272
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 125
1853 - 1884
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 126
1872 - 1967
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 127
1446 - 1503
HPI: 62.07
Rank: 128
1924 - 1992
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 129
1534 - 1578
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 130
1330 - 1406
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 131
1951 - Present
HPI: 61.80
Rank: 132
1519 - 1536
HPI: 61.77
Rank: 133
1443 - 1509
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 134
1430 - 1456
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 135