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Josep Borrell

1947 - Today

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Josep Borrell Fontelles (Western Catalan: [dʒuˈzɛb boˈreʎ fonˈteʎes]; born 24 April 1947) is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission from 2019 to 2024. A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE), he served as President of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007 and as Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation from 2018 to 2019. Born and raised in the Catalan village of La Pobla de Segur, Borrell is an aeronautical engineer and economist by training as well as professor of mathematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Josep Borrell has received more than 1,170,523 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Josep Borrell is the 689th most popular politician (up from 985th in 2019), the 64th most popular biography from Spain (up from 79th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Spanish Politician.

Josep Borrell is most famous for being the president of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2007.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 75.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 49

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Josep Borrell ranks 689 out of 19,576. Before him are Christian I of Denmark, Giorgio Napolitano, Hans Frank, Anthony Eden, Baldwin I of Jerusalem, and Mahathir Mohamad. After him are Alexandra of Denmark, Stanisław Leszczyński, Şehzade Cihangir, Ferdinand VII of Spain, Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor, and Gideon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Josep Borrell ranks 14. Before him are Elton John, David Letterman, Brian Johnson, Dilma Rousseff, Florentino Pérez, and Brian May. After him are Ali Abdullah Saleh, Salman Rushdie, James Hunt, Shirin Ebadi, Mario Draghi, and Paul Auster.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Borrell ranks 64 out of 3,355. Before him are Jusepe de Ribera (1591), Florentino Pérez (1947), Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), Ramon Llull (1232), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), and Quintilian (35). After him are Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Abbas ibn Firnas (810), Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), and Luis Aragonés (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Josep Borrell ranks 18. Before him are Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Charles III of Spain (1716), Arcadius (377), Isabella II of Spain (1830), and Abd al-Rahman III (889). After him are Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Roderic (688), Ferdinand VI of Spain (1713), and Muhammad XII of Granada (1459).

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