POLITICIAN

Keir Hardie

1856 - 1915

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James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 – 26 September 1915) was a Scottish trade unionist and politician. He was a founder of the Labour Party, and served as its first parliamentary leader from 1906 to 1908. Hardie was born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keir Hardie has received more than 1,076,129 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Keir Hardie is the 15,877th most popular politician (down from 14,818th in 2019), the 4,430th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,316th in 2019) and the 534th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.27

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.89

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.15

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Keir Hardies by language

Over the past year Keir Hardie has had the most page views in the with 116,441 views, followed by German (7,961), and French (3,109). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Catalan (126.94%), Persian (84.68%), and Scottish Gaelic (68.18%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Keir Hardie ranks 15,877 out of 19,576. Before him are Efstathios Chorafas, Leander Starr Jameson, Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Léon Mébiame, and Amadou Gon Coulibaly. After him are Francisco Javier de Istúriz y Montero, Nabu-apla-iddina, Eligio Ayala, J. B. Kripalani, John Prescott, and Malu Dreyer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Keir Hardie ranks 118. Before him are Edward Goodrich Acheson, Anton Aškerc, Friedrich Kluge, Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Walther von Dyck, and Karolina Widerström. After him are Yuly Shokalsky, Wovoka, Granville Woods, Colin Campbell Cooper, Frank Harris, and Jens Bratlie. Among people deceased in 1915, Keir Hardie ranks 115. Before him are Nelson W. Aldrich, Antonio Flores Jijón, Lajos Gönczy, Nikolay Umov, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, and Solomon Schechter. After him are Béla Las-Torres, José María Campo Serrano, Charles Walter De Vis, Vasily Goncharov, W. G. Grace, and Henry Roscoe.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keir Hardie ranks 4,430 out of 8,785. Before him are Randolph Caldecott (1846), Susan Haack (1945), Thomas Sully (1783), Leander Starr Jameson (1853), Polly Walker (1966), and Edgar Evans (1876). After him are L. S. Lowry (1887), Ann Bishop (1899), Piers Sellers (1955), Peter Morgan (1963), Thomas Lewis (1881), and John Prescott (1938).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Keir Hardie ranks 534. Before him are John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690), Amina J. Mohammed (1961), Reggie Pridmore (1886), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), and Leander Starr Jameson (1853). After him are John Prescott (1938), George Reid (1845), Robert Moray (1609), George Galloway (1954), Ruth Williams Khama (1923), and Michael Portillo (1953).

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