POLITICIAN

Ken Livingstone

1945 - Today

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Kenneth Robert Livingstone (; born 17 June 1945) is a retired English politician who served as the Leader of the Greater London Council (GLC) from 1981 until the council was abolished in 1986, and as Mayor of London from the creation of the office in 2000 until 2008. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Brent East from 1987 to 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Livingstone has received more than 2,077,353 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Livingstone is the 14,275th most popular politician (down from 11,341st in 2019), the 3,475th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,532nd in 2019) and the 471st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ken Livingstone ranks 14,275 out of 19,576Before him are Choe Son-hui, Liberius, Sandra Roelofs, Hussa of Bernicia, Lee Hae-chan, and Otar Patsatsia. After him are José Luis Tejada Sorzano, Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, Mukhu Aliyev, Femke Halsema, Théo Lefèvre, and Luis Adolfo Siles Salinas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Ken Livingstone ranks 406Before him are Karol Jokl, Patrick Malahide, Jean-Marie Poiré, Randy Brecker, Walt Frazier, and Brian Doyle-Murray. After him are Anna Enquist, Henrik Nordbrandt, Yekaterina Vasilyeva, Saharon Shelah, Gregory Olsen, and Naftali Temu.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ken Livingstone ranks 3,475 out of 8,785Before him are John Julius Norwich (1929), Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Dennis Taylor (1949), John McDouall Stuart (1815), John Wilkinson (1728), and Neil Murray (1950). After him are Hereward the Wake (1035), Margaret Mee (1909), Theo James (1984), Tommy Hampson (1907), Æthelthryth (636), and Don Thompson (1933).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ken Livingstone ranks 471Before him are Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey (1768), Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer (1964), Keir Starmer (1962), Cherie Blair (1954), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), and John Julius Norwich (1929). After him are Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (1858), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), Hywel Dda (880), William Huskisson (1770), Roy Jenkins (1920), and Stafford Cripps (1889).