968 - 1057
Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia. He founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock and was a very powerful earl under King Cnut and his successors. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leofric, Earl of Mercia has received more than 351,309 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Leofric, Earl of Mercia is the 12,819th most popular politician (down from 11,634th in 2019).
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Among politicians, Leofric, Earl of Mercia ranks 12,819 out of 15,577. Before him are Theodoros Pangalos, Cearl of Mercia, Haruo Remeliik, Geir Hallgrímsson, Stephen F. Austin, and Òscar Ribas Reig. After him are George Mason, Avetis Aharonian, Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, Dmitry Peskov, Damrong Rajanubhab, and Ruth Williams Khama.
1938 - 2023
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 12,813
600 - 700
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 12,814
1933 - 1985
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 12,815
1925 - 1990
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,816
1793 - 1836
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,817
1936 - 2020
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,818
968 - 1057
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,819
1725 - 1792
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,820
1866 - 1948
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,821
1858 - 1944
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 12,822
1967 - Present
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,823
1862 - 1943
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,824
1923 - 2002
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 12,825
Among people born in 968, Leofric, Earl of Mercia ranks 5. Before him are Romanos III Argyros, Æthelred the Unready, Emperor Zhenzong, and Sigrid the Haughty. Among people deceased in 1057, Leofric, Earl of Mercia ranks 7. Before him are Al-Maʿarri, Pope Victor II, Macbeth, King of Scotland, Edward the Exile, Reginald I, Count of Burgundy, and Otto III, Duke of Swabia.
968 - 1034
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 1
968 - 1016
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 2
968 - 1022
HPI: 63.98
Rank: 3
968 - 1014
HPI: 62.04
Rank: 4
968 - 1057
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 5
973 - 1057
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 1
1018 - 1057
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 2
1005 - 1057
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 3
1016 - 1057
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 4
986 - 1057
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 5
950 - 1057
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 6
968 - 1057
HPI: 48.05
Rank: 7