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Leon Brittan

1939 - 2015

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Leon Brittan, Baron Brittan of Spennithorne, (25 September 1939 – 21 January 2015) was a British Conservative politician and barrister who served as a European Commissioner from 1989 to 1999. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leon Brittan has received more than 668,497 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Leon Brittan is the 17,711th most popular politician (down from 16,409th in 2019), the 6,006th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,656th in 2019) and the 653rd most popular British Politician.

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  • 670k

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  • 47.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Leon Brittan ranks 17,711 out of 19,576. Before him are Kapil Sibal, Sitara Achakzai, Serhiy Arbuzov, Johnny Isakson, Mark Warner, and Betty Boothroyd. After him are Frank Lautenberg, Adrián Fernández, Alexei Nemov, George Borg Olivier, Hervé Morin, and Ayman Nour.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Leon Brittan ranks 616. Before him are Carole Shelley, Jim Baxter, Salvatore Nunnari, Renée Schuurman, Willye White, and Jagdeep. After him are Baldur Preiml, Mary K. Gaillard, John H. Sununu, Pilar Roldán, Jerry Butler, and Bill Toomey. Among people deceased in 2015, Leon Brittan ranks 508. Before him are Svetlana Kitova, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Ferenc Konrád, Amanda Peterson, Ali Treki, and Florența Mihai. After him are George Clayton Johnson, Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, Walter Browne, Jayne Meadows, Charles Correa, and Taylor Negron.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Leon Brittan ranks 6,006 out of 8,785. Before him are John Dankworth (1927), Stuart Williams (1930), Paul Emery (1916), Mick Rock (1948), Alexander Munro (1870), and Betty Boothroyd (1929). After him are Frederick Denison Maurice (1805), Evelyn Glennie (1965), Jessica Brown Findlay (1989), Simon Wells (1961), Sheila Jeffreys (1948), and Simon Singh (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Leon Brittan ranks 653. Before him are Philip May (1957), Peter Robinson (1948), William Hague (1961), Nick Leeson (1967), Button Gwinnett (1735), and Betty Boothroyd (1929). After him are Francis Lewis (1713), Henry Sewell (1807), Eric Bristow (1957), Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), Vince Cable (1943), and Frederick Merriman (1873).

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