1879 - 1919
Colonel Sir Tatton Benvenuto Mark Sykes, 6th Baronet (16 March 1879 – 16 February 1919) was an English traveller, Conservative Party politician, and diplomatic advisor, particularly with regard to the Middle East at the time of the First World War. He is associated with the Sykes–Picot Agreement, drawn up while the war was in progress regarding the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire by the United Kingdom, France and the Russian Empire, and was a key negotiator of the Balfour Declaration. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mark Sykes has received more than 412,807 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Mark Sykes is the 201st most popular explorer (up from 206th in 2019), the 1,688th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,771st in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Explorer.
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Among explorers, Mark Sykes ranks 201 out of 405. Before him are Hendrik Brouwer, James Bruce, Francisco de Montejo, John Rolfe, Helmer Hanssen, and Jedediah Smith. After him are Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney, Jacob van Heemskerck, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Atlantic voyage of the predecessor of Mansa Musa, Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon, and Enrique of Malacca.
1581 - 1643
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 195
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 196
1479 - 1553
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 197
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 198
1870 - 1956
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 199
1799 - 1831
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 200
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 201
1757 - 1820
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 202
1567 - 1607
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 203
900 - 901
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 204
1300 - 1400
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 205
1510 - 1571
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 206
1495 - 1600
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 207
Among people born in 1879, Mark Sykes ranks 74. Before him are Jacob Gade, Hans Hahn, Jane Darwell, Bernhard Schmidt, Alla Nazimova, and Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia. After him are Ernest Jones, Oskar Barnack, Hovannes Adamian, Eli Heckscher, René Pottier, and Aimo Cajander. Among people deceased in 1919, Mark Sykes ranks 66. Before him are Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves, Daniel Peter, William Osler, Wilfrid Laurier, Tivadar Csontváry Kosztka, and Adelina Patti. After him are Hugo Haase, Louis Botha, Karl Brugmann, Itagaki Taisuke, Max Heindel, and Wilhelm Lehmbruck.
1879 - 1963
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 68
1879 - 1934
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 69
1879 - 1967
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 70
1879 - 1935
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 71
1879 - 1945
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 72
1879 - 1956
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 73
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 74
1879 - 1958
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 75
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 76
1879 - 1932
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 77
1879 - 1952
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 78
1879 - 1907
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 79
1879 - 1943
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 80
1848 - 1919
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 60
1836 - 1919
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 61
1849 - 1919
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 62
1841 - 1919
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 63
1853 - 1919
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 64
1843 - 1919
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 65
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 66
1863 - 1919
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 67
1862 - 1919
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 68
1849 - 1919
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 69
1837 - 1919
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 70
1865 - 1919
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 71
1881 - 1919
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 72
Among people born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 1,688 out of 7,765. Before him are Elias Ashmole (1617), Edwin Abbott Abbott (1838), Havelock Ellis (1859), Clive Burr (1957), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Alan Walker (1997). After him are John Collier (1850), George Green (1793), Joseph Henry Blackburne (1841), Irvine Welsh (1957), Ernest Jones (1879), and William Hamilton (1730).
1617 - 1692
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 1,682
1838 - 1926
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,683
1859 - 1939
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,684
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 1,685
1865 - 1939
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 1,686
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,687
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,688
1850 - 1934
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 1,689
1793 - 1841
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 1,690
1841 - 1924
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 1,691
1957 - Present
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 1,692
1879 - 1958
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 1,693
1730 - 1803
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 1,694
Among explorers born in United Kingdom, Mark Sykes ranks 25. Before him are Martin Frobisher (1535), Alexander Mackenzie (1764), Samuel Wallis (1728), Matthew Flinders (1774), James Bruce (1730), and John Rolfe (1585). After him are Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Douglas Mawson (1882), John Byron (1723), Samuel Baker (1821), William Parry (1790), and Anthony Jenkinson (1529).
1535 - 1594
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 19
1764 - 1820
HPI: 57.13
Rank: 20
1728 - 1795
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 21
1774 - 1814
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 22
1730 - 1794
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 23
1585 - 1622
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 24
1879 - 1919
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 25
1776 - 1839
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 26
1882 - 1958
HPI: 53.26
Rank: 27
1723 - 1786
HPI: 53.09
Rank: 28
1821 - 1893
HPI: 52.86
Rank: 29
1790 - 1855
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 30
1529 - 1610
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 31