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Martin McGuinness

1950 - 2017

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James Martin Pacelli McGuinness (Irish: Séamus Máirtín Pacelli Mag Aonghusa; 23 May 1950 – 21 March 2017) was an Irish republican politician and statesman for Sinn Féin and a leader within the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) during The Troubles. He was the deputy First Minister of Northern Ireland from May 2007 to January 2017.McGuinness served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Mid Ulster from 1997 until his resignation in 2013. Like all Sinn Féin MPs, McGuinness followed abstentionism in the Westminster Parliament. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin McGuinness has received more than 2,510,708 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Martin McGuinness is the 13,870th most popular politician (up from 14,386th in 2019), the 3,244th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,020th in 2019) and the 450th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.90

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Martin McGuinness has had the most page views in the with 228,570 views, followed by German (16,539), and Italian (8,174). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Cornish (236.73%), Galician (73.18%), and Simple English (60.56%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Martin McGuinness ranks 13,870 out of 19,576. Before him are Elise Richter, Kullervo Manner, Herneith, Doryssus, Ali Al-Naimi, and Givi Javakhishvili. After him are Gina Raimondo, Pierre Nord Alexis, Mazie Hirono, Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Georg von Habsburg, and Youcef Yousfi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Martin McGuinness ranks 338. Before him are Seiki Ichihara, Kate Nelligan, Annelie Ehrhardt, Rene Bond, Tantoo Cardinal, and Kurt Jara. After him are Ján Švehlík, Leonard Whiting, Toshiko Fujita, Charles Fleischer, Ljubomir Ljubojević, and Andrea Riccardi. Among people deceased in 2017, Martin McGuinness ranks 327. Before him are Türkân Akyol, Mikhail Nikolayevich Zadornov, Nicky Hayden, Abdur Rahman Biswas, Giuliano Sarti, and Amotz Zahavi. After him are Ángel Berni, Hugh Thomas, Baron Thomas of Swynnerton, Yambo Ouologuem, Míriam Colón, Ezio Pascutti, and Rance Howard.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin McGuinness ranks 3,244 out of 8,785. Before him are John Benbow (1653), Wilfrid (634), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), Diana Dors (1931), Richard O'Brien (1942), and Alan Bennett (1934). After him are Jonathan Wild (1683), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Davy Jones (1945), Lady Byron (1792), Dick Turpin (1705), and John Selden (1584).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Martin McGuinness ranks 450. Before him are Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Prince Edward, Duke of York and Albany (1739), Charlie Whiting (1952), Nevile Henderson (1882), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), and Jeremy Thorpe (1929). After him are Emil Voigt (1883), Matthew Hopkins (1620), Stephen Gardiner (1497), Catherine of York (1479), John Negroponte (1939), and Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (1374).

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