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Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

1879 - 1964

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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the Daily Express, which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook has received more than 951,159 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook is the 15,499th most popular politician (down from 14,285th in 2019), the 452nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 429th in 2019) and the 35th most popular Canadian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 15,499 out of 19,576. Before him are Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Vladimir Makogonov, Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río, Cathal Brugha, Joaquín Sánchez de Toca, and Sesheshet. After him are Vladimir Resin, Sergey Tereshchenko, Bodil Katharine Biørn, Aldfrith of Northumbria, Zlatko Lagumdžija, and Jigme Thinley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 210. Before him are Lucile Watson, Kārlis Skalbe, Johan Falkberget, Alfrēds Kalniņš, Aeneas Mackintosh, and Adolf Spinnler. After him are Arthur Johnson, Harry DeBaecke, Juan Manuel Frutos, Ğäliäsğar Kamal, Ferenc Móra, and Birger Sörvik. Among people deceased in 1964, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 169. Before him are Guru Dutt, William Garbutt, Georg Jacoby, Charles Bouvier, Arthur Hohl, and John Eke. After him are Carlos Hevia, Carlos Quintanilla, Ville Pörhölä, Mikhail Svetlov, Johnny Burnette, and Olavi Paavolainen.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 452 out of 1,622. Before him are Dean Butler (1956), Guy Gavriel Kay (1954), Francis Pegahmagabow (1891), Jack Carson (1910), Cory Monteith (1982), and Antonine Maillet (1929). After him are Nia Vardalos (1962), Alexis Smith (1921), Barbara Kent (1907), Corey Haim (1971), Anke Engelke (1965), and Daniel Gillies (1976).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 35. Before him are Julie Payette (1963), Jacques Parizeau (1930), Ted Cruz (1970), Patricia Jones (1930), Brock Chisholm (1896), and Nancy Greene Raine (1943). After him are François Legault (1957), Pauline Marois (1949), George-Étienne Cartier (1814), Myrtle Cook (1902), Jennifer Granholm (1959), and Ian Millar (1947).

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