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Michael Portillo

1953 - Today

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Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo ( por-TIL-oh; born 26 May 1953) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and former Conservative Party politician. His broadcast series include railway documentaries such as Great British Railway Journeys and Great Continental Railway Journeys. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michael Portillo has received more than 6,590,567 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Michael Portillo is the 15,942nd most popular politician (down from 13,618th in 2019), the 4,493rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,516th in 2019) and the 540th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 6.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael Portillo ranks 15,942 out of 19,576. Before him are Ben Cardin, Vladimir Pashkov, Henry Dearborn, Gediminas Vagnorius, Ruth Williams Khama, and Galab Donev. After him are R. James Woolsey Jr., N. Chandrababu Naidu, Karmenu Vella, Policarpo Paz García, Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster, and Klaus Tschütscher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Michael Portillo ranks 414. Before him are Søren Busk, Karen Bass, Steve Jackson, David Buss, Katsuya Okada, and Dina Rubina. After him are Matija Ljubek, James Smith, Georg Friedrich Haas, Friedhelm Funkel, Daniel Sanchez, and Valero Rivera López.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Portillo ranks 4,493 out of 8,785. Before him are Jimmy Stewart (1931), Alan Cottrell (1919), Charles Henry Bartlett (1885), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), Gary Cahill (1985), and Ruth Williams Khama (1923). After him are Bernard Lovell (1913), Richard Knill Freeman (1840), Ken Matthews (1934), Simon Baron-Cohen (1958), Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), and Jamie Bell (1986).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Michael Portillo ranks 540. Before him are Keir Hardie (1856), John Prescott (1938), George Reid (1845), Robert Moray (1609), George Galloway (1954), and Ruth Williams Khama (1923). After him are Gerald Grosvenor, 6th Duke of Westminster (1951), John Francis Davis (1795), Aneurin Bevan (1897), Michael Foot (1913), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), and Najla El Mangoush (1973).

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