1953 - Today
Michael Denzil Xavier Portillo (; 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 5,974,132 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Portillo is the 13,666th most popular politician (down from 13,232nd in 2019), the 3,524th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,889th in 2019) and the 470th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Michael Portillo ranks 13,666 out of 15,577. Before him are Ptolemaeus of Commagene, Bainbridge Colby, José María Castro Madriz, Pascual Madoz, Manuel Merino, and Numa Droz. After him are David Padilla, Pedro Vélez, Ceolwulf I of Mercia, Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein, and Georgi Atanasov.
250 BC - 130 BC
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,660
1869 - 1950
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 13,661
1818 - 1892
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,662
1806 - 1870
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,663
1961 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 13,664
1844 - 1899
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 13,665
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 13,666
1927 - 2016
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 13,667
1787 - 1848
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 13,668
800 - 823
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 13,669
1953 - 2017
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 13,670
1872 - 1956
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 13,671
1933 - 2022
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 13,672
Among people born in 1953, Michael Portillo ranks 284. Before him are Eric Bogosian, Ching Siu-tung, Eleonora Giorgi, Katarina Frostenson, Elaine Chao, and Lesley Nicol. After him are Ely Ould Mohamed Vall, Steve Jackson, Peter Schreyer, Jan Kjærstad, Yuri Bashmet, and Tony Carey.
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 278
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 279
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 280
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 281
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 282
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 283
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 284
1953 - 2017
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 285
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 286
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 287
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 288
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 289
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 290
Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Portillo ranks 3,524 out of 7,765. Before him are Simon McBurney (1957), William Camden (1551), William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Kelly Macdonald (1976), Albert Lee (1943), and Lesley Nicol (1953). After him are Margery Allingham (1904), Pete Doherty (1979), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), John Lyly (1554), Leo Sayer (1948), and Helen Fielding (1958).
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 3,518
1551 - 1623
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 3,519
1816 - 1875
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 3,520
1976 - Present
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 3,521
1943 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 3,522
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 3,523
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 3,524
1904 - 1966
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 3,525
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 3,526
1872 - 1956
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 3,527
1554 - 1606
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 3,528
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 3,529
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 3,530
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Michael Portillo ranks 470. Before him are George W. Campbell (1769), Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland (1341), Florence Green (1901), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), and William Camden (1551). After him are Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), Roy Jenkins (1920), Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Alan Bullock (1914), John Julius Norwich (1929), and Malcolm MacDonald (1901).
1769 - 1848
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 464
1341 - 1408
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 465
1901 - 2012
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 466
1000 - 981
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 467
1841 - 1908
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 468
1551 - 1623
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 469
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 470
1872 - 1956
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 471
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 472
1628 - 1699
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 473
1914 - 2004
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 474
1929 - 2018
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 475
1901 - 1981
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 476