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Nick Leeson

1967 - Today

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Nicholas William Leeson (born 25 February 1967) is an English former derivatives trader whose fraudulent, unauthorised and speculative trades resulted in the 1995 collapse of Barings Bank, the United Kingdom's second oldest merchant bank. He was convicted of financial crime in a Singapore court and served over four years in Changi Prison. Between 2005 and 2011, Leeson had senior management roles at League of Ireland club Galway United. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nick Leeson has received more than 2,697,434 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Nick Leeson is the 17,689th most popular politician (down from 15,811th in 2019), the 5,977th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,124th in 2019) and the 650th most popular British Politician.

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  • 2.7M

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  • 39.64

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nick Leeson ranks 17,689 out of 19,576. Before him are Payne Stewart, Isabella Abbott, Saleh Ali al-Sammad, Chiril Gaburici, Panos Kammenos, and Augustin Matata Ponyo. After him are Tomasi Puapua, Estes Kefauver, Lloyd Erskine Sandiford, Button Gwinnett, Mary Lou McDonald, and Jim Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Nick Leeson ranks 518. Before him are Robb Flynn, Branko Brnović, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, Gordan Jandroković, Paulo Cezar Costa, and Amanda Lepore. After him are Colin Kolles, Gene Hoglan, Kazumi Totaka, Sissi, Dirk Schuster, and Fred Tatasciore.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Leeson ranks 5,977 out of 8,785. Before him are Nick Pope (1992), Geoffrey Palmer (1927), Bradley James (1983), Philippe Sands (1960), Andrew Howard (1969), and Philip Glenister (1963). After him are Mary Russell Mitford (1787), Dusa McDuff (1945), Andrew Tiernan (1965), Richard van der Riet Woolley (1906), Domino Harvey (1969), and Michelle Gomez (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Nick Leeson ranks 650. Before him are Dennis Skinner (1932), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), Francis Pym (1922), Philip May (1957), Peter Robinson (1948), and William Hague (1961). After him are Button Gwinnett (1735), Betty Boothroyd (1929), Leon Brittan (1939), Francis Lewis (1713), Henry Sewell (1807), and Eric Bristow (1957).

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