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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 oldest merchant bank. Leeson 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 2,529,700 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Nick Leeson is the 15,869th most popular politician (down from 13,827th in 2019), the 5,136th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,373rd in 2019) and the 587th most popular British Politician.

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  • 2.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nick Leeson ranks 15,869 out of 15,577. Before him are Paul Radmilovic, Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, Patrick M. Shanahan, António Vitorino, Witold Waszczykowski, and Roland Koch. After him are Cory Booker, Arun Jaitley, Georgy Poltavchenko, Balram Jakhar, Feroz Khan Noon, and Agata Kornhauser-Duda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Nick Leeson ranks 383. Before him are Adam Taubitz, Luigi Apolloni, Domenico Schiattarella, Alexander Volkov, Toshihiko Koga, and Macy Gray. After him are Takuya Takagi, Olivier Dahan, Lupita Jones, Philippe Poutou, Gene Hoglan, and Alan Gilbert.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nick Leeson ranks 5,136 out of 7,765. Before him are Jessica Brown Findlay (1989), Noel Harrison (1934), Henry Thomas Colebrooke (1765), Anne Dudley (1956), Paul Radmilovic (1886), and Anthony R. Hunter (1943). After him are Carrie Johnson (1988), Ian Brown (1963), Angus Wilson (1913), Bunny Austin (1906), Ann Jones (1938), and Henry Vaughan (1621).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Nick Leeson ranks 587. Before him are Vince Cable (1943), Harry Pollitt (1890), Donald Dewar (1937), David Davis (1948), George Lansbury (1859), and Paul Radmilovic (1886). After him are David Kelly (1944), Charles Rosher (1885), Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), Denis Healey (1917), Kenneth Clarke (1940), and Rhodri Morgan (1939).

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