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Nicola Sturgeon

1970 - Today

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Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon (born 19 July 1970) is a Scottish politician who served as First Minister of Scotland and Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 2014 to 2023. She has served as a member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) since 1999, first as an additional member for the Glasgow electoral region, and as the member for Glasgow Southside (formerly Glasgow Govan) from 2007. Born in Ayrshire, Sturgeon is a law graduate of the University of Glasgow. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicola Sturgeon has received more than 6,704,888 page views. Her biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 60 in 2019). Nicola Sturgeon is the 15,019th most popular politician (down from 13,833rd in 2019), the 3,886th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,626th in 2019) and the 505th most popular British Politician.

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  • 6.7M

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  • 54.08

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  • 63

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.98

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nicola Sturgeon ranks 15,019 out of 19,576Before her are Mahboob Ali Khan, Osman Hussein, Aspelta, Elephenor, Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, and Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon. After her are Thawan Thamrongnawasawat, Dimitar Kovačevski, Eanred of Northumbria, Fruto Chamorro, Norbert Blüm, and Lambert Simnel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1970, Nicola Sturgeon ranks 163Before her are Jonathan Stroud, Ted Cruz, Winston Bogarde, Bjarni Benediktsson, Pedro Diniz, and Skeet Ulrich. After her are Sam Lake, Ryu Seung-ryong, Sarah Silverman, Jia Zhangke, Prince Carlos, Duke of Parma, and Samantha Mathis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nicola Sturgeon ranks 3,886 out of 8,785Before her are Alex Kingston (1963), Cassandra Austen (1773), Donald Rayfield (1942), John Farey Sr. (1766), Aaron Arrowsmith (1750), and Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866). After her are John Ogdon (1937), Tommy Green (1894), Stuart McCall (1964), Lambert Simnel (1477), Clara Reeve (1729), and Ken Wharton (1916).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Nicola Sturgeon ranks 505Before her are Andrew Fisher (1862), James Wilson (1742), Charles Booth (1840), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea (1810), and Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866). After her are Lambert Simnel (1477), Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (1000), Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife (1849), Princess Sophia of Gloucester (1773), William Martin (1767), and Billy Hughes (1862).