POLITICIAN

Nigel Lawson

1932 - 2023

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Nigel Lawson, Baron Lawson of Blaby, (11 March 1932 – 3 April 2023) was a British politician and journalist. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Member of Parliament for Blaby from 1974 to 1992, and served in Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet from 1981 to 1989. Prior to entering the Cabinet, he served as the Financial Secretary to the Treasury from May 1979 until his promotion to Secretary of State for Energy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nigel Lawson has received more than 2,214,841 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Nigel Lawson is the 16,303rd most popular politician (down from 15,583rd in 2019), the 4,775th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,939th in 2019) and the 569th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.64

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nigel Lawson ranks 16,303 out of 19,576. Before him are David Samanez Ocampo, Teburoro Tito, Laura Codruța Kövesi, Aigars Kalvītis, Domnall Brecc, and Gopal Swarup Pathak. After him are Willy Bandholz, Henry McMaster, Jimmie Åkesson, Abraham Berge, Mohammad Rabbani, and Juan Antonio Escurra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Nigel Lawson ranks 469. Before him are Gösta Sandberg, Ahmet Berman, Ann-Sofi Pettersson, Nasif Estéfano, Alberto Winkler, and Dobrosav Krstić. After him are Inga Swenson, Pál Gábor, Tamás Gábor, Prunella Scales, Edward Stevens, and Albert Reynolds. Among people deceased in 2023, Nigel Lawson ranks 523. Before him are Vahidin Musemić, John Jakes, Jean-Jacques Favier, Richard Davis, Samuel T. Durrance, and Bob Knight. After him are Inga Swenson, Parkash Singh Badal, Andy Rourke, Christo Jivkov, George Maharis, and Anne Heywood.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Nigel Lawson ranks 4,775 out of 8,785. Before him are Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811), Glyn Johns (1942), Giles Gilbert Scott (1880), Lionel Tertis (1876), Robert H. McNaught (1956), and James Gibbs (1682). After him are Susan Cooper (1935), Patricia Quinn (1944), Thomas Button (1575), Henry Tate (1819), Ed O'Brien (1968), and Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Nigel Lawson ranks 569. Before him are George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (1716), Mountstuart Elphinstone (1779), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), David Owen (1938), and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend (1674). After him are Reginald McKenna (1863), Henry Hardinge, 1st Viscount Hardinge (1785), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), John Hope, 7th Earl of Hopetoun (1860), Charles Rosher (1885), and Mackenzie Bowell (1823).

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