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Norman Manley

1893 - 1969

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Norman Washington Manley (4 July 1893 – 2 September 1969) was a Jamaican statesman who served as the first and only Premier of Jamaica. A Rhodes Scholar, Manley became one of Jamaica's leading lawyers in the 1920s. Manley was an advocate of universal suffrage, which was granted by the British colonial government to the colony in 1944. Encouraged by Osmond Theodore Fairclough, who had joined forces with the brothers Frank and Ken Hill, Hedley P. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Manley has received more than 600,264 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Norman Manley is the 18,456th most popular politician (down from 16,887th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 82nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Jamaican Politician.

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  • 600k

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  • 35.92

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.18

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  • 3.51

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Norman Manley ranks 18,456 out of 19,576. Before him are Tom DeLay, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Douglas Wilder, Tammy Baldwin, Kōichirō Genba, and Krisztina Morvai. After him are Maria Cantwell, Nooshi Dadgostar, Rumiana Jeleva, Marco Marin, Stojna Vangelovska, and Leo Peelen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Norman Manley ranks 276. Before him are Theresa Weld, Dorothy Dalton, Tom Forman, Bert McCaffrey, Walter Donaldson, and Frank Carlson.  Among people deceased in 1969, Norman Manley ranks 258. Before him are John Boles, Everett Dirksen, Mitzi Green, Tom Mboya, Charles Winninger, and Richard Allen. After him are Stanley Andrews, and Lewis Tewanima.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Norman Manley ranks 90 out of 189. Before him are Michael Frater (1982), Ky-Mani Marley (1976), Mike McCallum (1956), Sizzla (1976), Grace Jackson (1961), and Theodore Whitmore (1972). After him are Bert Cameron (1959), Luton Shelton (1985), Donald Sangster (1911), Heavy D (1967), Juliet Cuthbert (1964), and Barrington Levy (1964).

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Among POLITICIANS In Jamaica

Among politicians born in Jamaica, Norman Manley ranks 10. Before him are Kenneth O. Hall (1941), Andrew Holness (1972), Howard Cooke (1915), Bruce Golding (1947), Alexander Bustamante (1884), and Hugh Shearer (1923). After him are Donald Sangster (1911), and Lisa Hanna (1975).

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