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Owen Arthur

1949 - 2020

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Owen Seymour Arthur (17 October 1949 – 27 July 2020) was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Owen Arthur has received more than 149,850 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Owen Arthur is the 16,806th most popular politician (down from 15,130th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Barbados (up from 10th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Barbadian Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 150k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.76

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Owen Arthur ranks 16,806 out of 19,576. Before him are Komi Sélom Klassou, Tomas Gustafson, Rosa Díez, Kenneth O. Hall, Gerd Müller, and Pavel Ploc. After him are Jenny Shipley, G. William Miller, Erkki Liikanen, Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Valeriy Heletey, and Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Owen Arthur ranks 635. Before him are Jim Starlin, Zbigniew Wassermann, Roy Bittan, Nick Lowe, Scott Asheton, and Julio Cardeñosa. After him are Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Michael D. Griffin, Elena Salgado, Henryk Wieczorek, Olle Nordin, and Evgeny Lovchev. Among people deceased in 2020, Owen Arthur ranks 670. Before him are Gregory Areshian, Dawn Wells, Rudi Hoffmann, John Prine, Vidin Apostolov, and Bryan Sykes. After him are Millie Small, Michael Wheeler, Clayton Christensen, Antonina Ryzhova, Stephen Tataw, and John Houghton.

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In Barbados

Among people born in Barbados, Owen Arthur ranks 9 out of 22. Before him are Stede Bonnet (1688), Sue Gardner (1967), Grandmaster Flash (1958), Clifford Husbands (1926), Mia Mottley (1965), and Freundel Stuart (1951). After him are Elliott Belgrave (1931), Arthur Barclay (1854), Errol Barrow (1920), Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (1937), Obadele Thompson (1976), and Garfield Sobers (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In Barbados

Among politicians born in Barbados, Owen Arthur ranks 5. Before him are Sandra Mason (1949), Clifford Husbands (1926), Mia Mottley (1965), and Freundel Stuart (1951). After him are Arthur Barclay (1854), Errol Barrow (1920), Lloyd Erskine Sandiford (1937), and Tom Adams (1931).

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