MILITARY PERSONNEL

Paddy Roy Bates

1921 - 2012

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Patrick Roy Bates (29 August 1921 – 9 October 2012), self-styled as Prince Roy of Sealand, was a British pirate radio broadcaster and micronationalist, who founded the self-proclaimed Principality of Sealand. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Paddy Roy Bates has received more than 736,073 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Paddy Roy Bates is the 1,000th most popular military personnel (down from 541st in 2019), the 1,698th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,011th in 2019) and the 34th most popular British Military Personnel.

Memorability Metrics

  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Paddy Roy Bates ranks 1,000 out of 2,058. Before him are Gaius Laelius, John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Alime Abdenanova, Heinrich Bär, Robert Blake, and Nagakura Shinpachi. After him are Quintus Titurius Sabinus, Semyon Bogdanov, Tomoji Tanabe, Eugen Ritter von Schobert, Helmut Lent, and Ivan Yefimovich Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Paddy Roy Bates ranks 145. Before him are Malcolm Arnold, Georgy Beregovoy, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Giovanni Benelli, Angelo Dundee, and Robert Brown. After him are Louis Lachenal, Francisco Morales Bermúdez, Hans Robert Jauss, Ezzard Charles, Georges Wilson, and Abe Vigoda. Among people deceased in 2012, Paddy Roy Bates ranks 121. Before him are Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Alexander Arutiunian, Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, Angelo Dundee, Jack Tramiel, and Lefter Küçükandonyadis. After him are Henry Hill, Russell Means, Bohdan Stupka, Daniel Inouye, Sid Watkins, and Pahiño.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Paddy Roy Bates ranks 1,698 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Blake (1599), Charles Hatchett (1765), John Barbirolli (1899), William Renshaw (1861), Robert Pattinson (1986), and Mitch Mitchell (1947). After him are Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Lorna Wing (1928), Jeremiah Clarke (1674), James Finlayson (1887), Noel Gallagher (1967), and George Green (1793).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, Paddy Roy Bates ranks 34. Before him are Robert Maynard (1684), Henry Tandey (1891), Henry Allingham (1896), Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst (1717), John French, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852), and Robert Blake (1599). After him are George Rooke (1650), Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald (1775), John Fastolf (1380), William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe (1729), Horatio Gates (1727), and FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan (1788).

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