1920 - 2003
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead, (11 November 1920 – 5 January 2003) was a British politician and writer who served as the sixth president of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party, Social Democratic Party (SDP) and the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan Governments. The son of Arthur Jenkins, a coal-miner and Labour MP, Jenkins was educated at the University of Oxford and served as an intelligence officer during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roy Jenkins has received more than 1,059,202 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Roy Jenkins is the 13,683rd most popular politician (down from 12,414th in 2019), the 3,532nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,347th in 2019) and the 472nd most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Roy Jenkins ranks 13,683 out of 15,577. Before him are Serhiy Tihipko, Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, Icel of Mercia, Ashur-rim-nisheshu, and Lyudvig Chibirov. After him are Tommy Burns, Refat Chubarov, Viola Amherd, Johnny Isakson, Hamilcar I of Carthage, and Gyude Bryant.
1960 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 13,677
1910 - 1983
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 13,678
1933 - 2017
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 13,679
501 - 600
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13,680
1490 BC - 1400 BC
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13,681
1932 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13,682
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 13,683
1881 - 1955
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 13,684
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 13,685
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 13,686
1944 - 2021
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 13,687
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 13,688
1949 - 2014
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 13,689
Among people born in 1920, Roy Jenkins ranks 292. Before him are An Wang, Anton Malatinský, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Thomas Sebeok, Jacques Noël, and Robert Lamoureux. After him are Ehsan Yarshater, Irving Kristol, Eugênio Sales, Gesualdo Bufalino, Fyodor Abramov, and Sverre Farstad. Among people deceased in 2003, Roy Jenkins ranks 220. Before him are Horace W. Babcock, Francesco Colasuonno, Jürgen Möllemann, Bernard Dowiyogo, Terenci Moix, and Ignacio Velasco. After him are Charles P. Kindleberger, Alfred Aston, André Noyelle, Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Robert John Braidwood, and Laurel Clark.
1920 - 1990
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 286
1920 - 1992
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 287
1920 - 1999
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 288
1920 - 2001
HPI: 46.53
Rank: 289
1920 - 2004
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 290
1920 - 2011
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 291
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 292
1920 - 2018
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 293
1920 - 2009
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 294
1920 - 2012
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 295
1920 - 1996
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 296
1920 - 1983
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 297
1920 - 1978
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 298
1912 - 2003
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 214
1925 - 2003
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 215
1945 - 2003
HPI: 46.58
Rank: 216
1946 - 2003
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 217
1942 - 2003
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 218
1929 - 2003
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 219
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 220
1910 - 2003
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 221
1912 - 2003
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 222
1931 - 2003
HPI: 46.11
Rank: 223
1921 - 2003
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 224
1907 - 2003
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 225
1961 - 2003
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 226
Among people born in United Kingdom, Roy Jenkins ranks 3,532 out of 7,765. Before him are Pete Doherty (1979), Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872), John Lyly (1554), Leo Sayer (1948), Helen Fielding (1958), and William Whiston (1667). After him are Matt Monro (1930), Arthur Bliss (1891), Anita Roddick (1942), M. R. James (1862), Nicholas Ridley (1500), and Henry Clifton Sorby (1826).
1979 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 3,526
1872 - 1956
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 3,527
1554 - 1606
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 3,528
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 3,529
1958 - Present
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 3,530
1667 - 1752
HPI: 46.41
Rank: 3,531
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 3,532
1930 - 1985
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 3,533
1891 - 1975
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 3,534
1942 - 2007
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 3,535
1862 - 1936
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 3,536
1500 - 1555
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 3,537
1826 - 1908
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 3,538
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Roy Jenkins ranks 472. Before him are Florence Green (1901), Amlaíb Cuarán (1000), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), William Camden (1551), Michael Portillo (1953), and Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein (1872). After him are Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet (1628), Alan Bullock (1914), John Julius Norwich (1929), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne (1845), and Charles Canning, 1st Earl Canning (1812).
1901 - 2012
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 466
1000 - 981
HPI: 46.56
Rank: 467
1841 - 1908
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 468
1551 - 1623
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 469
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 470
1872 - 1956
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 471
1920 - 2003
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 472
1628 - 1699
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 473
1914 - 2004
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 474
1929 - 2018
HPI: 46.24
Rank: 475
1901 - 1981
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 476
1845 - 1927
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 477
1812 - 1862
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 478