POLITICIAN

Shashi Tharoor

1956 - Today

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Shashi Tharoor (Malayalam pronunciation: [ʃɐʃi t̪ɐɾuːr]; born 9 March 1956) is an Indian politician, writer, and former diplomat, who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, since 2009. He is currently the Chairman of Committee on External Affairs. He was formerly an Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and unsuccessfully ran for the post of Secretary-General in 2006. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shashi Tharoor has received more than 8,515,765 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Shashi Tharoor is the 17,317th most popular politician (down from 16,304th in 2019), the 5,632nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,575th in 2019) and the 624th most popular British Politician.

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  • 8.5M

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  • 48.99

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shashi Tharoor ranks 17,317 out of 19,576. Before him are David Ige, William Hooper, Peyton Randolph, Wendell Ford, Martín Vázquez, and John Kennedy. After him are Bruce Golding, Sofia Sakorafa, William Paca, Keith Holyoake, Alexander Bustamante, and Nick Clegg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Shashi Tharoor ranks 568. Before him are Faouzi Mansouri, Manuel Vicente, Daniel Willems, Nikolay Sidorov, William Orbit, and Arleen Sorkin. After him are John R. Leonetti, Charalambos Cholidis, Anita Ward, Mikhail Burtsev, Doug Burgum, and Adrian Dantley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Shashi Tharoor ranks 5,632 out of 8,785. Before him are Gavin McInnes (1970), James Stephenson (1889), Alan Smith (1980), Samuel Daniel (1562), Katie Leung (1987), and Kate Mosse (1961). After him are Tim Henman (1974), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), Nathaniel Phillips (1997), John Lombe (1693), James Bowen (1979), and Madge Adam (1912).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Shashi Tharoor ranks 624. Before him are Peter Mandelson (1953), Thomas Norton (1532), Abraham Beame (1906), Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851), David Kelly (1944), and Ben Wallace (1970). After him are Nick Clegg (1967), Kenneth Clarke (1940), William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Harry Atkinson (1831), Richard Seddon (1845), and Suella Braverman (1980).

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