POLITICIAN

Shirley Williams

1930 - 2021

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Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby, (née Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 12 April 2021) was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shirley Williams has received more than 1,240,892 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shirley Williams is the 18,315th most popular politician (down from 16,416th in 2019), the 6,487th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,658th in 2019) and the 684th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 36.73

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.34

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Shirley Williams ranks 18,315 out of 19,576. Before her are Jeff Bingaman, Andrew Card, Pia Olsen Dyhr, Raül Romeva, John W. Weeks, and Alexander Khloponin. After her are Asaduddin Owaisi, Prakash Karat, Marianna Madia, Susana Díaz, H. V. Evatt, and Laurent Wauquiez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Shirley Williams ranks 638. Before her are Bill Brock, Joni James, Tom Mboya, Wendy Beckett, Bill Hougland, and Cathryn Damon. After her are Windsor Davies, Barbara Lawrence, Tony Madigan, Jagjit Kaur, Lawton Chiles, and Adebayo Adedeji. Among people deceased in 2021, Shirley Williams ranks 693. Before her are Luca Attanasio, Joe Lara, Halyna Hutchins, Nanci Griffith, Yury Dokhoian, and Johnny Crawford. After her are Bertie Auld, Chris Anker Sørensen, Patrick John, Celso Güity, Mehrdad Minavand, and Jóhannes Eðvaldsson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Shirley Williams ranks 6,487 out of 8,785. Before her are Yasemin Allen (1989), Dave McKean (1963), Terry Medwin (1932), Hugh Dallas (1957), Robert Glenister (1960), and Ella Henderson (1996). After her are Warren Ellis (1968), Samantha Bentley (1987), Lynne Ramsay (1969), Alison Hargreaves (1962), Louise Brealey (1979), and Stuart Adamson (1958).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Shirley Williams ranks 684. Before her are Vere Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough (1880), Graham Watson (1956), Malcolm Rifkind (1946), David Miliband (1965), John Reid, Baron Reid of Cardowan (1947), and Norman Lamont (1942). After her are Michael Gove (1967), George Osborne (1971), Amber Rudd (1963), Jacob Rees-Mogg (1969), Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn (1945), and Ann Widdecombe (1947).

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