POLITICIAN

Sid Watkins

1928 - 2012

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Eric Sidney Watkins (6 September 1928 – 12 September 2012), also known as Professor Sid or simply Prof, was an English neurosurgeon. From 1978 to 2004, Watkins served as Safety and Medical Delegate in Formula One. Born and raised in Liverpool, Watkins enrolled at the University of Liverpool where he graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sid Watkins has received more than 498,022 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Sid Watkins is the 9,110th most popular politician (down from 8,250th in 2019), the 1,819th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,737th in 2019) and the 277th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 500k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sid Watkins ranks 9,110 out of 19,576. Before him are Archidamus V, Jordi Pujol, Irene Komnene Doukaina, Orodes I of Parthia, Louise Lake-Tack, and Vazgen Sargsyan. After him are Murad Giray, Ferenc Münnich, George Maximilianovich, 6th Duke of Leuchtenberg, Paul van Zeeland, Ingrida Šimonytė, and Josip Manolić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Sid Watkins ranks 199. Before him are Dominique Colonna, Stuart Whitman, Frank Wolff, Jack Kevorkian, Lennart Carleson, and Friedrich Wetter. After him are János Kornai, Alexis Korner, Eeva Kilpi, Fred Rogers, Gerald Bull, and Eunice Gayson. Among people deceased in 2012, Sid Watkins ranks 126. Before him are Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Paddy Roy Bates, Henry Hill, Russell Means, Bohdan Stupka, and Daniel Inouye. After him are Pahiño, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Ahmed Jabari, Lars Hörmander, Gae Aulenti, and Thomas Szasz.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sid Watkins ranks 1,819 out of 8,785. Before him are Rupert Grint (1988), Peter Capaldi (1958), Alexander Bain (1818), Julian of Norwich (1342), Miranda Richardson (1958), and William Beckford (1760). After him are Dick Francis (1920), Ronnie O'Sullivan (1975), Christopher Priest (1943), Matthew Paris (1200), Leo Genn (1905), and John Wetton (1949).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Sid Watkins ranks 277. Before him are Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), Eleanor of England, Countess of Leicester (1215), Donald Maclean (1913), Asma al-Assad (1975), Ernest Bevin (1881), and Elizabeth Tudor (1492). After him are Margaret Douglas (1515), Emma Darwin (1808), George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon (1827), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Mark of Cornwall (480), and Prasutagus (50).

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