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Theresa May

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Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead, (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theresa May has received more than 22,940,878 page views. Her biography is available in 121 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 119 in 2019). Theresa May is the 1,703rd most popular politician (down from 1,522nd in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 360th in 2019) and the 64th most popular British Politician.

Theresa May is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She is most famous for being the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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  • 23M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.74

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 121

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theresa May ranks 1,703 out of 19,576. Before her are Pyotr Stolypin, Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, Cyrus the Younger, and Tedros Adhanom. After her are Afonso III of Portugal, Arthur Balfour, Bernhard von Bülow, Libius Severus, Marozia, and Prince Maximilian of Baden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Theresa May ranks 15. Before her are Michel Houellebecq, Tsai Ing-wen, Christine Lagarde, Paolo Rossi, Bryan Cranston, and Khaled Mashal. After her are Carrie Fisher, Andy García, David Copperfield, José Manuel Barroso, Chris Isaak, and Dalia Grybauskaitė.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Theresa May ranks 363 out of 8,785. Before her are Colin Firth (1960), Benny Hill (1924), Philip Larkin (1922), Anthony Burgess (1917), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), and Joseph Merrick (1862). After her are Arthur Balfour (1848), Henry Moore (1898), Francis William Aston (1877), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), John Ruskin (1819), and William Laud (1573).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Theresa May ranks 64. Before her are Harold Wilson (1916), Edmund Ironside (993), Edmund I (921), James V of Scotland (1512), Halford Mackinder (1861), and Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800). After her are Arthur Balfour (1848), Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough (1660), Harthacnut (1018), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Oswald Mosley (1896), and Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220).

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