POLITICIAN

Tony Benn

1925 - 2014

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Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn (3 April 1925 – 14 March 2014), known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the Member of Parliament for Bristol South East and Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tony Benn has received more than 3,101,713 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Tony Benn is the 14,720th most popular politician (down from 13,211th in 2019), the 3,696th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,301st in 2019) and the 483rd most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.20

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tony Benn ranks 14,720 out of 19,576. Before him are José Manuel Pando, Alenka Bratušek, Gary Locke, Aly Lotfy Mahmoud, Carlos Roberto Reina, and Els Borst. After him are Alfonso Portillo, He Guoqiang, Lupus of Friuli, Lewis Cass, Victor Duruy, and Chen Chu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tony Benn ranks 367. Before him are Yekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, Borislav Stanković, Mary F. Lyon, Elisabeth Domitien, Alki Zei, and John Fiedler. After him are Roque Olsen, Alfred Kelbassa, Curt Lowens, Fernando Birri, Lucien Carr, and Duane Hanson. Among people deceased in 2014, Tony Benn ranks 333. Before him are Frans van der Lugt, Dorothy Tyler-Odam, Dietmar Schönherr, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Jacques Barrot, and Els Borst. After him are Jonathan Williams, Frankie Knuckles, Miloslava Rezková, J. E. Freeman, James Foley, and Lori Sandri.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Benn ranks 3,696 out of 8,785. Before him are Harold Mahony (1867), Henry Litolff (1818), Calvin Harris (1984), Isabella Beeton (1836), John Lyons (1932), and Bob Houghton (1947). After him are Michael Hirst (1952), Joseph Bramah (1748), Howard Donald (1968), Joyce Mansour (1928), Mark Fisher (1968), and Frances Yates (1899).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Tony Benn ranks 483. Before him are Stafford Cripps (1889), Jack Straw (1946), Robin Cook (1946), John Taylor (1808), John Smith (1938), and William Davies Evans (1790). After him are Princess Elizabeth of Great Britain (1741), Erskine Hamilton Childers (1905), Tommy Douglas (1904), Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland (1421), Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter (1430), and Archibald Sayce (1845).

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