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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 2nd Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician 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 2,881,136 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Tony Benn is the 13,256th most popular politician (down from 12,832nd in 2019), the 3,309th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,599th in 2019) and the 454th most popular British Politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tony Benn ranks 13,256 out of 15,577. Before him are Roselyne Bachelot, Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur, Federico Tinoco Granados, Bernd Mayländer, Eugenia Charles, and Ayesha Gaddafi. After him are Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba, Franco Trappoli, Jean Tiberi, Gavriil Popov, Mayawati, and Nanfadima Magassouba.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Tony Benn ranks 304. Before him are Roberto Juarroz, Joseph Sargent, Fritz Laband, Amparo Rivelles, Zoot Sims, and Charlie Byrd. After him are Nanni Loy, Geoffrey Burbidge, Cara Williams, Tankred Dorst, Carla Del Poggio, and Colette Marchand. Among people deceased in 2014, Tony Benn ranks 281. Before him are Milan Horvat, Ara Shiraz, Bernard Agré, Károly Sándor, Joe Sample, and Samih al-Qasim. After him are Pino Cerami, Tullio Regge, Horacio Troche, Casey Kasem, A. N. R. Robinson, and Arnoldo Foà.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Tony Benn ranks 3,309 out of 7,765. Before him are Ron Moody (1924), Murray Walker (1923), Eric Sykes (1923), Peter Scott (1909), Jon Pertwee (1919), and George Bass (1771). After him are Jane March (1973), Nicholas Hoult (1989), Maureen Starkey Tigrett (1946), Guy Simonds (1903), Christopher Priest (1943), and William Christie (1845).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Tony Benn ranks 454. Before him are Hywel Dda (880), William Davies Evans (1790), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), and Gayatri Devi (1919). After him are Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel (1557), Jane Marcet (1769), Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu (1431), William Huskisson (1770), and Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (1743).

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