1925 - 2014
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.
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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.
1946 - Present
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 13,250
1200 BC - 1200 BC
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 13,251
1868 - 1931
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 13,252
1971 - Present
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 13,253
1919 - 2005
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 13,254
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 13,255
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 13,256
1951 - 2019
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,257
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,258
1935 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,259
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,260
1956 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,261
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 13,262
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.
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 298
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.37
Rank: 299
1925 - 1982
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 300
1925 - 2013
HPI: 47.32
Rank: 301
1925 - 1985
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 302
1925 - 1999
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 303
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 304
1925 - 1995
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 305
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 306
1925 - 2021
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 307
1925 - 2017
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 308
1925 - 2010
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 309
1925 - 2015
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 310
1919 - 2014
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 275
1941 - 2014
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 276
1926 - 2014
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 277
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 278
1939 - 2014
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 279
1939 - 2014
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 280
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 281
1922 - 2014
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 282
1931 - 2014
HPI: 47.19
Rank: 283
1935 - 2014
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 284
1932 - 2014
HPI: 47.12
Rank: 285
1926 - 2014
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 286
1916 - 2014
HPI: 47.06
Rank: 287
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).
1924 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,303
1923 - 2021
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,304
1923 - 2012
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,305
1909 - 1989
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,306
1919 - 1996
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 3,307
1771 - 1803
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 3,308
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 3,309
1973 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,310
1989 - Present
HPI: 47.22
Rank: 3,311
1946 - 1994
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 3,312
1903 - 1974
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 3,313
1943 - 2024
HPI: 47.21
Rank: 3,314
1845 - 1922
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 3,315
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).
880 - 950
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 448
1790 - 1872
HPI: 47.51
Rank: 449
1790 - 1871
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 450
1075 - 1117
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 451
1778 - 1868
HPI: 47.35
Rank: 452
1919 - 2009
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 453
1925 - 2014
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 454
1557 - 1595
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 455
1769 - 1858
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 456
1919 - 2018
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 457
1431 - 1471
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 458
1770 - 1830
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 459
1743 - 1805
HPI: 46.84
Rank: 460