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Twiggy

1949 - Today

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Dame Lesley Lawson (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British cultural icon and a prominent teenage model during the swinging '60s in London. Twiggy was initially known for her thin build and the androgynous appearance considered to result from her big eyes, long eyelashes, and short hair. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Twiggy has received more than 5,599,536 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Twiggy is the 11th most popular model (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,048th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,054th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Model.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MODELS

Among models, Twiggy ranks 11 out of 313. Before her are Brigitte Nielsen, Ira von Fürstenberg, Maye Musk, Naomi Campbell, Heidi Klum, and Claudia Schiffer. After her are Alice Prin, Iman, Gigi Hadid, Bettie Page, Adriana Lima, and Cindy Crawford.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Twiggy ranks 92. Before her are Bei Dao, Larry Holmes, Annie Leibovitz, Quini, Josephine Chaplin, and Joachim Sauer. After her are Han Duck-soo, Salif Keita, Bo Xilai, Axel Honneth, Alan García, and Émerson Leão.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Twiggy ranks 1,048 out of 8,785. Before her are A. J. Ayer (1910), Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy (1936), James Stirling (1926), John Nettles (1943), Glenn Hughes (1951), and Robbie Williams (1974). After her are Robert Browning (1812), John Hanning Speke (1827), Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom (1768), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Inigo Jones (1573), and Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900).

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Among MODELS In United Kingdom

Among models born in United Kingdom, Twiggy ranks 2. Before her are Naomi Campbell (1970). After her are Pattie Boyd (1944), Kate Moss (1974), Reg Park (1928), Kelly Brook (1979), Cara Delevingne (1992), Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (1987), Jean Shrimpton (1942), Caroline Cossey (1954), David Gandy (1980), and Suki Waterhouse (1992).

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