1896 - 1986
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor (born Bessie Wallis Warfield, later Spencer and then Simpson; June 19, 1896 – April 24, 1986), was an American socialite and wife of former king Edward VIII. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional crisis that led to Edward's abdication. Wallis grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. Her father died shortly after her birth, and she and her widowed mother were partly supported by their wealthier relatives. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wallis Simpson has received more than 22,854,409 page views. Her biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Wallis Simpson is the 2nd most popular celebrity (down from 1st in 2019), the 46th most popular biography from United States (down from 41st in 2019) and the most popular American Celebrity.
Wallis Simpson was most famous for her marriage to King Edward VIII, which led to his abdication of the throne.
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Among celebrities, Wallis Simpson ranks 2 out of 181. Before her are Ötzi. After her are Jeanne Calment, Phineas Gage, Kaspar Hauser, Robert Wadlow, Simonetta Vespucci, Buffalo Bill, Lina Medina, Black Dahlia, Caitlyn Jenner, and Empress Michiko.
3345 BC - 3255 BC
HPI: 79.83
Rank: 1
1896 - 1986
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 2
1875 - 1997
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 3
1823 - 1860
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 4
1812 - 1833
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 5
1918 - 1940
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 6
1453 - 1476
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 7
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 8
1933 - Present
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 9
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 10
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 11
1934 - Present
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1896, Wallis Simpson ranks 3. Before her are Jean Piaget and F. Scott Fitzgerald. After her are Lev Vygotsky, Georgy Zhukov, André Breton, Imre Nagy, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, Konstantin Rokossovsky, Antonin Artaud, and Eugenio Montale. Among people deceased in 1986, Wallis Simpson ranks 2. Before her is Simone de Beauvoir. After her are Jorge Luis Borges, Olof Palme, Vyacheslav Molotov, Andrei Tarkovsky, Cary Grant, Frank Herbert, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, and Joseph Beuys.
1896 - 1980
HPI: 80.95
Rank: 1
1896 - 1940
HPI: 80.19
Rank: 2
1896 - 1986
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 3
1896 - 1934
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 4
1896 - 1974
HPI: 77.08
Rank: 5
1896 - 1966
HPI: 73.89
Rank: 6
1896 - 1958
HPI: 73.67
Rank: 7
1896 - 1963
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 8
1896 - 1982
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 9
1896 - 1968
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 10
1896 - 1948
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 11
1896 - 1981
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 12
1908 - 1986
HPI: 80.92
Rank: 1
1896 - 1986
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 2
1899 - 1986
HPI: 78.18
Rank: 3
1927 - 1986
HPI: 77.24
Rank: 4
1890 - 1986
HPI: 76.27
Rank: 5
1932 - 1986
HPI: 74.26
Rank: 6
1904 - 1986
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 7
1920 - 1986
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 8
1895 - 1986
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 9
1907 - 1986
HPI: 71.05
Rank: 10
1914 - 1986
HPI: 70.53
Rank: 11
1921 - 1986
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Wallis Simpson ranks 46 out of 18,182. Before her are Janis Joplin (1943), Eleanor Roosevelt (1884), Al Capone (1899), George W. Bush (1946), Andy Warhol (1928), and Harry S. Truman (1884). After her are John Wilkes Booth (1838), Abraham Maslow (1908), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Richard Nixon (1913), Marlon Brando (1924), and Clint Eastwood (1930).
1943 - 1970
HPI: 80.06
Rank: 40
1884 - 1962
HPI: 79.77
Rank: 41
1899 - 1947
HPI: 79.69
Rank: 42
1946 - Present
HPI: 79.51
Rank: 43
1928 - 1987
HPI: 79.50
Rank: 44
1884 - 1972
HPI: 79.36
Rank: 45
1896 - 1986
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 46
1838 - 1865
HPI: 79.24
Rank: 47
1908 - 1970
HPI: 79.14
Rank: 48
1928 - 1999
HPI: 79.07
Rank: 49
1913 - 1994
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 50
1924 - 2004
HPI: 79.01
Rank: 51
1930 - Present
HPI: 78.95
Rank: 52
Among celebrities born in United States, Wallis Simpson ranks 1. After her are Phineas Gage (1823), Robert Wadlow (1918), Buffalo Bill (1846), Black Dahlia (1924), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Margaret Brown (1867), Sarah Knauss (1880), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), and Don King (1931).
1896 - 1986
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 1
1823 - 1860
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 2
1918 - 1940
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 3
1846 - 1917
HPI: 69.02
Rank: 4
1924 - 1947
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 5
1949 - Present
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 6
1941 - 1983
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 7
1973 - Present
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 8
1867 - 1932
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 9
1880 - 1999
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 10
1898 - 1979
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 11
1931 - Present
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 12