1142 - 1214
William the Lion (Scottish Gaelic: Uilleam an Leòmhann), sometimes styled William I (Uilleam MacEanraig; Medieval Gaelic: Uilliam mac Eanric) and also known by the nickname Garbh, 'the Rough' (c. 1142 – 4 December 1214), reigned as King of Scots from 1165 to 1214. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William the Lion has received more than 990,504 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). William the Lion is the 5,097th most popular politician (down from 4,906th in 2019), the 1,083rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,097th in 2019) and the 185th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, William the Lion ranks 5,097 out of 15,577. Before him are Al-Adil II, Imran Khan, Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria, Ammi-Saduqa, Inca Roca, and Parameswara. After him are Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena, Yolande of Valois, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Charles Taylor, Ko Yong-hui, and José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
1221 - 1248
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5,091
1952 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5,092
1870 - 1902
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 5,093
1700 BC - 1700 BC
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 5,094
1350 - 1380
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 5,095
1344 - 1414
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 5,096
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 5,097
1698 - 1780
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 5,098
1434 - 1478
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 5,099
1878 - 1959
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 5,100
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 5,101
1952 - 2004
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 5,102
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.40
Rank: 5,103
Among people born in 1142, William the Lion ranks 3. Before him are Yue Fei and Moinuddin Chishti. After him are Philip I, Count of Flanders, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, Al-Mustadi, and Godfrey III, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 1214, William the Lion ranks 3. Before him are Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile. After him are Qasar, Rurik Rostislavich, Theobald I, Count of Bar, and Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine.
1142 - 1142
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 1
1142 - 1236
HPI: 61.74
Rank: 2
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 3
1142 - 1191
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 4
1142 - 1192
HPI: 57.45
Rank: 5
1142 - 1189
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 6
1142 - 1180
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 7
1142 - 1190
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 8
1155 - 1214
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 1
1162 - 1214
HPI: 62.65
Rank: 2
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 3
1164 - 1214
HPI: 58.17
Rank: 4
1130 - 1214
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 5
1158 - 1214
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 6
1195 - 1214
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 7
Among people born in United Kingdom, William the Lion ranks 1,083 out of 7,765. Before him are Ricky Gervais (1961), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852), Neil Gaiman (1960), William Smith (1769), and Stephen Hales (1677). After him are Saint David (512), Stephen Harding (1059), Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), W. T. Stead (1849), and David Bradley (1942).
1961 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,077
1989 - Present
HPI: 58.48
Rank: 1,078
1852 - 1918
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,079
1960 - Present
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 1,080
1769 - 1839
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 1,081
1677 - 1761
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 1,082
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 1,083
512 - 589
HPI: 58.41
Rank: 1,084
1059 - 1134
HPI: 58.39
Rank: 1,085
1341 - 1402
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 1,086
1807 - 1858
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 1,087
1849 - 1912
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 1,088
1942 - Present
HPI: 58.37
Rank: 1,089
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William the Lion ranks 185. Before him are James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (1718), Alexander, Crown Prince of Yugoslavia (1945), William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley (1520), Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (1868), and Daniel Burley Woolfall (1852). After him are Edmund of Langley, 1st Duke of York (1341), Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany (1158), Frances Grey, Duchess of Suffolk (1517), Arthur Drewry (1891), Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803), and Francis Walsingham (1532).
1812 - 1860
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 179
1718 - 1792
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 180
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 181
1520 - 1598
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 182
1868 - 1935
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 183
1852 - 1918
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 184
1142 - 1214
HPI: 58.42
Rank: 185
1341 - 1402
HPI: 58.38
Rank: 186
1158 - 1186
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 187
1517 - 1559
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 188
1891 - 1961
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 189
1803 - 1873
HPI: 58.19
Rank: 190
1532 - 1590
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 191