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Winston Churchill

1874 - 1965

Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1940 to July 1945, when he led the country to victory in the Second World War, and again from October 1951 to April 1955. Apart from two years between October 1922 and October 1924, Churchill was a Member of Parliament (MP) from January 1900 to September 1964 and represented a total of five constituencies. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Winston Churchill has received more than 36,898,895 page views. His biography is available in 149 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 26th most popular politician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 37M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 85.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 149

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.85

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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How Winston Churchill Pulled Britain Through The Early Years Of WWII
In The Splendid And The Vile, author Erik Larson details the British prime minister's first year in office, during which England endured a Nazi bombing campaign. Originally broadcast March 30, 2020.
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Winston Churchill & Fearless Leadership In Crisis
In 'The Splendid And The Vile,' author Erik Larson details Churchill's first year in office, during which England endured a Nazi bombing campaign that killed more than 44,000 civilians. Larson says Churchill told his citizens the truth and inspired them to re…
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Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill Kindle Edition (Amazon) by Candice Millard $2
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...=154606011 A story of young Churchill's involvement in the Boer War. A much different Churchill than the one most know, and as with everything by Candice...
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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Winston Churchill ranks 26 out of 14,801. Before him are Suleiman the Magnificent, Constantine the Great, Otto von Bismarck, Mao Zedong, Attila, and Cicero. After him are Abraham Lincoln, Nero, Mikhail Gorbachev, Queen Victoria, Umar, and Maria Theresa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Winston Churchill ranks 1. After him are Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, Harry Houdini, Arnold Schoenberg, Howard Carter, W. Somerset Maugham, Herbert Hoover, Johannes Stark, Chaim Weizmann, Ernst Cassirer, and Edward Thorndike. Among people deceased in 1965, Winston Churchill ranks 1. After him are Le Corbusier, Malcolm X, Albert Schweitzer, Syngman Rhee, Martin Buber, W. Somerset Maugham, Stan Laurel, Farouk of Egypt, Edward Victor Appleton, Hermann Staudinger, and Moshe Sharett.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Winston Churchill ranks 9 out of 5,347. Before him are Charles Darwin (1809), Elizabeth II (1926), Adam Smith (1723), Elizabeth I of England (1533), Charlie Chaplin (1889), and Francis Bacon (1561). After him are John Locke (1632), Stephen Hawking (1942), James Watt (1736), Queen Victoria (1819), Richard III of England (1452), and Thomas Hobbes (1588).

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