500 - 514
Ælle (also Aelle or Ella) is recorded in early sources as the first king of the South Saxons, reigning in what is now called Sussex, England, from 477 to perhaps as late as 514. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Ælle and three of his sons are said to have landed at a place called Cymensora and fought against the local Britons. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ælle of Sussex has received more than 216,090 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ælle of Sussex is the 6,811th most popular politician (up from 7,175th in 2019), the 1,429th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,564th in 2019) and the 226th most popular British Politician.
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Among politicians, Ælle of Sussex ranks 6,811 out of 15,577. Before him are Queen Heonae, Robert I, Latin Emperor, Ruslan Khasbulatov, Enrique Bolaños, Jânio Quadros, and Odo III, Duke of Burgundy. After him are Harry Dexter White, Chadae of Goguryeo, Vlad Călugărul, Jacques Thibaud, Demades, and Theodoric I, Margrave of Meissen.
964 - 1029
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 6,805
1201 - 1228
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 6,806
1942 - 2023
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 6,807
1928 - 2021
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 6,808
1917 - 1992
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 6,809
1166 - 1218
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,810
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,811
1892 - 1948
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,812
71 - 165
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,813
1425 - 1495
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,814
1880 - 1953
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,815
380 BC - 317 BC
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 6,816
1162 - 1221
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 6,817
Among people born in 500, Ælle of Sussex ranks 31. Before him are Gildas, Gerasimus of the Jordan, Hesychius of Alexandria, Wacho, Sigobert the Lame, and Rhadamistus. After him are Ardaric, Tato, Theodoric Strabo, Clotilde, Skandagupta, and Agathangelos. Among people deceased in 514, Ælle of Sussex ranks 2. Before him is Pope Symmachus.
500 - 570
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 25
500 - 475
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 26
500 - 500
HPI: 56.56
Rank: 27
500 - 540
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 28
500 - 509
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 29
500 - 58
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 30
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 31
500 - 460
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 32
500 - 510
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 33
500 - 481
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 34
500 - 531
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 35
500 - 467
HPI: 53.87
Rank: 36
500 - 600
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 37
Among people born in United Kingdom, Ælle of Sussex ranks 1,429 out of 7,765. Before him are Louise d'Orléans (1869), Greg Lake (1947), Michael Scot (1175), Christopher Isherwood (1904), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), and Sydney Chaplin (1885). After him are David Purley (1945), Robert Shaw (1927), Patrick Macnee (1922), Alvin Lee (1944), Albert Ketèlbey (1875), and Lucinda Riley (1965).
1869 - 1952
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 1,423
1947 - 2016
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,424
1175 - 1232
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,425
1904 - 1986
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 1,426
1737 - 1813
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,427
1885 - 1965
HPI: 56.05
Rank: 1,428
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,429
1945 - 1985
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 1,430
1927 - 1978
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 1,431
1922 - 2015
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,432
1944 - 2013
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,433
1875 - 1959
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 1,434
1965 - 2021
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 1,435
Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Ælle of Sussex ranks 226. Before him are Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799), Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone (1883), Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770), Herbert Pitman (1877), Ed Miliband (1969), and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766). After him are Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), Beorhtric of Wessex (800), Penda of Mercia (606), Edward the Exile (1016), Jeffrey Archer (1940), and Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany (1763).
1799 - 1869
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 220
1883 - 1981
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 221
1770 - 1840
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 222
1877 - 1961
HPI: 56.29
Rank: 223
1969 - Present
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 224
1766 - 1841
HPI: 56.11
Rank: 225
500 - 514
HPI: 56.04
Rank: 226
1870 - 1963
HPI: 56.00
Rank: 227
800 - 802
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 228
606 - 655
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 229
1016 - 1057
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 230
1940 - Present
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 231
1763 - 1827
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 232