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Wallis Simpson

1896 - 1986

Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor bzw. Wallis Warfield, Duchess of Windsor (* 19. Juni 1896 in Blue Ridge Summit, USA; † 24. April 1986 in Paris; Geburtsname: Bessie Wallis Warfield) war die Ehefrau des vormaligen britischen Königs Eduard VIII. und der formelle Grund für seinen Verzicht auf die Krone im Jahr 1936. Mehr auf Wikipedia lesen

Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 59 in 2024). Wallis Simpson is the 2nd most popular prominenter (down from 1st in 2024), the 60th most popular biography from United States (down from 52nd in 2019) and the most popular American Prominenter.

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 Prominenters

Among prominenters, Wallis Simpson ranks 2 out of 265. Before her are Ötzi. After her are Caitlyn Jenner, Jeanne Calment, Margaret Brown, Phineas Gage, Kaspar Hauser, Lina Medina, Mary Mallon, Simonetta Vespucci, Robert Wadlow, and Millvina Dean.

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Ötzi
3345 BC - 3255 BC
HPI: 85.20
Rank: 1
Wallis Simpson
1896 - 1986
HPI: 83.16
Rank: 2
Caitlyn Jenner
1949 - Present
HPI: 81.36
Rank: 3
Jeanne Calment
1875 - 1997
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 4
Margaret Brown
1867 - 1932
HPI: 78.42
Rank: 5
Phineas Gage
1823 - 1860
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 6
Kaspar Hauser
1812 - 1833
HPI: 77.34
Rank: 7
Lina Medina
1933 - Present
HPI: 77.29
Rank: 8
Mary Mallon
1869 - 1938
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 9
Simonetta Vespucci
1453 - 1476
HPI: 75.76
Rank: 10
Robert Wadlow
1918 - 1940
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 11
Millvina Dean
1912 - 2009
HPI: 74.57
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Wallis Simpson ranks 2. Before her is F. Scott Fitzgerald. After her are Jean Piaget, Georgy Zhukov, Lev Vygotsky, André Breton, Imre Nagy, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Tristan Tzara, Roman Jakobson, Antonin Artaud, and Gerty Cori. Among people deceased in 1986, Wallis Simpson ranks 3. Before her are Simone de Beauvoir, and Jorge Luis Borges. After her are Vyacheslav Molotov, Olof Palme, Andrei Tarkovsky, Cary Grant, Mircea Eliade, Tenzing Norgay, Jiddu Krishnamurti, James Rainwater, and Robert S. Mulliken.

Others Born in 1896

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
WRITER
1896 - 1940
HPI: 84.65
Rank: 1
Wallis Simpson
CELEBRITY
1896 - 1986
HPI: 83.16
Rank: 2
Jean Piaget
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1980
HPI: 82.27
Rank: 3
Georgy Zhukov
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1974
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 4
Lev Vygotsky
PSYCHOLOGIST
1896 - 1934
HPI: 80.34
Rank: 5
André Breton
WRITER
1896 - 1966
HPI: 79.00
Rank: 6
Imre Nagy
POLITICIAN
1896 - 1958
HPI: 77.93
Rank: 7
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1896 - 1977
HPI: 77.86
Rank: 8
Tristan Tzara
WRITER
1896 - 1963
HPI: 77.53
Rank: 9
Roman Jakobson
LINGUIST
1896 - 1982
HPI: 76.47
Rank: 10
Antonin Artaud
WRITER
1896 - 1948
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 11
Gerty Cori
CHEMIST
1896 - 1957
HPI: 75.23
Rank: 12