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Jeffrey Archer

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Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is an English novelist and former politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Louth (Lincolnshire) from 1969 to 1974, but did not seek re-election after a financial scandal that left him almost bankrupt. Archer revived his fortunes as a novelist. His novel Kane and Abel (1979) remains one of the best-selling books in the world, with an estimated 34 million copies sold worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jeffrey Archer is the 7,916th most popular politician (up from 8,169th in 2019), the 1,757th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,621st in 2019) and the 301st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jeffrey Archer ranks 7,916 out of 19,576. Before him are Mikhail of Vladimir, Janusz Korwin-Mikke, Pythodorida of Pontus, Beatrice of Portugal, Andrej Plenković, and Mustafa Reşid Pasha. After him are Džemal Bijedić, Marguerite of Lorraine, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, Fethi Okyar, Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Johann Patkul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Jeffrey Archer ranks 160. Before him are Petru Lucinschi, Iva Zanicchi, Teruki Miyamoto, Jimmy Greaves, Ira von Fürstenberg, and Jimmy Ellis. After him are Adel Emam, Just Jaeckin, Mike Troy, Christoph Eschenbach, Anna Chromý, and Graham Allison.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Jeffrey Archer ranks 1,757 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Southey (1774), Elizabeth Hurley (1965), George Meredith (1828), P. F. Strawson (1919), John Edensor Littlewood (1885), and Vidal Sassoon (1928). After him are Roger Fenton (1819), James Bruce (1730), Donald Crisp (1882), George Peacock (1791), John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), and Allan Clarke (1946).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Jeffrey Archer ranks 301. Before him are Edward Balliol (1283), Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (1770), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Paul Radmilovic (1886), Blanche of Lancaster (1345), and Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (1766). After him are William Whitelaw, 1st Viscount Whitelaw (1918), Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel (1870), John Bowring (1792), James Stewart, 1st Earl of Moray (1531), and Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451).

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