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People prominent in ODNB lacking individual articles in Wikipedia[edit]

Progress since the start of the project
rank start curr
0001-1000 4 0
1001-1500 20 0
1501-2000 40 1
2001-2500 47 5
2501-3000 78 8
non-notable? 0 0
Total 189 14

Although the online ODNB is subscription-only, the index is freely available online as the Oxford Biographical Index (OBI). Since OBI entries record the number of words written about each individual in the ODNB, the number of words in an individual's ODNB article can be used as a measure of their prominence in ODNB.

  • Of the over 50,000 individuals in the index, I've automatically matched over 11,000 with wikipedia using their name and birth/death dates. This is fairly conservative (high precision / low recall): because of name variants, uncertainties about dating etc., automatic matching needs to be supplemented by manual checking to find additional entries. If anyone would like to help with this, or has suggestions about how to best present or use the links I've found, then do contact me on my talk page.
  • The following people (as far as I can see) have no individual pages devoted to them in Wikipedia. If I'm wrong, please insert the correct link. Hopefully one way or another we can turn these red links blue.
  • Remove blue Wikipedia links when you've checked that our article provides the level of description seen in the DNB.

Among those ranked 2001-2500 in ODNB[edit]

  1. Smythe (Smith), Sir John (1533/4–1607), soldier, diplomat, and writer Sir John Smythe
  2. Hyman, Joe (formerly Joseph) (1921–1999), businessman Joe Hyman

Among those ranked 2501-3000 in ODNB[edit]

  1. Macleane, Lauchlin (formerly Laughlin McLean) (1728/9–1778), political agent and speculator Lauchlin Macleane
  2. Dunbar, George, ninth earl of Dunbar or of March (c.1336–1416x23), magnate and soldier George Dunbar, 9th Earl of Dunbar - redirects to 10th earl??
  3. Cameron, Sir James Clark (1905–1991), general practitioner and medical administrator James Clark Cameron
  4. Macdonald, Alexander, of Glencoe (Alasdair Maciain; called Alasdair Ruaidh) (d. 1692), clan chief and victim of massacre Alexander Macdonald of Glencoe - Redirects to massacre
  5. Pennyman, John (1628–1706), Quaker schismatic John Pennyman
  6. Bradbury, William (1800–1869), printer William Bradbury (printer)
  7. Neurath, Walter (1903–1967), publisher Walter Neurath is current article father of Walter?
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