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Lord Mountbatten

1900 - 1979

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Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; commonly known as Lord Mountbatten; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), was a British statesman, naval officer, and member of the British royal family. A maternal uncle of Prince Philip and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II, he served in the Royal Navy during both world wars and rose to become Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the later stages of the Second World War. He subsequently oversaw the transition of British India to independence as the last Viceroy and the first Governor‑General of independent India. Mountbatten later held senior posts in the post‑war armed forces, serving as First Sea Lord and then as Chief of the Defence Staff. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2024). Lord Mountbatten is the 196th most popular politician (up from 1,035th in 2024), the 65th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 234th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Politician.

Mountbatten was a British naval officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. He served as First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy from 1954 to 1959 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1959 to 1965.

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Among politicians, Lord Mountbatten ranks 196 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip IV of France, Pepin the Short, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Napoleon II, Lee Kuan Yew, and Orhan. After him are Louis XVII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, James V of Scotland, Harald Bluetooth, Philip II of Macedon, and William I, German Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Lord Mountbatten ranks 3. Before him are Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Heinrich Himmler. After him are Erich Fromm, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Martin Bormann, Charles Francis Richter, Hans Adolf Krebs, Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Among people deceased in 1979, Lord Mountbatten ranks 2. Before him is Josef Mengele. After him are Mary Pickford, Park Chung-hee, Giuseppe Meazza, John Wayne, Ernst Chain, Nino Rota, Dennis Gabor, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Renoir, and Jean Monnet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lord Mountbatten ranks 65 out of NaN. Before him are Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Edward Victor Appleton (1892), John Lennon (1940), John Dalton (1766), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), and David Hume (1711). After him are Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), James V of Scotland (1512), Aleister Crowley (1875), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), Edward the Black Prince (1330), and Robert Hooke (1635).

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Among Politicians In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Lord Mountbatten ranks 25. Before him are Edward V of England (1470), Mary I of England (1516), Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), John Major (1943), Margaret Thatcher (1925), and Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800). After him are James V of Scotland (1512), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Olav V of Norway (1903), Edward the Martyr (962), Oliver Cromwell (1599), and Edward Heath (1916).

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