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Benito Mussolini

1883 - 1945

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Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 1883 – 28 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He was also Duce of Italian fascism from the establishment of the Italian Fasces of Combat in 1919, until his summary execution in 1945. He founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF). As a dictator and founder of fascism, Mussolini inspired the international spread of fascism during the interwar period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Benito Mussolini is the 51st most popular politician (down from 25th in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from Italy (down from 16th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Politician.

Benito Mussolini was an Italian fascist dictator who is most famous for his involvement in World War II.

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Among politicians, Benito Mussolini ranks 51 out of 19,576. Before him are Winston Churchill, Mao Zedong, Otto von Bismarck, Charles II of England, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, and Anne, Queen of Great Britain. After him are John, King of England, Cicero, Richard III of England, Cnut the Great, Xerxes I, and Nicholas II of Russia.

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Among people born in 1883, Benito Mussolini ranks 2. Before him is Franz Kafka. After him are Khalil Gibran, Coco Chanel, John Maynard Keynes, Karl Jaspers, Anton Webern, Walter Gropius, Victor Francis Hess, Nikos Kazantzakis, Jaroslav Hašek, and Joseph Schumpeter. Among people deceased in 1945, Benito Mussolini ranks 3. Before him are Adolf Hitler, and Joseph Goebbels. After him are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Anne Frank, Heinrich Himmler, Eva Braun, Béla Bartók, Martin Bormann, Anton Webern, Fedor von Bock, and Walter Model.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Benito Mussolini ranks 20 out of 5,161. Before him are Commodus (161), Fibonacci (1170), Giuseppe Verdi (1813), Thomas Aquinas (1225), Giordano Bruno (1548), and Pope Leo XIII (1810). After him are Cicero (-106), Virgil (-70), Pope Paul VI (1897), Pope John XXIII (1881), Francis of Assisi (1182), and Pope Pius XII (1876).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Benito Mussolini ranks 4. Before him are Julius Caesar (-100), Augustus (-63), and Commodus (161). After him are Cicero (-106), Pompey (-106), Marcus Aurelius (121), Nero (37), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Geta (189), Caligula (12), and Brutus the Younger (-85).

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