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David Kelly

1944 - 2003

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David Christopher Kelly (14 May 1944 – 17 July 2003) was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of a joint US-UK team that inspected civilian biotechnology facilities in Russia in the early 1990s and concluded they were running a covert and illegal BW programme. He was appointed to the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) in 1991 as one of its chief weapons inspectors in Iraq and led ten of the organisation's missions between May 1991 and December 1998. He also worked with UNSCOM's successor, the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and led several of their missions into Iraq. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. David Kelly is the 18,033rd most popular politician (down from 17,263rd in 2024), the 6,255th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,596th in 2019) and the 676th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, David Kelly ranks 18,036 out of 19,576. Before him are Radmila Šekerinska, David Ige, Nicholas Brathwaite, Gabriela Firea, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Adriana Behar, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Claudia López, and Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. After him are John Danforth, Fisher Ames, and Željko Reiner.

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Among people born in 1944, David Kelly ranks 718. Before him are Bernie Worrell, Dave Morgan, Steve Beshear, Shelley Fabares, Ibrahim Gambari, and Ernest Moniz. After him are Bob Riley, David Gerrold, George Armstrong, Celeste Yarnall, Julia Phillips, and Richard A. Muller. Among people deceased in 2003, David Kelly ranks 364. Before him are Royce D. Applegate, Rachel Corrie, Road Warrior Hawk, Hank Ballard, Ellen Drew, and Lynne Thigpen. After him are Malcolm Williamson, Johnny Paul Koroma, Noor Alam, Babatunde Olatunji, Sita Ram Goel, and Philip Slone.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Kelly ranks 6,257 out of 8,785. Before him are Jane Taylor (1783), Lee Evans (1964), Damien Magee (1945), Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947), Sydney Camm (1893), and Charles Ingram (1963). After him are Simon Wells (1961), Eric Linklater (1899), Daphne Guinness (1967), Daley Thompson (1958), Martin Atkinson (1971), and Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Kelly ranks 676. Before him are Michael Fallon (1952), David Davis (1948), Iain Duncan Smith (1954), Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch (1748), David Amess (1952), and Bernadette Devlin McAliskey (1947). After him are James Cleverly (1969), David Lammy (1972), Leon Brittan (1939), Tom Tugendhat (1973), Graham Brady (1967), and Button Gwinnett (1735).

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