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David Owen

1938 - Today

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David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, (born 2 July 1938) is a British politician and physician who served as Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs as a Labour Party MP under James Callaghan from 1977 to 1979, and later led the Social Democratic Party (SDP). He was a Member of Parliament for 26 years, from 1966 to 1992. Owen served as British Foreign Secretary from 1977 to 1979, at the age of 38 the youngest person in over forty years to hold the post. In 1981, Owen was one of the "Gang of Four" who left the Labour Party to found the Social Democratic Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). David Owen is the 16,470th most popular politician (down from 16,269th in 2024), the 4,863rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,755th in 2019) and the 587th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, David Owen ranks 16,470 out of 19,576. Before him are Maria do Carmo Silveira, Joseph Lyons, Eanfrith of Bernicia, Laurent Nkunda, Matthias Platzeck, and Froyla Tzalam. After him are Alexei Kudrin, Sinan Oğan, Arthur Whitten Brown, Alexandre de Moraes, Ilkka Kanerva, and Carlos Graça.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, David Owen ranks 523. Before him are Robin Hartshorne, Lewis Teague, Elza Ibrahimova, Vladislav Krapivin, Robert Zollitsch, and Phillip Griffiths. After him are Boris Mayorov, Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko, Jorge Manicera, Nikolay Smaga, Judy Blume, and Jorge Mendonça.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, David Owen ranks 4,864 out of 8,785. Before him are John Eliot (1604), Barnes Wallis (1887), Bart McGhee (1899), Michelle Dockery (1981), Josh Bowman (1988), and Mark Haddon (1962). After him are Lady Charlotte Guest (1812), John Paul Young (1950), Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), Geoffrey Crossley (1921), James Hogg (1770), and Paul Carrack (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, David Owen ranks 587. Before him are Aneurin Bevan (1897), Reggie Pridmore (1886), Matt Hancock (1978), Donald Dewar (1937), John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (1680), and Michael Foot (1913). After him are Arthur Whitten Brown (1886), John Ballance (1839), Hugh Gaitskell (1906), John Shore, 1st Baron Teignmouth (1751), Angela Burdett-Coutts, 1st Baroness Burdett-Coutts (1814), and Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (1868).

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