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Denis Healey

1917 - 2015

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Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey (30 August 1917 – 3 October 2015) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1974 to 1979 and as Secretary of State for Defence from 1964 to 1970; he remains the longest-serving Defence Secretary to date. He was a Member of Parliament from 1952 to 1992, and was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1980 to 1983. To the public at large, Healey became well known for his bushy eyebrows, his avuncular manner and his creative turns of phrase. Healey attended the University of Oxford and served as a Major in the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 25 in 2024). Denis Healey is the 17,196th most popular politician (down from 16,837th in 2024), the 5,454th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,206th in 2019) and the 627th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Denis Healey ranks 17,193 out of 19,576. Before him are Hoyte van Hoytema, Mihai Tudose, and Æthelric of Bernicia. After him are Dadullah, Margaritis Schinas, Pierre Laurent, Natalia Shaposhnikova, Carlos P. Romulo, Penaia Ganilau, Ana Palacio, Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, and Barbara Jordan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Denis Healey ranks 323. Before him are Jerry Wexler, Mikhail Anikushin, Lou Harrison, Mervyn Wood, Dezső Lemhényi, and Steve Cochran. After him are Valerie Hobson, Brenda Joyce, W. T. Tutte, Elyse Knox, Leonard Chess, and Merle Travis. Among people deceased in 2015, Denis Healey ranks 464. Before him are Coleen Gray, Sadhana Shivdasani, Donna Douglas, Nicolás Fuentes, Gene Saks, and Andy Sutcliffe. After him are Marian Szeja, Bob Burns, Mariem Hassan, Patricia Canning Todd, Ernie Banks, and Mokhtar Belmokhtar.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Denis Healey ranks 5,461 out of 8,785. Before him are Angela Cartwright (1952), Richard Eyre (1943), Bruce Robinson (1946), Richard Briers (1934), Pete Quaife (1943), Henry Vaughan (1621), Ray Cooper (1947), Flora Finch (1867), Margaret Oliphant (1828), Ian McDonald (1960), and Richard Barbieri (1957). After him are Jane Leeves (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Denis Healey ranks 627. Before him are John Swinney (1964), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Herbert Morrison (1888), Michael Portillo (1953), John Graves Simcoe (1752), and Peter Mandelson (1953). After him are Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854), John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham (1792), and Nigel Lawson (1932).

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