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Donald Maclean

1913 - 1983

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Donald Duart Maclean (; 25 May 1913 – 6 March 1983) was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent who participated in the Cambridge Five spy ring. After being recruited by a Soviet agent as an undergraduate student, Maclean entered the civil service. In 1938, he was appointed as Third Secretary at the British embassy in Paris. He served in London and Washington, D.C., achieving promotion to First Secretary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Maclean is the 9,592nd most popular politician (down from 8,850th in 2019), the 2,136th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,771st in 2019) and the 339th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Donald Maclean ranks 9,592 out of 19,576. Before him are David Marshall, Constanza Manuel, Mihailo Vojislavljević, Christine of Saxony, Caratacus, and Joaquín Almunia. After him are Đinh Bộ Lĩnh, José Calvo Sotelo, George Koval, Adolph VIII, Count of Holstein, Alexander Shelepin, and Marie Eleonore of Cleves.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Donald Maclean ranks 139. Before him are Sourou-Migan Apithy, Waldemar de Brito, Gisela Mauermayer, Andre DeToth, Malietoa Tanumafili II, and Eiji Toyoda. After him are George Koval, Richard Tucker, Véra Clouzot, Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Alfonso López Michelsen, and Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller. Among people deceased in 1983, Donald Maclean ranks 88. Before him are Eric Hoffer, Louison Bobet, Joan Robinson, Bernard Vukas, Hennes Weisweiler, and Rebecca West. After him are Corrie ten Boom, Ibrahim Abboud, Ángel Labruna, Juan López Fontana, Charlie Rivel, and Florence Owens Thompson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Donald Maclean ranks 2,136 out of 8,785. Before him are Ian St John (1938), Sam Worthington (1976), George Whitefield (1714), Rebecca West (1892), Archibald Leitch (1865), and Caratacus (15). After him are Arthur Rostron (1869), James Dyson (1947), Bernard Williams (1929), Dick Taylor (1943), Rædwald of East Anglia (550), and Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Donald Maclean ranks 339. Before him are William Hamilton (1730), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Anne Lister (1791), Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751), and Caratacus (15). After him are Rædwald of East Anglia (550), Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Ian Khama (1953), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Edward Dickinson Baker (1811), and Edwin Montagu (1879).

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