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Enoch Powell

1912 - 1998

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John Enoch Powell (16 June 1912 – 8 February 1998) was a British politician, scholar and writer. He served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton South West for the Conservative Party from 1950 to February 1974 and as the MP for South Down for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from October 1974 to 1987. He was Minister of Health from 1960 to 1963 in the second Macmillan ministry and was Shadow Secretary of State for Defence from 1965 to 1968 in the Shadow Cabinet of Edward Heath. Before entering politics Powell was a classical scholar and a brigadier, having served in the British Army during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enoch Powell is the 13,602nd most popular politician (down from 13,198th in 2019), the 3,297th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,979th in 2019) and the 459th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Enoch Powell ranks 13,602 out of 19,576. Before him are Ibrahim Babangida, Rodrigo Carazo Odio, Sally Yates, Andreas Metaxas, Karl Gruber, and Jacob Bruce. After him are Manuel Portela Valladares, Mohammad Ali Foroughi, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk, Princess Louisa of Great Britain, and Lothar Metz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Enoch Powell ranks 242. Before him are Leonardo Cilaurren, Carlos Guastavino, Carmelo Robledo, Paul Janes, Karl Deutsch, and Viviane Romance. After him are Niyazi, Pietro Palazzini, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Renato Rascel, Hamengkubuwono IX, and Kulyash Baiseitova. Among people deceased in 1998, Enoch Powell ranks 184. Before him are Keith Newton, Julio César Britos, Inge Scholl, Rolan Bykov, Gottfried Dienst, and Fred Alderman. After him are Raquel Rastenni, Odette Bancilhon, André Bonin, Christiane Rochefort, Gene Autry, and Louis Hostin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Enoch Powell ranks 3,298 out of 8,785. Before him are John Mayow (1640), Richard Addinsell (1904), Constance Markievicz (1868), Edmund Campion (1540), Teddy Sheringham (1966), and Wyndham Halswelle (1882). After him are Fish (1958), Dave Holland (1948), Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Edward Granville Browne (1862), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), and Brian Blessed (1936).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Enoch Powell ranks 459. Before him are Ælfthryth, Countess of Flanders (877), Alex Salmond (1954), Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury (1400), Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of Derby (1435), William Huskisson (1770), and Constance Markievicz (1868). After him are Thomas Howard, 2nd Duke of Norfolk (1443), Princess Louisa of Great Britain (1749), Robin Cook (1946), Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (1609), Matthew Hopkins (1620), and Elizabeth Fry (1780).

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