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Harold Wilson

1916 - 1995

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James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx (11 March 1916 – 23 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, Leader of the Opposition twice from 1963 to 1964 and again from 1970 to 1974, and a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1945 to 1983. Wilson is the only Labour leader to have formed administrations following four general elections. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, to a politically active lower middle-class family, Wilson studied a combined degree of philosophy, politics and economics at Jesus College, Oxford. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Wilson is the 2,291st most popular politician (down from 1,389th in 2019), the 560th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 308th in 2019) and the 118th most popular British Politician.

Harold Wilson was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976. He is most famous for his term as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1970, during which he oversaw the UK's entry into the European Economic Community, a precursor to the European Union.

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Among politicians, Harold Wilson ranks 2,291 out of 19,576. Before him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, Psamtik III, Johan de Witt, Mariamne I, Frederick the Fair, and José Antonio Primo de Rivera. After him are Emperor Momozono, Michel Aflaq, Tedros Adhanom, William Tolbert, Jamukha, and Cleopatra VI of Egypt.

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Among people born in 1916, Harold Wilson ranks 27. Before him are Camilo José Cela, Claude Shannon, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Hans Eysenck, Sune Bergström, and Maurice Wilkins. After him are Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Walt Whitman Rostow, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Alexander Prokhorov, Paul Keres, and Vitaly Ginzburg. Among people deceased in 1995, Harold Wilson ranks 23. Before him are Gerald Durrell, Konrad Zuse, Anatoly Dyatlov, Christian B. Anfinsen, Teresa Teng, and William Alfred Fowler. After him are Patricia Highsmith, Clair Cameron Patterson, U Nu, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Lana Turner, and Souphanouvong.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Wilson ranks 560 out of 8,785. Before him are Austen Chamberlain (1863), Harry Kroto (1939), Dave Murray (1956), Mordred (null), Harold Pinter (1930), and Charlie Watts (1941). After him are Niels Kaj Jerne (1911), Adrian Smith (1957), George Everest (1790), Sid Vicious (1957), Bobby Moore (1941), and John Cleese (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Harold Wilson ranks 118. Before him are Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Edmund Crouchback (1245), James IV of Scotland (1473), Edmund I (921), Kenneth MacAlpin (810), and Austen Chamberlain (1863). After him are Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington (1919), John Turner (1929), Domnall mac Ailpín (812), David II of Scotland (1324), Edwin of Northumbria (586), and Eystein II of Norway (1125).

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