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Harry Pollitt

1890 - 1960

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Harry Pollitt (22 November 1890 – 27 June 1960) was a British communist who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) from July 1929 to September 1939 and again from 1941 until his death in 1960. Pollitt spent most of his life advocating communism. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, Pollitt was an adherent particularly of Joseph Stalin even after Stalin's death and disavowal by Nikita Khrushchev. Pollitt's acts included opposition to the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War and Polish–Soviet War, support for the Spanish Republicans during the Spanish Civil War, both support for and opposition to the war against Nazi Germany, defence of the communist coup in Czechoslovakia, and support for the 1956 Soviet invasion of Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Harry Pollitt is the 17,585th most popular politician (down from 16,981st in 2024), the 5,847th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,347th in 2019) and the 653rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harry Pollitt ranks 17,585 out of 19,576. Before him are Carlos Gutierrez, Ali Khalif Galaydh, Estes Kefauver, Charlot Salwai, Mike Beebe, and Ana Pastor Julián. After him are John W. Davis, Abdoulaye Idrissa Maïga, Toaripi Lauti, Mercedes Cabrera, Dagfinn Høybråten, and Peter Caruana.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Harry Pollitt ranks 254. Before him are Clara Kimball Young, Alice Joyce, Maurice Podoloff, Paul Boffa, May Allison, and Albert Arnheiter. After him are Marjorie Main, Frank Murphy, Charles Erwin Wilson, Edmund Lowe, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, and Charlotte Greenwood. Among people deceased in 1960, Harry Pollitt ranks 236. Before him are Charlie Buchan, Jimmy Bryan, Johnny Thomson, Edward Brophy, Rudolf Degermark, and Hope Emerson. After him are John P. Marquand, Walter Catlett, Kathlyn Williams, Charles Holden, and Gladys Bentley.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harry Pollitt ranks 5,849 out of 8,785. Before him are Mark Akenside (1721), Dan McKenzie (1942), Gillian Sheen (1928), Zoella (1990), Compton Mackenzie (1883), and Will Poulter (1993). After him are Alan Cottrell (1919), Michael Rosen (1946), Anna Chancellor (1965), Saunders Lewis (1893), Stephen Wiltshire (1974), and Reg Presley (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Harry Pollitt ranks 653. Before him are David Thompson (1961), William Lyon Mackenzie (1795), Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey (1851), Francis Lewis (1713), Jonathan Hill, Baron Hill of Oareford (1960), and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto (1845). After him are Nick Griffin (1959), Sophia Duleep Singh (1876), Vince Cable (1943), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Richard Seddon (1845), and Henry Sewell (1807).

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