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John Hume

1937 - 2020

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John Hume (18 January 1937 – 3 August 2020) was an Irish nationalist politician in Northern Ireland and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate. A founder and leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, Hume served in the Parliament of Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly including, in 1974, its first power-sharing executive; the European Parliament and the United Kingdom Parliament. Seeking an accommodation between Irish nationalism and Ulster unionism, and soliciting American support, he was both critical of British government policy in Northern Ireland and opposed to the republican embrace of "armed struggle". In their 1998 citation, the Norwegian Nobel Committee recognised Hume as an architect of the Good Friday Agreement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Hume is the 9,233rd most popular politician (up from 9,455th in 2019), the 2,041st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,901st in 2019) and the 329th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, John Hume ranks 9,234 out of 19,576. Before him are Ordulf, Duke of Saxony, Karl-August Fagerholm, Jeremy Thorpe, Heinz Kessler, Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg, Alu Alkhanov, and Brian Mulroney. After him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Yahya Khan, Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, Hussein al-Houthi, and James IV of Majorca.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, John Hume ranks 159. Before him are Sami Frey, Jovan Divjak, Igor Volk, Suzanne Pleshette, Alberto Spencer, and Trini Lopez. After him are Prince Max, Duke in Bavaria, Waylon Jennings, Monkey Punch, Sofiko Chiaureli, Rudi Altig, and Gundula Janowitz. Among people deceased in 2020, John Hume ranks 182. Before him are Vittorio Gregotti, Jimmy McLane, Stanisław Kania, Trini Lopez, Adrianus Johannes Simonis, and Amfilohije Radović. After him are Joaquín Peiró, Linda Cristal, Robert Conrad, Rolf Hochhuth, Theodor Wagner, and Viktor Ponedelnik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Hume ranks 2,041 out of 8,785. Before him are John Marston (1576), Jacquetta of Luxembourg (1415), Ian Callaghan (1942), Edward Fortunatus (1565), Jeremy Thorpe (1929), and Wat Tyler (1341). After him are Sam Heughan (1980), Edmund Gunter (1581), John Sykes (1959), Malcolm Arnold (1921), Sidney Paget (1860), and Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Hume ranks 329. Before him are Gerry Adams (1948), Princess Patricia of Connaught (1886), Herbert Pitman (1877), James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812), Edward Fortunatus (1565), and Jeremy Thorpe (1929). After him are Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (1475), William Hamilton (1730), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924), Anne Lister (1791), and Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 1st Earl of Minto (1751).

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