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John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

1873 - 1954

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John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. He is one of three people to have served as Home Secretary, Foreign Secretary and Chancellor of the Exchequer, the others being Rab Butler and James Callaghan. He also served as Lord Chancellor, the most senior position in the British legal system. Beginning his career as a Liberal (identified initially with the left wing but later with the right wing of the party), he joined the National Government in 1931, creating the Liberal National Party in the process. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon is the 16,855th most popular politician (down from 16,823rd in 2024), the 5,155th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 5,196th in 2019) and the 603rd most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 16,855 out of 19,576. Before him are William Dod, Eochaid Buide, Salim Ahmed Salim, Amy Klobuchar, Grace Mugabe, and Jim Inhofe. After him are Sabri Boukadoum, Terry Branstad, Baleka Mbete, Sonny Perdue, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, and Mike Moore.

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Among people born in 1873, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 193. Before him are Juan Corzo, Leonid Leonidov, Michel Giacobini, Juliette Atkinson, August Rodenberg, and Halvdan Koht. After him are Enoch Sontonga, Hugh Trenchard, 1st Viscount Trenchard, Frederick Merriman, Charles Clary, Herbert Roper Barrett, and Dmitry Ushakov. Among people deceased in 1954, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 160. Before him are Erik Norberg, Gavino Matta, Cornelia Sorabji, Roberto Gomes Pedrosa, John James Shepherd, and William Dod. After him are Maud Barger-Wallach, Irving Pichel, Cayetano Saporiti, Eugene Pallette, Ellen Roosevelt, and Frederick Humphreys.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 5,157 out of 8,785. Before him are Juliet Stevenson (1956), Terence Rattigan (1911), David Pegg (1935), Chris Anderson (1961), Emile Heskey (1978), and Davey Boy Smith (1962). After him are Paul Banks (1978), Dave Gibbons (1949), Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford (1946), Wendy Smith-Sly (1959), Izaak Walton (1593), and Pauline Baynes (1922).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon ranks 603. Before him are Cadwallon ap Cadfan (591), Douglas Hurd (1930), Henry Hyndman (1842), Rhodri Morgan (1939), Gwendoline Eastlake-Smith (1883), and William Dod (1867). After him are Dan Crenshaw (1984), Samuel Plimsoll (1824), Harriet Harman (1950), Reginald McKenna (1863), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), and Adela Pankhurst (1885).

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