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Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma

1900 - 1979

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Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma (born Prince Louis of Battenberg; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979), commonly known as Lord Mountbatten, was a British statesman, Royal Navy officer and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family. He was a maternal uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and a second cousin of King George VI. He joined the Royal Navy during the First World War and was appointed Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command, in the Second World War. He later served as the last Viceroy of India and briefly as the first Governor-General of the Dominion of India. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma is the 198th most popular politician (up from 1,037th in 2019), the 65th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 234th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Politician.

Mountbatten was a British naval officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II. He served as First Sea Lord of the Royal Navy from 1954 to 1959 and Chief of the Defence Staff from 1959 to 1965.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ranks 198 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip IV of France, Pepin the Short, Salman of Saudi Arabia, Napoleon II, Lee Kuan Yew, and Orhan. After him are Louis XVII of France, Cardinal Richelieu, James V of Scotland, Harald Bluetooth, Philip II of Macedon, and William I, German Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ranks 3. Before him are Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Heinrich Himmler. After him are Erich Fromm, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, Martin Bormann, Charles Francis Richter, Hans Adolf Krebs, Luis Buñuel, Wolfgang Pauli, Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Frédéric Joliot-Curie. Among people deceased in 1979, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ranks 2. Before him is Josef Mengele. After him are Mary Pickford, Park Chung-hee, Giuseppe Meazza, John Wayne, Ernst Chain, Nino Rota, Dennis Gabor, Herbert Marcuse, Jean Renoir, and Jean Monnet.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ranks 65 out of 8,785. Before him are Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800), Edward Victor Appleton (1892), John Lennon (1940), John Dalton (1766), William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824), and David Hume (1711). After him are Arthur Conan Doyle (1859), James V of Scotland (1512), Aleister Crowley (1875), John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh (1842), Edward the Black Prince (1330), and Robert Hooke (1635).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ranks 27. Before him are Edward V of England (1470), Mary I of England (1516), Mary, Queen of Scots (1542), John Major (1943), Margaret Thatcher (1925), and Ecgberht, King of Wessex (800). After him are James V of Scotland (1512), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Olav V of Norway (1903), Edward the Martyr (962), Oliver Cromwell (1599), and Edward Heath (1916).

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