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Martin Rees

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Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, (born 23 June 1942) is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He is the fifteenth Astronomer Royal, appointed in 1995, and was Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012 and President of the Royal Society between 2005 and 2010. He has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Martin Rees is the 2,019th most popular politician (up from 11,547th in 2019), the 493rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,416th in 2019) and the 106th most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Martin Rees ranks 2,019 out of 19,576. Before him are Marie Walewska, Emperor Xian of Han, Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Walter Schellenberg, Yuri Dolgorukiy, and Offa of Mercia. After him are Néstor Kirchner, Aurelius Victor, Prince Maximilian of Baden, Eric Bloodaxe, Fouad Mebazaa, and Li Zicheng.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Martin Rees ranks 45. Before him are Ian McShane, Werner Herzog, David Bradley, Giorgio Agamben, Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir, and Jacques Rogge. After him are Michel Mayor, Jochen Rindt, Lou Reed, Giacinto Facchetti, Alassane Ouattara, and Giancarlo Giannini.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Martin Rees ranks 493 out of 8,785. Before him are Alan Ball Jr. (1945), Keir Starmer (1962), Prince Andrew, Duke of York (1960), John Wallis (1616), Emma Thompson (1959), and Offa of Mercia (800). After him are Bonnie Tyler (1951), Tony Scott (1944), Ralph Fiennes (1962), Angela Lansbury (1925), George Reid (1845), and Malcolm McDowell (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Martin Rees ranks 106. Before him are Æthelred the Unready (968), Richard Cromwell (1626), Llywelyn the Great (1173), Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (1220), Keir Starmer (1962), and Offa of Mercia (800). After him are George Reid (1845), William Pitt the Younger (1759), James I of Scotland (1394), Theresa May (1956), Cynric (450), and Sweyn II of Denmark (1020).

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