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Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook

1879 - 1964

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William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook (25 May 1879 – 9 June 1964), was a Canadian-British newspaper publisher and backstage politician who was an influential figure in British media and politics of the first half of the 20th century. His base of power was the largest circulation newspaper in the world, the Daily Express, which appealed to the conservative working class with intensely patriotic news and editorials. During the Second World War, he played a major role in mobilising industrial resources as Winston Churchill's Minister of Aircraft Production. The young Max Aitken had a gift for making money and was a millionaire by the age of 30. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook is the 4,437th most popular politician (up from 15,496th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Canada (up from 452nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 4,437 out of 19,576. Before him are Philip, Duke of Orléans, Emperor Huan of Han, Emperor Saga, Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen, and Lu Su. After him are Sebastiano Venier, Duncan I of Scotland, Stephen Bocskai, Mokjong of Goryeo, Roméo Dallaire, and Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen.

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Among people born in 1879, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 45. Before him are Wanda Landowska, Max Schreck, Fritz Haarmann, Bedřich Hrozný, Friedrich Adler, and Sarojini Naidu. After him are Boris Savinkov, Adolf Strauss, Franz Reichelt, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, and Joe Hill. Among people deceased in 1964, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 36. Before him are Paul von Lettow-Vorbeck, Emilio Aguinaldo, Ernst Kretschmer, Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois, Alan Ladd, and Tatyana Afanasyeva. After him are Maurice Thorez, Pedro Petrone, Sam Cooke, Douglas McGregor, Adib Shishakli, and Princess Auguste of Bavaria.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 66 out of 1,622. Before him are Peter North (1957), Catherine O'Hara (1954), Oswald Avery (1877), Elliot Page (1987), Eugene Levy (1946), and Oscar Peterson (1925). After him are Dan Aykroyd (1952), David H. Hubel (1926), John Ireland (1914), Charles Brenton Huggins (1901), The Weeknd (1990), and Rudolph A. Marcus (1923).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook ranks 7. Before him are Justin Trudeau (1971), Mary Simon (1947), Pierre Trudeau (1919), David Johnston (1941), John Sparrow David Thompson (1845), and Charles Tupper (1821). After him are Lester B. Pearson (1897), Marie-Louise Meilleur (1880), Mark Carney (1965), Jean Chrétien (1934), Bonar Law (1858), and Tommy Burns (1881).

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