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Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn

1945 - 2018

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Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, (3 July 1945 – 29 April 2018) was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005 and for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, remaining in the office for nine years until his involuntary resignation in 2009. On his election to the post of Speaker in 2000, he was the first Catholic to serve in the role since the Reformation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn is the 9,730th most popular politician (up from 18,472nd in 2019), the 2,159th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,638th in 2019) and the 345th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn ranks 9,730 out of 19,576. Before him are Nechirvan Barzani, King An of Zhou, Muhammad XIII of Granada, Anna van Egmont, Adam Wilhelm Moltke, and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe. After him are Adolf Hühnlein, Elizabeth Monroe, Wilhelm von Mirbach, Thoros I, Prince of Armenia, Ishme-Dagan I, and Bah Ndaw.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn ranks 230. Before him are Basil Poledouris, Stephen Stills, Francesca Annis, Wilfried Van Moer, Roger Chartier, and Panagiotis Pikrammenos. After him are Jörg Immendorff, Pablo Forlán, Pinarayi Vijayan, David Purley, Werner Schroeter, and Zdeňka Vávrová. Among people deceased in 2018, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn ranks 149. Before him are Whitey Bulger, June Whitfield, Roger Piantoni, Oleg Tabakov, Venantino Venantini, and Neil Simon. After him are David Ogden Stiers, Vladimir Lyakhov, Margit Sandemo, Leila Abashidze, Sergio Marchionne, and Đỗ Mười.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn ranks 2,159 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Adams (1971), Kevin Phillips (1973), Tim Staffell (1948), Saint Alban (300), William of Malmesbury (1080), and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859). After him are Glenn Murcutt (1936), Horatio Gates (1727), John Loudon McAdam (1756), Ron Harris (1944), David Coulthard (1971), and David Crystal (1941).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Michael Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn ranks 345. Before him are Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (1847), Ian Khama (1953), Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield (1694), Edward Dickinson Baker (1811), Edwin Montagu (1879), and John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859). After him are Randolph Churchill (1911), Menzies Campbell (1941), Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton (1735), William, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe (1724), Æthelbald of Mercia (700), and Prasutagus (50).

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