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Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor

1879 - 1964

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Nancy Witcher Astor, Viscountess Astor (19 May 1879 – 2 May 1964) was an American-born British politician who was the first woman seated as a Member of Parliament (MP), serving from 1919 to 1945. Astor was born in Danville, Virginia and raised in Greenwood, Virginia. Her first marriage, to socialite Robert Gould Shaw II, was unhappy and ended in divorce. She then moved to England and married American-born Englishman Waldorf Astor in 1906. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor is the 13,845th most popular politician (down from 12,954th in 2019), the 6,359th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,250th in 2019) and the 512th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ranks 13,845 out of 19,576. Before her are Miriam Defensor Santiago, Iccho Itoh, Salmon P. Chase, Georgios Kountouriotis, Manius Aquillius, and Carlos Mota Pinto. After her are Geir Hallgrímsson, Şemsettin Günaltay, Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh, Clodovil Hernandes, and Ariobarzanes II of Cappadocia.

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Among people born in 1879, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ranks 169. Before her are Émile Champion, Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov, Wladimir Aïtoff, Antti Tulenheimo, Beals Wright, and Alfred Abel. After her are Archduchess Maria Christina of Austria, Pierre Cérésole, Benjamin Christensen, Cyril Scott, Will Rogers, and Adolf Lindfors. Among people deceased in 1964, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ranks 128. Before her are Moa Martinson, Adolf Šimperský, Vasily Agapkin, Ronald Fairbairn, Abbās al-Aqqād, and Maurice Farman. After her are Anita Malfatti, Adolfo Díaz, Felisberto Hernández, Reg Parnell, Brendan Behan, and Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ranks 6,360 out of 20,380. Before her are Lukas Haas (1976), John Adair (1757), Louise Brough (1923), David Curtiss Munson (1884), Mary Browne (1891), and Salmon P. Chase (1808). After her are Charmian Carr (1942), Billy Cox (1939), Clifton Webb (1889), Bryce DeWitt (1923), Jack Albertson (1907), and Bradley Whitford (1959).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor ranks 512. Before her are Bobby Seale (1936), Black Kettle (1803), Henry Lee III (1756), Danny Davis (1941), John Adair (1757), and Salmon P. Chase (1808). After her are Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933), Jeane Kirkpatrick (1926), Stephen Allen Benson (1816), Chief Joseph (1840), Edward Douglass White (1845), and Edward Everett (1794).

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