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Nancy Wake

1912 - 2011

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Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, (30 August 1912 – 7 August 2011), also known as Madame Fiocca and Nancy Fiocca, was a New Zealand born nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II, and briefly pursued a post-war career as an intelligence officer in the Air Ministry. The official historian of the SOE, M. R. D. Foot, said that "her irrepressible, infectious, high spirits were a joy to everyone who worked with her". Many stories about her World War II activities come from her autobiography, The White Mouse, and are not verifiable from other sources. Born in Wellington, New Zealand, Wake grew up in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nancy Wake is the 261st most popular social activist (down from 255th in 2019), the 28th most popular biography from New Zealand (down from 22nd in 2019) and the most popular New Zealander Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Nancy Wake ranks 261 out of 840. Before her are Zinaida Portnova, Attica, Emmett Till, Coretta Scott King, Édouard René de Laboulaye, and Eunus. After her are Vera Figner, C. Rajagopalachari, Ho Jong-suk, Jacques Vergès, Edna Parker, and Sophie Adlersparre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Nancy Wake ranks 126. Before her are Juan Carlos Aramburu, Dinmukhamed Kunaev, Martin Schwarzschild, Wendy Hiller, Thorbjørn Egner, and Moses Finley. After her are Fritz Fischer, Fritz Klingenberg, David Packard, Edmond Jabès, Charles Addams, and Gil Evans. Among people deceased in 2011, Nancy Wake ranks 119. Before her are Marie-France Pisier, Inese Jaunzeme, Harri Holkeri, Sena Jurinac, Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, and Nikolai Andrianov. After her are Thor Vilhjálmsson, Roman Opałka, Bo Carpelan, Andy Whitfield, Kiki Håkansson, and Charles T. Kowal.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Nancy Wake ranks 28 out of 303. Before her are Thomas Williams (1930), Martin Campbell (1943), Karl Urban (1972), Te Atairangikaahu (1931), John Money (1921), and John Dew (1948). After her are Geoffrey Palmer (1942), Bill Pickering (1910), Clive Revill (1930), Helen Clark (1950), Tūheitia Paki (1955), and Alan Dale (1947).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In New Zealand

Among social activists born in New Zealand, Nancy Wake ranks 1. After her are Cindy Kiro (1958), and Meri Mangakāhia (1868).

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