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Philip Noel-Baker

1889 - 1982

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Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker, (born Philip John Baker; 1 November 1889 – 8 October 1982), was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a silver medal for the 1500m at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959. Noel-Baker is the only person to have won an Olympic medal and received a Nobel Prize. He was a Labour Member of Parliament (UK) for 36 years, serving from 1929 to 1931 and again from 1936 to 1970, serving in several ministerial offices and the cabinet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Philip Noel-Baker is the 608th most popular politician (up from 4,369th in 2019), the 176th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 886th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Politician.

Philip Noel-Baker was a British politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1959 for his work as a pacifist. He was also a leading campaigner for disarmament and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1946.

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Among politicians, Philip Noel-Baker ranks 608 out of 19,576. Before him are Mahmud I, Rani of Jhansi, Alaric I, Kim Dae-jung, Louis, Grand Dauphin, and Zhou Enlai. After him are Alfred Rosenberg, Agrippina the Younger, Semiramis, Gideon, George I of Great Britain, and Farouk of Egypt.

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Among people born in 1889, Philip Noel-Baker ranks 10. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, António de Oliveira Salazar, Jean Cocteau, Edgar Adrian, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Edwin Hubble. After him are Paul Karrer, Ante Pavelić, Anna Akhmatova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Arnold J. Toynbee, and Igor Sikorsky. Among people deceased in 1982, Philip Noel-Baker ranks 7. Before him are Huang Xianfan, Grace Kelly, Leonid Brezhnev, Ayn Rand, Romy Schneider, and Ingrid Bergman. After him are Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Anna Freud, Roman Jakobson, Arthur Rubinstein, and Hans-Ulrich Rudel.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Philip Noel-Baker ranks 176 out of 8,785. Before him are Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Robert Edwards (1925), Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson (1758), Jeremy Bentham (1748), Mark Knopfler (1949), and Geoffrey Chaucer (1343). After him are Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia (1596), Aldous Huxley (1894), Robert Brown (1773), Mary Boleyn (1499), Henry Purcell (1659), and Betty Williams (1943).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Philip Noel-Baker ranks 48. Before him are Alfred the Great (849), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Arthur Henderson (1863), William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708), and Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830). After him are Robert Clive (1725), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796), Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930), and Æthelbald, King of Wessex (831).

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