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Randal Cremer

1828 - 1908

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Sir William Randal Cremer (18 March 1828 – 22 July 1908) usually known by his middle name "Randal", was a British Liberal Member of Parliament, a pacifist, and a leading advocate for international arbitration. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1903 for his work with the international arbitration movement. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Randal Cremer is the 917th most popular politician (up from 1,349th in 2019), the 260th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 298th in 2019) and the 63rd most popular British Politician.

He is most famous for being the founder of the Silk Road, a website that sold drugs and other illegal items. He was arrested in 2013 and sentenced to life in prison.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Randal Cremer ranks 917 out of 19,576Before him are Mustafa IV, Vytautas, Park Geun-hye, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, and Harald Greycloak. After him are Christian VII of Denmark, Margaret Theresa of Spain, James Buchanan, Julius Nepos, Maria Sophie of Bavaria, and Leonid Kravchuk.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Randal Cremer ranks 6Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, Henrik Ibsen, Henry Dunant, and Rani of Jhansi. After him are Saigō Takamori, Charbel Makhlouf, Hippolyte Taine, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Albert Marth. Among people deceased in 1908, Randal Cremer ranks 5Before him are Henri Becquerel, Empress Dowager Cixi, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, and Grover Cleveland. After him are Guangxu Emperor, Pablo de Sarasate, Demetrius Vikelas, Carlos I of Portugal, Edmondo De Amicis, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, and Jonas Lie.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Randal Cremer ranks 260 out of 8,785Before him are Arthur C. Clarke (1917), James Hunt (1947), John Snow (1813), Cary Grant (1904), Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800), and Ozzy Osbourne (1948). After him are George Boole (1815), Leslie Howard (1893), John Boyd Orr (1880), Phil Collins (1951), Elizabeth of York (1466), and Mary Mallon (1869).

Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Randal Cremer ranks 63Before him are Æthelstan (895), Clementine Churchill (1885), Boudica (33), Henry III of England (1207), Horace Walpole (1717), and John A. Macdonald (1815). After him are Æthelberht, King of Wessex (836), Robert the Bruce (1274), Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire (1477), Owain Glyndŵr (1359), Gladwyn Jebb (1900), and George Boleyn, 2nd Viscount Rochford (1504).