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Shirley Williams

1930 - 2021

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Shirley Vivian Teresa Brittain Williams, Baroness Williams of Crosby (née Catlin; 27 July 1930 – 12 April 2021) was a British politician and academic. Originally a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP), she served in the Labour cabinet from 1974 to 1979. She was one of the "Gang of Four" rebels who founded the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in 1981 and, at the time of her retirement from politics, was a Liberal Democrat. Williams was elected to the House of Commons for Hitchin in the 1964 general election. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Shirley Williams is the 17,761st most popular politician (up from 18,284th in 2024), the 6,008th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 6,489th in 2019) and the 662nd most popular British Politician.

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Among politicians, Shirley Williams ranks 17,765 out of 19,576. Before her are Happy Chandler, Lourdes Flores, William Blount, Hazel McCallion, Hamza Abdi Barre, Violeta Bermúdez, Jim Justice, Leo Varadkar, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and Samuel D. Ingham. After her are Sibusiso Moyo, and Yordan Yovchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Shirley Williams ranks 613. Before her are Bill Hougland, Sim Iness, Geeta Bali, Geeta Dutt, Miguel Seijas, and Norman Podhoretz. After her are Joan Mondale, Arlen Specter, Frank Shakespeare, Luki Botha, Charles Correa, and Booker Ervin. Among people deceased in 2021, Shirley Williams ranks 662. Before her are Michael R. Clifford, Cléber Eduardo Arado, Jane Withers, Toshihiko Koga, Antonio de la Torre, and Jacques Zimako. After her are Sibusiso Moyo, Celso Güity, Gerry Marsden, Zizinho, Hamed Bakayoko, and Storrs L. Olson.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Shirley Williams ranks 6,010 out of 8,785. Before her are Mimi Keene (1998), Rupert Hine (1947), Timothy Gowers (1963), Ralph McTell (1944), Robin Montgomerie-Charrington (1915), and Edwyn Collins (1959). After her are Michael Park (1966), Alan Mullery (1941), Jacquetta Hawkes (1910), John Lydgate (1370), Imogen Poots (1989), and George Farquhar (1677).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Shirley Williams ranks 662. Before her are Vince Cable (1943), Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon (1907), Richard Seddon (1845), Henry Sewell (1807), John Bercow (1963), and Selwyn Lloyd (1904). After her are Kemi Badenoch (1980), Nick Leeson (1967), John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair (1847), Abraham Beame (1906), Dennis Skinner (1932), and Owen Smith (1970).

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