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Stanley Rous

1895 - 1986

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Sir Stanley Ford Rous (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986) was an English football referee and the 6th President of FIFA, serving from 1961 to 1974. He also served as secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 1962 and was an international referee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stanley Rous is the 90th most popular businessperson (down from 74th in 2019), the 694th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 543rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular British Businessperson.

Stanley Rous was a football referee who became the president of FIFA in 1961. He is most famous for being the president of FIFA when the 1966 World Cup was hosted in England.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Stanley Rous ranks 90 out of 847. Before him are Ron Dennis, Kiichiro Toyoda, Andrew Tate, Mohamed Al-Fayed, Stan Kroenke, and Liliane Bettencourt. After him are Li Ka-shing, Calouste Gulbenkian, Charles Koch, Jesse Livermore, Paul Reuter, and Mukesh Ambani.

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Among people born in 1895, Stanley Rous ranks 48. Before him are Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia, Vladimir Propp, László Moholy-Nagy, Wilhelm Burgdorf, Vasily Blokhin, and Oskar Dirlewanger. After him are Jürgen Stroop, Richard Barthelmess, Babe Ruth, Dorothea Lange, Augusto César Sandino, and Albert Göring. Among people deceased in 1986, Stanley Rous ranks 33. Before him are Jaroslav Seifert, Harold Macmillan, Fritz Albert Lipmann, Chiune Sugihara, Erich Koch, and Benny Goodman. After him are Dmitry Kabalevsky, Samora Machel, Roy Cohn, L. Ron Hubbard, Nikolay Semyonov, and James Cagney.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Stanley Rous ranks 694 out of 8,785. Before him are Lady Katherine Grey (1540), John le Carré (1931), Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532), Robert Smith (1959), Deborah Kerr (1921), and Tristan (535). After him are Capability Brown (1716), Anne Neville (1456), Tony Adams (1966), Helena Bonham Carter (1966), Jane Seymour (1951), and Edgar Wallace (1875).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United Kingdom

Among businesspeople born in United Kingdom, Stanley Rous ranks 7. Before him are Cecil Rhodes (1853), Frank Williams (1942), Andrew Carnegie (1835), Richard Branson (1950), Bernie Ecclestone (1930), and Ron Dennis (1947). After him are J. Bruce Ismay (1862), David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon (1961), Brian Epstein (1934), Thomas Cook (1808), John McAfee (1945), and Thomas Lipton (1848).

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