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Theresa May

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Theresa Mary May, Baroness May of Maidenhead (; née Brasier; born 1 October 1956), is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 2016 to 2019. She previously served as Home Secretary from 2010 to 2016. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Maidenhead from 1997 to 2024, and has been a member of the House of Lords since August 2024. May was the second female British prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher, and the first woman to have held two of the Great Offices of State. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theresa May is the 2,155th most popular politician (down from 1,703rd in 2019), the 528th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 110th most popular British Politician.

Theresa May is the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She is most famous for being the first female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Theresa May ranks 2,155 out of 19,576. Before her are Alexander Helios, Abdurrahman Wahid, Alessandro de' Medici, Duke of Florence, Humayun, Kato Svanidze, and Mengistu Haile Mariam. After her are Olof Skötkonung, Magnus IV of Norway, Elizabeth of Luxembourg, Cynric, Yolande de Polastron, and Alboin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Theresa May ranks 18. Before her are Katerina Sakellaropoulou, Lars von Trier, Michel Houellebecq, Jost Gippert, David Copperfield, and Bryan Cranston. After her are Dalia Grybauskaitė, Dave Murray, Carrie Fisher, Martina Navratilova, Tsai Ing-wen, and Chris Isaak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Theresa May ranks 528 out of 8,785. Before her are Richard Owen (1804), John Donne (1572), Thomas Gainsborough (1727), Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (1984), Kenny Baker (1934), and Ian Holm (1931). After her are David Brewster (1781), Cynric (450), John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (1650), Rudolf Abel (1903), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), and Patrick Stewart (1940).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Theresa May ranks 110. Before her are Keir Starmer (1962), Offa of Mercia (800), Martin Rees (1942), George Reid (1845), William Pitt the Younger (1759), and James I of Scotland (1394). After her are Cynric (450), Sweyn II of Denmark (1020), Edmund Crouchback (1245), James IV of Scotland (1473), Edmund I (921), and Kenneth MacAlpin (810).

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