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Vincent Massey

1887 - 1967

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Charles Vincent Massey (February 20, 1887 – December 30, 1967) was a Canadian diplomat and statesman who served as the 18th governor general of Canada from 1952 to 1959. Massey was the first governor general of Canada to be born in Canada. Massey was born into an influential Toronto family and was educated in Ontario and England, obtaining a degree in history and befriending future prime minister William Lyon Mackenzie King while studying at the University of Oxford. He was commissioned into the military in 1917 for the remainder of the First World War and, after a brief stint in the Canadian Cabinet, began his diplomatic career, serving in envoys to the United States and United Kingdom. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vincent Massey is the 10,779th most popular politician (up from 18,157th in 2019), the 203rd most popular biography from Canada (up from 852nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Canadian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vincent Massey ranks 10,779 out of 19,576. Before him are Ivars Godmanis, Barend Biesheuvel, Rupiah Banda, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, Constantin Ion Parhon, and Publius Vatinius. After him are Paula Hawkins, Grand Duke Nicholas Konstantinovich of Russia, Anneli Jäätteenmäki, Raymond Roger Trencavel, Ibn al-Qalanisi, and Jānis K. Bērziņš.

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Among people born in 1887, Vincent Massey ranks 128. Before him are Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Salama Moussa, Otto Schniewind, Şükrü Saracoğlu, Walther Wever, and Paula von Preradović. After him are Jean Patou, Rudolf Beran, Pavel Postyshev, Arthur Cravan, Charles Galton Darwin, and Patrick O'Connell. Among people deceased in 1967, Vincent Massey ranks 131. Before him are Julio Baghy, Isaac Deutscher, Richard Ruoff, Enrico Dante, Manuel Prado Ugarteche, and José Martínez Ruiz. After him are Victor de Sabata, Siegfried Sassoon, Mikhail Kovalyov, Péter Palotás, Radhabinod Pal, and Li Lisan.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Vincent Massey ranks 203 out of 1,622. Before him are Shulamith Firestone (1945), Kim Campbell (1947), Deadmau5 (1981), Katheryn Winnick (1977), Joseph Wiseman (1918), and Robbie Robertson (1943). After him are George Eaton (1945), Arthur Hiller (1923), David Hall (1875), Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville (1680), Alfred Aho (1941), and Hayden Christensen (1981).

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Among POLITICIANS In Canada

Among politicians born in Canada, Vincent Massey ranks 22. Before him are Paul Martin (1938), William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874), Nancy Greene Raine (1943), Brian Mulroney (1939), Wilfrid Laurier (1841), and Kim Campbell (1947). After him are Pierre Poilievre (1979), Joe Clark (1939), René Lévesque (1922), Conrad Black (1944), Jean Béliveau (1931), and Louis St. Laurent (1882).

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