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Winston Churchill

1874 - 1965

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (during the Second World War) and again from 1951 to 1955. For some 62 of the years between 1900 and 1964, he was a member of parliament (MP) and represented a total of five constituencies over that time. Ideologically an adherent to economic liberalism and imperialism, he was for most of his career a member of the Conservative Party, which he led from 1940 to 1955. He was a member of the Liberal Party from 1904 to 1924. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Winston Churchill is the 45th most popular politician (down from 31st in 2019), the 20th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 11th in 2019) and the 9th most popular British Politician.

Winston Churchill was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was also an officer in the British Army, a non-academic historian, a writer, and an artist. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his overall, lifetime body of work.

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Among politicians, Winston Churchill ranks 45 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantine the Great, David, Martin Van Buren, Joseph Goebbels, Narendra Modi, and Hillary Clinton. After him are Mao Zedong, Otto von Bismarck, Charles II of England, Wilhelm II, German Emperor, Anne, Queen of Great Britain, and Benito Mussolini.

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Among people born in 1874, Winston Churchill ranks 1. After him are Guglielmo Marconi, Robert Frost, W. Somerset Maugham, Arnold Schoenberg, Harry Houdini, Herbert Hoover, Howard Carter, Johannes Stark, Max Scheler, Ernst Cassirer, and Sunjong of Korea. Among people deceased in 1965, Winston Churchill ranks 1. After him are T. S. Eliot, Le Corbusier, Malcolm X, Edward Victor Appleton, W. Somerset Maugham, Syngman Rhee, Albert Schweitzer, Farouk of Egypt, Martin Buber, Eli Cohen, and Hermann Staudinger.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Winston Churchill ranks 20 out of 8,785. Before him are Elizabeth II (1926), Edward VII (1841), Edward VI of England (1537), Edward VIII (1894), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), and Lady Jane Grey (1537). After him are Charles II of England (1630), James Watt (1736), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), Stephen Hawking (1942), John, King of England (1166), and Richard III of England (1452).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Winston Churchill ranks 9. Before him are Charles I of England (1600), George V (1865), James VI and I (1566), Edward VI of England (1537), Edward VIII (1894), and George III of the United Kingdom (1738). After him are Charles II of England (1630), Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665), John, King of England (1166), Richard III of England (1452), James II of England (1633), and Henry VI of England (1421).

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