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Aneurin Bevan

1897 - 1960

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Aneurin "Nye" Bevan PC (; Welsh: [aˈnəɨ.rɪn]; 15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour Party politician, noted for tenure as Minister of Health in Clement Attlee's government in which he spearheaded the creation of the British National Health Service. He is also known for his wider contribution to the founding of the British welfare state. He was first elected as MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929, and used his Parliamentary platform to make a number of influential criticisms of Winston Churchill and his government during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aneurin Bevan has received more than 1,834,474 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Aneurin Bevan is the 14,901st most popular politician (down from 13,286th in 2019), the 4,350th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,936th in 2019) and the 531st most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Aneurin Bevan ranks 14,901 out of 15,577. Before him are Fernando Chui, Brigitte Zypries, Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Nikica Valentić, John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence, and Oliver Ellsworth. After him are Silvan Shalom, Lopo do Nascimento, Erwin Teufel, Adel Safar, Hans Enoksen, and Yury Chaika.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Aneurin Bevan ranks 238. Before him are Juan Natalicio González, Oskar Olsen, Per-Erik Hedlund, Sigurd Moen, Ossi Oswalda, and Joaquín Vázquez. After him are Harald Strøm, Héctor Méndez, Conrad Nagel, Bert Schneider, Charles Hartshorne, and Kenneth Burke. Among people deceased in 1960, Aneurin Bevan ranks 190. Before him are Alfred E. Green, The Great Gama, Erik Lindahl, Lawrence Tibbett, José Serrato, and August Gailit. After him are Christopher Hornsrud, Anni Holdmann, Joseph Lamb, Dimitrana Ivanova, Charles Delporte, and Edward Brophy.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Aneurin Bevan ranks 4,350 out of 7,765. Before him are Victor Johnson (1883), Piers Anthony (1934), Joe Mercer (1914), Kathleen McKane Godfree (1896), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), and Stephen Leacock (1869). After him are Brian Robertson (1956), Richard A. Proctor (1837), Bert Williams (1920), Ove Arup (1895), Kim Newman (1959), and Chris Irwin (1942).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Aneurin Bevan ranks 531. Before him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury (1801), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Tom Clarke (1858), Keir Hardie (1856), Thomas Sackville, 1st Earl of Dorset (1536), and John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811). After him are Joseph Cook (1860), Michael Foot (1913), Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860), Michael Howard (1941), Cherie Blair (1954), and Margaret Beckett (1943).

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